Employer Survey
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What is your role in the company?
Founder/Owner
Executive Leader (CFO, COO, Vice President, etc.)
Manager (HR Manager, Marketing Manager, etc.)
Other (all other levels of employee below Management)
How many years has your company been operating in Brandon?
How many employees does your company have?
What is the legal/ownership structure of your company?
Independent owned and operated
Franchise
Branch office of larger organisation with head quarters outside of Brandon
Incorporated non-profit society
Government or Crown Corp
What industry is your company in?
Agriculture (including aquaculture)
Forestry
Fishing/hunting
Mining
Oil and Gas
Utilities
Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation and Warehousing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Accommodation and Food Services
Finance and Insurance
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Administrative Waste Management, Remediation Services
Health Care and Social Assistance
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
Public Administration (Federal, Provincial, Municipal, excluding First Nations)
Public Administration (First Nations only)
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Other Services (except Public Administration)
Other
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Do you have a Human Resource (HR) department or your company outsource recruitment OR recruit through a third party?
Do you have employees that report directly to you?
Are you responsible for hiring decisions within your department and/or the whole company?
Are you an immigrant to Canada?
Do you employ your family members?
Does your company employ any immigrants
Yes
No
Not sure
If yes to above, what percentage of your workforce would you estimate are immigrants?
What is the primary language in your company?
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Do you pro-actively hire immigrants in your business?
Yes
No
Do you have hiring policies that encourage diversity in your workforce?
Yes
No
If yes to above, please explain hiring policies you currently use to encourage diversity.
What channels are use for recruiting immigrants? (Check all that apply)
Referrals from colleagues, employees or friends
Job advertisements in newspaper or magazines
Company websites
External websites - Workopolis, etc
Social media
Unsolicited applications
Post-secondary institutions (co-op programs)
Recruiting agencies/head hunters
Immigrant serving agencies/organisations
Local job fairs
Government funded employment services
Recruitment abroad
Federal immigration
Other
How would you rate the effectiveness of each of the aforementioned recruiting channels
Very effective
Effective
Very ineffective
Ineffective
Unsure
Have never used
Referrals from colleagues, employees or friends
Job advertisements in newspaper or magazines
Company websites
External websites - Workopolis, etc.
Social media
Unsolicited applications
Post-secondary institutions - (co-op programs)
Recruiting agencies / head hunters
Immigrant serving agencies / organizations
Local job fairs
Government funded employment services
Recruitment abroad
Federal immigration
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Please rank the impact of the following barriers on your ability to hire immigrants in your company.
This is not a problem at all
This is a minor barrier
This is a major barrier
This barrier makes it nearly impossible to hire immigrants
English skills of immigrant candidates
Ability to check references from employers in another country
Suitable places to post the jobs to attract the immigrant community
Ability to validate the education and training credentials of an immigrant candidate
Interview skills of immigrants
Inexperience hiring and retaining immigrants
Training needs of immigrants
Work eligibility of immigrant candidates
Workplace culture integration
Lack of Canadian work experience
Immigrant willingness to work in entry-level positions
Please rank the validity of the following opportunities/incentives associated with hiring immigrants in your company
This is not an incentive to hiring immigrant
This is a minor incentive
This is a major incentive
An opportunity to support my local community
An opportunity to bring positive cultural diversity to the workplace
An opportunity to hire employees with a strong work ethic and loyalty
An opportunity to hire employees that are willing to work their way up through the organization from an entry-level position
An opportunity to serve the immigrant community better
An opportunity to serve a global marketplace more effectively
An opportunity to find qualified candidates for my organization
An opportunity to introduce fresh ideas and new perspective to my organization
As an employer, please indicate which of the following supports you require to encourage you to hire and retrain immigrants: (check all the apply):
Verification of their qualifications from outside of Canada
How to integrate immigration/refugee employees
Recruiting qualified immigrant candidates
Directory of resources and materials to hire immigrants
Promotion of employment opportunities at my company to the immigrant community
Information on legal work status of immigration recruits
Training grants for new employees
Other
Does your company use any of the following practices? (Check all that apply)
Advanced language training for the workplace
Workplace culture orientation
Mentoring programs/buddy system for new hires
Supervised work experience
Retraining opportunities
Assistance with finding housing, transportation and/or child care
Hired an HR staff member who specializes in immigrant recruitment and retention
How much do you expect the number of employees at your organization to change in the next 3 years?
Significant decrease in employees
Small decrease in employees
No increase or decrease anticipated
Small increase in employees
Significant increase in employees
Please share any best practices (we have not listed) that you have used and/or are aware of that have helped you hire and develop immigrants in your company
Have you ever worked with an Immigrant Service Organization to help recruit and hire from the immigrant community before? (e.g., Westman Immigrant Services)
Yes
No
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