February 17, 2010

Room B6, Skills Training Centre, 407 Iroquois Shore Road, Oakville

The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) community colleges, Centennial, Durham, Humber, George Brown, Seneca and Sheridan, are pleased to offer you free "Are You Ready?" workshops exclusively to small-  and medium-sized businesses.

Market research indicates that despite the current economic situation, a skills shortage is occurring or is about to begin in many industries. To weather these changes, local businesses must be proactive about hiring resources and techniques. As you are aware, the GTA attracts the highest proportion of skilled immigrants in Canada. These workshops are designed to assist you to effectively recruit and hire the brightest immigrant talent and improve your organization's cultural competence by:

    * Understanding business drivers for hiring skilled immigrants

    * Understanding challenges with recruiting and selecting skilled immigrants

    * Understanding limitations of traditional practices to source job candidates, to screen Individuals and résumés and to interview candidates

    *Identifying strategies to increase the likelihood of identifying qualified skilled immigrants through résumé screening

For a complete list of the workshop dates, times and locations across the province or to register, please visit www.collegeconnect.on.ca/areyouready

Please note that a Foundation Workshop must be completed before an Advanced Workshop. Your workshop will be hosted at:

Sheridan College
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 
407 Iroquois Shore Rd., Room B6
Oakville, ON L6H 1M3
   
Foundation and Advanced Workshops are presented at this location in succession. http://www.sheridaninstitute.ca/
   
Light breakfast and lunch will be served.

For information about a workshop hosted at Sheridan College, please contact Susan Carpenter at 905-845-9430, ext. 8044 susan.carpenter@sheridanc.on.ca