The OCC has long been a proponent of better integration of foreign trained professionals in our workforce and through programs like Global Experience @ Work has tried to help employers in local markets become educated and engaged in this effort.  While we’ve identified Ontario as “Magnet for the World”, we’ve also acknowledged that we don’t take advantage of the benefits of our diverse population.  So much more can be done to put new Canadians to work, using the skills and experience they have gained overseas, both for their own benefit and for the benefit of our economy.  As our skills shortage intensifies, as it will, simply by nature of our aging population, better utilization of all of our workers will be vital.

In a recent article of Yonge Street, a new online publication, Edward Keenan points to a new resource tool for immigrants who want to assess whether they have the skills employers are looking for.