“Employers face skills shortages, and recognize that newcomers are an important part of the solution.”
— Newcomers and Employment Quick Study, 2016
In 2015, Surrey LIP conducted a Labour Market Research project that engaged more than 110 Surrey-based employers. The main objective was to gain better understanding of Surrey’s labour market needs as well as immigrant successes and challenges in finding employment in Surrey. The research also sought to gain better understanding of employer successful practices to hire and retain immigrant employees.
One of the key findings of the research were the challenges employers faced in accessing resources to hire and retain immigrant talent.
This online resource, Employer Go2 Resources, was created for Surrey-based employers and provides a range of useful information and tools to tap into immigrant talent pools to address local skill shortages.
Immigrant/Employer Dialogues Summary Report, 2017
Human capital and labour needs roundtable series summary report by Surrey LIP.
Newcomers and Employment Quick Study, 2016
Newcomers living in Surrey experience frustration when attempting to find a job appropriate to their skills and experience. Employers here face difficulties recruiting jobseekers with necessary skills and experience.
Getting to Work newsletter, 2016
The Surrey LIP’s Labour Market Research Project concentrates on what is for many newcomers their biggest frustration with life in Canada.
Surrey Employment Services Brochures, 2016
This brochure was created as part of the Employer Go2 Resources project and is listed here for archival purposes. Information in this brochure is current as of 2016.
Surrey LIP is managed by DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society.