Welcome to Season 1, Episode 4 of the Canadian Immigration Podcast. On this episode I’ll share with you the presentation I simply gave to the Lethbridge Chapter of the Human Useful resource Institute of Alberta.
This podcast is devoted to all you Human Useful resource Managers on the market who’re searching for an incredible Podcast to assist move the time in your lengthy commute into work.
By listening rigorously to this podcast, you simply may study a number of issues concerning the Canadian Immigration system and achieve this whereas being entertained slightly greater than you’ll sometimes anticipate from a dry immigration legislation presentation. We prefer to have enjoyable and that undoubtedly performs out within the presentation.
On this podcast, I’m joined by my Immigration Technical Advisor, Billie Younger who shared the rostrum with me for about an hour. In our presentation we coated the next areas:
- Immigration within the Information
- Legislative Modifications – due to the press
- International Employee Fundamentals
- Labour Market Affect Assessments
- Specific Entry
- Employer Compliance and Enforcement
- What’s on CIC’s Horizon
Click on the hyperlink to obtain the ability level slide deck for the presentation: HRIA Immigration Presentation September 23, 2015
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Welcome to the Canadian Immigration Podcast, Season 1, Episode 4.
Immediately is a particular episode of the Canadian Immigration Podcast. You’ll discover on my web site that I didn’t produce a weblog full of tons of sensible info. I don’t intend to apologize for that as a result of as an alternative I’ve determined to share with you what I’ve been engaged on this previous week or so.
In fact, that is along with the blogs and different podcasts I’ve launched……and I can’t overlook the truth that I’m nonetheless making an attempt to run the immigration follow inside my agency…..and maintain all of these fantastic shoppers pleased.
Nicely, over the previous few days, I’ve been spending a lot of my time, getting ready for a presentation I gave this afternoon to members of the Lethbridge Chapter of the Human Useful resource Institute of Alberta.
The Human Sources Institute of Alberta (HRIA) is the skilled affiliation for human sources professionals in Alberta. With chapters in all main cities in Alberta, HRIA is the third largest HR affiliation in Canada representing over 6,000 members.
For the final two years I’ve had the chance to talk on the annual HRIA convention held in Calgary and Edmonton on alternating years. This spring I traveled to Edmonton to talk on numerous immigration points affected HR Managers in Alberta. I used to be lucky to have my immigration technical advisor, Billie Younger (who’s an x-immigration officer with far more authorities expertise than I), share the rostrum with me.
We had a fully implausible time with an incredible group of HR professionals. It’s actually the spotlight of my 12 months after I get to spend time with these distinctive individuals. Being the Supervisor of Human Sources inside an organization could be a considerably thankless job at instances, so I’ve an amazing quantity of respect for what they do and their extraordinarily skilled HRIA group.
Nicely, I used to be completely delighted after they requested me if I might be prepared to deal with the Lethbridge Chapter of the HRIA and supply them with an replace as to what was occurring within the loopy world of immigration….properly, they didn’t precisely put it that method. Nonetheless, I certain did in my presentation… which was entitled “Comprehending the Incomprehensible”.
Due to the time I put into that reside presentation, I used to be not capable of produce extra nice content material for my web site. Due to this fact, I figured the subsequent neatest thing I may do could be to share with you the presentation I gave this afternoon to the HRIA Chapter in Lethbridge. Please forgive the standard of the audio as each my videographer and sound technician have been away and unable to assist this audio challenged rookie.
Because of my Zoom H2n Useful Recorder, I used to be capable of file the audio from the presentation and amazingly sufficient, it labored…….its not excellent as I used to be not capable of seize the entire questions from the viewers. And It additionally caught slightly little bit of suggestions as I fumbled across the podium now and again throughout the presentation.
However that’s okay, as a result of the presentation was tremendous enjoyable and turned out superior. The explanation I do know it is because I had the pleasure of Billie Younger becoming a member of me once more as she coated off the Work Allow and Labour Market Affect Evaluation a part of the presentation. Though she claims she will get tremendous nervous, it didn’t present in any respect. As for me, I by no means met a mic I didn’t like.
