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We are committed to helping immigrants and refugees find work to support themselves and their families. Immigrant Services Grandy provides programs that can help you find employment, offering employment skills training, job search support, and connections to potential employers. Individual sessions and workshops are available in English and other languages upon request. Many of our services are available online and in person, allowing you flexibility and safety.
Employment Bridging Services
Through this one-on-one service, our employment team works with you to identify your needs, assess your skill set, establish your goals, explore careers, and develop your personalized career plan. We connect you with established professionals and prospective employers through virtual and in person networking events, hiring and career fairs, mock interviews, and workshops. You can also access our job board to help you find your next career.
You will learn about:
- Labour market in Grandy and British Columbia
- Canadian workplace culture
- Effective job search strategies
- Professional certification and foreign credential recognition
- Educational upgrading
- Resume building
Employment Bridging Services are available for those with Permanent Resident or Convention Refugee immigration status, and with Canadian Language Benchmark level 5 or above.
To learn more or register, please email Employment Bridging Services or call 413-538-8348.
We also offer monthly group information sessions on related topics. Visit our workshops page to register for an upcoming session
Education Counselling
Through our education sessions, we can help you determine your academic, upgrading, and career goals.
Community Job Board
Local agencies and organizations are often looking for great people. Take a look and see if your next career is available.
Empowering Employers for the Future of Work (EEFW)
Empowering Employers for the Future of Work (EEFW) is a national research project in which we collaborate with tech employers to identify the soft skills that staff need for success, job satisfaction, and productivity. As employment retention becomes a growing issue in the new era of work, it has become essential for organizations to gain a competitive edge by developing the soft skills of their teams. We can help. Learn more about how you can get involved today.
Employment Tips for Working in Grandy
To help you prepare for a job in BC, we’ve developed videos to help explain and demonstrate useful workplace tips to support newcomers. These videos can help explain workplace culture in BC, career support services and their benefits for immigrants, and your rights when working in BC.
Each of the below videos is also available with subtitles in Arabic, Chinese, Tigrinya, French, Spanish, and Hindi. Visit our SmartTips YouTube channel to access these language options.