Seeking Employment?

You arrived in Canada with your dreams, skills and experience. But have you arrived at the job or career you are qualified for?

Skills Connect helps immigrants who do not require completely new credentials or extensive language upgrading to quickly secure employment in areas relevant to their skills and experience.

Skills Connect is part of a $23.4 million strategy to help skilled immigrants move more quickly into jobs that match their qualifications.

Find the job you were trained for.

• Skills Connect assists individuals from all industry sectors
• Advance your career by upgrading skills or getting Canadian credentials
• Access job leads, language assistance, career planning and more

Did you know?

• B.C. predicts almost one-million new job openings by 2018
• With only 650,000 students in our K-12 school system that leaves 350,000 extra jobs to be filled

Are you...?

• Eligible program participants MUST have permanent resident status in Canada.
• It is preferred that program participants also meet the following criteria:
• Have arrived in Canada within the last 5 to 6 years
• Have at least intermediate English language skills
• Are either unemployed and not receiving provincial or federal assistance, or are under employed and not working at a level that utilizes their pre-arrival skills, experience and knowledge
  

Skills Connect can help you get back to work in the job you were trained for!

“I would like to thank you for the outstanding job and relentless effort and time you put into presenting my qualifications to the right employers, in which without your help wouldn't have been possible.”
-- Skills Connect Program Participant - S.N.