Skills for Change is a non-profit organization specializing in the development and delivery of sector-specific employment preparation programs for highly skilled new immigrants. Through mentoring, professional partnerships, and skills, technology, language and career training, it supports and eases the labour market integration of skilled immigrants in a variety of professions.
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Skills for Change (SfC), a non-profit organization, is a pioneer in developing and delivering programs providing job search training and career preparation support to highly skilled immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area. Working in partnership with private sector companies, professional organizations, the provincial government, and new immigrants, SfC creates targeted training and mentoring opportunities that support and promote the labour market integration of skilled immigrants in a variety of professions.
The Skills for Change programs have had great success in supporting highly skilled and educated immigrant professionals in finding permanent employment directly related to their training, and in linking employers to an underutilized source of talent. Over the last ten years SfC has served over 1600 clients, with more than 65 per cent finding employment in their chosen profession within three months of completing a program.
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