By admin (September 17, 2024)

Canada’s Virtual Job Fair Targets Skilled Bilingual Candidates

Canada Focus Online Job Fair for Bilingual Skilled Workers on Tourism, hospitality and culinary jobs will be at the center of an online job fair organized in collaboration with Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) from November 13th to 15th in every province except for Quebec. Registration for the three-day event will begin from September 23rd to October 27th, 2024. The virtual fair will enable job seekers to interact with employers based in Canada and even apply to any of the open positions. 

Canada’s Virtual Job Fair

This event will be between 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm CET and is free by invitation only, with invitations being sent from November 4th through to registered candidates. To attend this fair, applicants should first of all pre-register with the upload of a copy of their bilingual resume in French and English, based on the Canadian pattern.

Eligible applicants

Applicants who want to qualify must ensure that they meet the following criteria:

• Be French speaking or bilingual.
• Be interested in jobs outside Quebec.
• Must have related experience in tourism, hospitality, and culinary jobs.
• To have an updated resume in the stipulated format and language.
• Registration has to be done in the time-window specified by the authority.

Representatives from other French speaking communities in Canada outside Quebec will also be taken into consideration; they will carry along with them all the facts about their regions and other resources for the new-comers along with other immigration programs besides information concerning dwelling within Francophone communities in Canada.

Federal Stream of the Mobilité Francophone Under this stream, applicants who already have an offer of employment and are already in Canada on a study or work permit stand a chance of being issued with a streamlined work permit.

The presentation will also cover information for an overview of Canada’s tourism, hospitality, and food sectors and living and settling in Canada for both temporary and permanent purposes. The Q&A sessions will be conducted in both French and English.

A list of the exhibitors, including participating employers, shall also be provided to the registered attendees before the event. On site, the job seekers can surf through the various job opportunities open by the virtual booths of the exhibitors.

Eligible candidates may visit the official Virtual Job Fair webpage for further details and to register during the registration period.

Importance of Francophone Immigration to Canada

Some of the recent initiatives by the Government of Canada to increase Francophone and bilingual immigration outside Quebec include:

• The goal is to raise Francophone immigration outside of Quebec to 7 per cent in 2025 and eventually up to 8 per cent in 2026, from 6 per cent in 2024.
• Facilitate the pathway for Francophone students who wish to come to study outside of Quebec and then settle in Francophone minority communities with a direct pathway to immigration towards permanent residency.
• Expansion to 14 communities outside Quebec Supports settlement and integration of Francophone newcomers through collaboration with local communities in order to facilitate ease of integration into the life in Canada.