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YWCA Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants

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YWCA Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants is an employment program to help skilled immigrants achieve progress towards employment in regulated or non-regulated professions.

Program Highlights

One-to-one career planning and coaching services, employment workshops, networking opportunities with professionals, referrals to employers and mentors, and regulators;
Support services including financial help to pay for professional re-credentialing (training) or licenses, credential evaluation, exams, childcare, and transit;
Work placement and post-employment support to help you progress within your career path
Duration:
- Applicants under regulated professions: up to 22 months
- Applicants under non-regulated Professions: up to 12 months

Participants Must Be

A permanent Resident in Canada for no longer than 10 years, a protected person, or a refugee (with a notice of decision)
Pre-arrival experience requirements:
- One year of pre-arrival experience in the field for regulated occupations
- Two years of pre-arrival experience for unregulated occupations (one year if 19-30 years of age)
Credentials where applicable in a regulated occupations
Must be a resident of North Vancouver, West Vancouver and Coast (Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, Sunshine Coast, Powell River, Bowen Island, Lions Bay)
Unemployed or underemployed
Assessed at a minimum CLB 5 or 6

Registrations are accepted on an ongoing basis.

YWCA Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants

604 219 8525 | cpsi@ywcabc.org
109 - 980 1st W, North Vancouver
Office hours: Monday to Friday | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

For more information on the program schedule, please contact us.

If you have any accessibility needs, please contact us to discuss accommodation.

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