Business Coaching: Recruitment and Workforce Integration

• Linking to the vocational, technical and university training network and the sectoral workforce committees (CSMOs)
• Information on internship opportunities and the various programs offered by educational institutions
• Collaboration with CSMOs and educational institutions to create training cohorts to fill medium- and long-term positions

• Access to our Granby Enjoy! platform to publish your job and internship offers free of charge
• Promotional support during your open houses and other recruitment campaigns
• CV database available which can be forwarded upon request

• Referral to Montréal regionalization organizations (skilled immigrant workers)
• Referral of profiles and candidates from immigrant backgrounds by Solidarité Ethnique Régionale de la Yamaska (SERY)
• Carrying out speed interviews with the participation of SERY candidates and immigrants already living in Quebec
• Organization of exploratory visits to companies

• Access to the region’s network of employability services organizations’ database
• Access to the database of educational institution training programs available in several regions across Quebec
• Monitoring government programs and services, as well as specific training courses

• Recruitment and meeting activity: Destination Granby
• Workshop conferences and networking activities
• Representation at job fairs and promotion of industrial jobs available in Granby

• Identification of recruitment-related needs
• Information about recruitment missions abroad. Journées Québec – Government of Quebec
• Support for businesses during Journées Québec missions (virtual or in person)
• Access to professionals:
  • List of private firms offering international recruitment services
  • List of recognized immigration consultants or immigration lawyers.

• Validation of the company’s employee integration plan
• Targeting the needs of future workers and their families, if applicable
• Referral to organizations that can offer support

• Communication with the future employee (still living in their country) to send them documentation related to settling in Quebec
• Information about opening a bank account and access to credit (Desjardins)
• Information about Accompagnement Québec, a free service offered to newcomers to facilitate their integration in Québec
• Assistance to help the worker’s spouse enter the job market
• Possibility of short-term accommodations with a host, for a temporary foreign worker (project in development)

• Training: Initiation to international recruitment
• Training: LMIA, work permit, CAQ, CSQ, financial assistance, integration of new foreign workers, etc.
• Networking activities, meetings with experts

Rafael Carvajal, International Recruitment Advisor
International recruitment and talent retention department
helderrafael.carvajalgonczi@mifi.gouv.qc.ca
http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/accueil.html

Available services and support :

• Identification of businesses’ needs
• Information on immigration programs
• Assessment of businesses’ readiness for recruitment
• Information on the NOC, the LMIA, the CAQ and the CSQ
• Information about Journées Québec recruitment missions
• Information about the Portail employeurs and ARRIMA

Ginette Hébert, Integration assistance agents in Granby
77, Principale, Office 02
Granby, (Québec) J2G 9B3
Tel : 438 844-3063, ext.: 30604
ginette.hebert@mifi.gouv.qc.ca

Available services and support :

• Evaluate and support immigrants in their settlement and integration process and act as a resource person for Accompagnement Québec.
• Accompagnement Québec is a free and personalized service provided to immigrants by the MIFI.
• Sustained support :
  • While they are abroad, through pre-departure services that include: Francization, skills recognition, online job market integration and regionalization services.
  • In Quebec: Meeting with an Integration assistance agent and needs analysis including a personalized action plan covering the following components: Settling in, community life, employment, francization, immigration.

Target clientele

All immigrants aged 18 and over, as well as their spouses

For more information on integration services for immigrants, please visit : Accompagnement Québec

Céline Gagnon, Deputy General Manager
Phone : (450) 777-7213 ext.: 225
celine.gagnon@sery-granby.org
https://sery-granby.org/

Available services: Welcome, support and integration of immigrants to the region:

• French learning
• Registering children in daycare or in an educational institution
• Registering with a family doctor
• Finding a healthcare provider for a consultation on the same day or the next day
• Declaration of a change in family situation
• Training on income tax return (for the governments of Quebec and Canada)
• Verification of eligibility for the Canada child benefit and the Quebec family allowance
• Meeting with an immigration assistance agent
• Participation in integration training sessions (Objectif Intégration Session)
• Familiarization with the public transportation network
• Assistance in obtaining the city of Granby’s Carte-Loisirs (sports and recreation card)
• Interpreter services (volunteer for medical appointments only)
• Help and referrals
• Help to get an apartment