In an article published on the website of the Forum RH PME of the Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines agréés (CRHA), our partner Julie Lessard explains how international recruitment has become a key skill for human resources advisors today.
Even before the pandemic, the increasing number of retirements and the creation of positions requiring advanced technological skills were changing the labour market’s nature. Today, the need for labour force is top of mind issue for our businesses in many sectors of the economy. The attraction and retention of temporary foreign workers as an additional recruitment method increasingly appears to be an essential solution.
However, the recruitment of temporary foreign workers is not without obstacles. Companies need to change their approach, understand the legal aspects related to the immigration of workers and their families, and implement competitive and agile immigration strategies.
Expertise in the concepts and rules of this type of recruitment becomes a key skill for companies that want to benefit from this hiring strategy and comply with government guidelines.
Read the full article (in French only)
