Internationally Trained Individuals

June 18th 2008

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Brief History

• Consortium not for profit project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation in 2004.

• Website launched in March 2006 with over 300,000 hits / month.• Partnership with over 60 community-based agencies across Ontario and

450 employers.• Establishing provincial partnership for national expansion• Current pilot project with Canadian Immigration Integration Project (CIIP)

allowing international candidates to work with Skills International

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The Concept

• Is a centralized database of pre-screened “Job Ready” Internationally Educated Professionals (IEP) and Skilled Trades across Ontario.

• Not open to the public, all candidates are referred once they have completed a job preparation program through a partnering agency.

• Information and attached documents listed on a candidate’s profile are reviewed by the counsellor before published to the website.

• Employers register with SI and are able to post jobs on the website and search for the specific skills that they require.

• Presently the service is free for employers with a fee based business model to be implemented in 2009.

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Employer Perception

• The major concern for all employers in hiring is RISK.

• Employer perception is that people exaggerate their skills, education and work history.

• Employers perceive that ITI candidates are more apt to exaggerate information, because it can be difficult to check.

• Employers perceive that there are language issues which is a “catch all” for general communication skills and organizational integration.

• Employers do not understand the foreign credentials or the education system and its equivalency to our system.

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Data Integrity

• Candidate Profile Data is reviewed and checked by the counsellor.

• Profile is reviewed for content.• Original documents attached to

profile.• 3rd Party Vendors perform external

checks (pending process) and provide a letter of certification.

• Skills International reviews profile.

Employers

Skills International

Vendor Partners

Community Agency

Candidate’s Counsellor

Candidate Profile Data

Data Flow

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Agency Functionality

• Each counselor at a community based agency has a personalized login to access their clients profile on the Skills International website.

• Counselors are able to monitor, manage and review their candidate and approve changes made by the candidate.

• Counselors can communicate with the candidate through the built-in email system and generate key reports and trigger actions.

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Agency Functionality

All candidate changes are flagged

Changes are not active till approved

Counsellor clicks on flag to approve

Candidate receives confirmation

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Interview Review

• Ability to create custom questions for targeted industries

• Custom interviews for regulatory interviews

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Employer Functionality

Detailed candidate profile

information

Contact info for candidate and

referring agency

Ability to print and download

resume

Highlighting of key skills

matched

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Direct Candidates to Organizational Career Site

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Value Proposition for SMEs

Access to prescreened candidates across Ontario Complete information in a standardized format Able to source, track and communicate with prospective candidates Customizable to meet employer requirements Integrate with existing talent acquisition and recruiting process Cost effective and easy to use solution

Minimize the Risk by using Skills International

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Questions

www.skillsinternational.ca

Sohail Khan – Project Manager

skhan@skillsinternational.ca

519.663.0774 x.237

Skills International4th Floor, 141 Dundas StreetLondon, OntarioN6A 1G3