Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants – Regulated and Unregulated | Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC)

Career Paths is here to support you in connecting your international experience and skills with job opportunities in Canada.

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What We Do

If you’re a newcomer with professional experience but struggling to find work, Career Paths can help you re-align your profession to a career in BC by focusing services to your education, training and experience for Regulated occupations requiring an educational certificate and experience, and Unregulated professions not requiring license.

Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants:

provides self-paced, flexible services
provides access to funded skills training and upgrading
helps you gain Canadian work experience
connects you with a dynamic support system and an expert team of Career Strategists, Resource Advisors, and Employer Relations Specialists.

Example of Regulated and Unregulated Occupations

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Human Resources Manager, Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations Manager, Bank Manager,
Commissioned Officer
Financial and Investment Analyst, Bookkeeper
Administrative Officer, Executive Assistant, General Office Clerk, Legal Administrative Assistant, Medical Office AssistantShipper and Receiver; Procurement and Purchasing Agent, Inventory Control Worker
Biologist, Chemist
Forestry professionals, Conservation and Fishery Officers, Deck Officer
Technologists and Technicians in various fields
Data Scientist, Statistician, Actuary, Mathematician
Dentist, Pharmacist, Medical Laboratory Technologist, Midwife, Veterinarian
Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathologist
Teacher, Teacher’s Assistant, Educational Counsellor, Vocational Instructor
Lawyer, Paralegal
Psychologist, Counsellor, Social Worker
Economist, Policy Researcher, Business Development Market Analyst, Program Officer
Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Interior Designer
Photographer, Broadcast Technician, Audio and Video Recording Technician
Translator, Interpreter
Librarian
Musician, Singer, Writer, Producer, Director
Customer Service Representative, Retail Sales Supervisor, Technical Sales Specialist
Hairstylist, Barber, Esthetician
Insurance Broker, Real Estate Agent
Plumber, Electrician, Carpenter, Painter, Automotive Service Technician, Welder
Agriculture Manager, Supervisor (logging, mining, oil & gas drilling)
Manufacturing Manager, Utilities Manager, Machine Operator, Assembler
And many more

Overview

Funded skills training and upgrading.

Action planning tailored to your career goals.

Evaluation and assessment of your credentials.

Referral to occupation-specific language training.

One-on-one job search support for your targeted occupation.

Connections to mentors and employers.

Work placement and practicum opportunities.

In-person and remote services available through online sessions.

Eligibility

                                    
                                    A resident of Vancouver, Cariboo North regions, Surrey, Burnaby, or New Westminster

Permanent resident within last 10 years

Protected Persons

                                    
                                    One (1) year of pre-arrival experience in regulated occupations, and two (2) pre-arrival experience in unregulated occupations (one year if you are 19-30 years of age)

Minimum CLB 6 for regulated professions

Minimum CLB 5 for unregulated professions

Pre-arrival experience

Underemployed and unemployed

SUCCESS STORY

Single-minded focus and hard work lead to desired job in just one year

English was not the only barrier that Shadi faced when she began her job search. But this mining engineer made full use of the career advice she received at ISSofBC and the services available to her. A year after arriving here, she was working in a comparable capacity at a BC Cleantech company.

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Funding Partners

Do you want to enroll or have questions?

Attend an online info session. Info sessions are offered every Tuesday from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Do you live in Victoria or the Thompson-Okanagan region? You can access Career Paths through the Intercultural Association of BC in Victoria or KCR Community Resources in the Thompson-Okanagan region.

Register an info session Enroll Now Email us: careerpaths@issbc.org Regulated and Non-Regulated Professions: 236-985-7359

Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants – Regulated and Unregulated