Resources for Employers
Why Hire Refugees
Refugees play an essential role in Canada’s labour force filling gaps in the workforce, bringing professional expertise, and fueling economic growth. Learn more here:
- Overview of refugees’ contributions to Canada’s economy (UNHCR)
- Refugees As Employees: Good Retention, Strong Recruitment (Tent Partnership for Refugees)
- Report on the business benefits of diverse, immigrant-inclusive teams (McKinsey)
- Settlement outcomes of refugees in Canada (Immigration, Citizenship and Refugees Canada)
How to Hire & Onboard
Removing barriers, addressing unconscious bias, and creating a culture of inclusion for refugees in the workplace require long-term investment and active engagement. Get started:
- Assessing educational credentials of refugees (World Education Services – Gateway Program)
- Guide for tracking refugee status in Canadian workforce (Tent Partnership for Refugees)
- Guide on redesigning the tech hiring process to include displaced talent (TalentLift)
- Guide to fostering inclusion for refugees in the workplace (Tent Partnership for Refugees)
- Guide to helping refugees and immigrants overcome language barriers in the workplace (Tent Partnership for Refugees)
- Guide to onboarding refugees to Canadian workplaces (IECBC)
- Guide to organizing refugee hiring events (World Education Services & Starbucks Canada)
- How companies can mentor LGBTQ refugees in North America (Tent Partnership for Refugees)
- Lunch and learn on how to include refugees (Jumpstart Refugee Talent)
- Practical strategies to including newcomers in the workplace (World Education Services)
Start Hiring Refugees
Looking to connect with refugee talent? Several resources, platforms, and organizations can help you:
- Employers seeking to hire Afghans (Lifeline Afghanistan)
- Employers seeking to hire Ukrainians – Federal job bank (Government of Canada)
- Entreprises intéressées à embaucher des réfugiés ukrainiens au Québec
- Online platform to connect employers to refugee talent (Magnet)
- Pro bono employment service providers for companies interested in hiring refugees
- Recruit refugee talent internationally (Talent Beyond Boundaries)
- Join the Tent Coalition for Refugees in Canada to learn how your company can hire refugees at scale, and gain access to Tent’s robust library of training materials and best practice resources to build a successful refugee hiring program. Contact Tent.