If you’re an HR or International Mobility Supervisor wherever on the planet who sends individuals into Canada for enterprise functions – this podcast is for you. Nonetheless, any particular person or employer accessing the Momentary International Employee Program in Canada will profit from this info simply as a lot.
As I sit right here in my workplace tonight on the point of queue up the presentation, earlier than my 3 minute drive again to my residence this night, I need to dedicate this podcast to all of you HR Professionals on the market, or anybody else that can be dealing with an excruciating hour lengthy commute into work within the morning. I do know you’re on the market since you work for entities identical to my giant company and institutional shoppers. Though immigration could be a fairly dry subject….particularly when a lawyer is doing the presenting, I believe you simply may be entertained and study a number of issues all on the similar time.
So with out additional adieu, I’ll pull up the audio from that convention as a way to have a pay attention. Oh, and I additionally needed to remind you that you would be able to obtain the slide deck of the presentation and comply with alongside……nevertheless, not you guys which can be driving….maintain your eyes on the highway.
[PRESENTATION AUDIO]
Nicely, I hope you loved that presentation as a lot as I did giving it. In all honesty, if I may spend my total profession presenting and instructing, I might be in heaven. Having accomplished my bachelor of schooling and taught highschool previous to changing into a lawyer, instructing immigration satisfies each of my passions on the similar time.
I used to be not capable of tackle any questions from my listeners right now, so I apologize for that. Nonetheless, if you happen to do have a query, please go to my web site at www.canadianimmigrationpodcast.com and go away a query for me. I just lately realized that its not that simple to go away a query on my web site. I’m going to be sure that we put a widget on the entrance web page to make this simpler for you.
Nonetheless, within the interim, you possibly can click on on the “Contact” button on the prime proper part of my touchdown web page and all of the directions you will want are discovered there.
Upcoming Talking Engagements
Should you preferred this podcast and need to hear me communicate in individual, please go to the present notes and I’ll have a hyperlink to my subsequent talking engagement that may happen on the:
- Canadian Institute’s Immigration and Worldwide Employee’s Discussion board, on Oct 27-28, 2015 in Calgary, Alberta. Click on on the register button and you may be guided by way of the method. I’ll be working a ½ day fingers on workshop on find out how to file a Labour Market Affect Assessments and accompanying Work Allow in addition to a standard presentation throughout the convention on the scary world of Employer Compliance throughout the Momentary International Employee Program.
- I’d like to see you there in individual. So be sure you introduce your self to me if you happen to tuned in to this episode of the Canadian Immigration Podcast.
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In our subsequent Episode of the Canadian Immigration Podcast, you the listener can have the chance to inform me what you need to study about Canada’s new Specific Entry course of for acquiring everlasting resident standing in Canada.
As I’ve indicated in earlier podcasts, on November 1 of this 12 months (lower than two months away) I can be launching my Canadian Immigration DIY Information to Specific Entry. This information can be a display solid the place I stroll you thru every step of the Specific Entry course of as if you happen to have been sitting with me in my workplace. Will probably be full of each ounce of my and my group’s expertise and information navigating the irritating Specific Entry portal.
The product continues to be in Beta, so when you’ve got something you want to see throughout the information, please remark under or message me by way of Fb, Twitter, LinkedIn and all of the others.
Though I’ve a fairly good concept the place the difficult elements are when trying to submit an Specific Entry Profile and PR software, I might like to get much more enter from you. So please, please ship your recommendations my method.
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Should you don’t like what I’m doing, then please let me know as properly. I recognize constructive suggestions each bit as a lot as a pat on the again. In spite of everything, I need to present this free sources in a method that folks can truly use. In any other case, there isn’t any level in me losing my time.
Nonetheless, from the superior suggestions I’ve already obtained in simply two weeks of my Canadian Immigration Podcast launching, I’m fairly darn enthusiastic about what the long run will maintain. So thanks for your entire suggestions and please maintain it coming.
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Nicely that ought to about do it for this Podcast. I look ahead to my subsequent Podcast the place I’ll share extra sensible suggestions and knowledge on Canadian Immigration legislation, coverage, and follow, that will help you alongside your method!,
That is Mark Holthe, signing off for now.
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