Educated Immigrants are Underemployed: Report
Study: Quality of employment in the Canadian immigrant labour market - complete report here>>
Two-thirds of university-educated recent immigrants to Canada are underemployed in jobs requiring no more than a college education or apprenticeship, according to a new Statistics Canada report. Looking at Canada's immigrant labour market in 2008, found that immigrant wages were lower while involuntary part-time work and temporary employment were more common than among Canadian-born workers. However, after 10 years in Canada, immigrant employment looks similar to that of their Canadian-born counterparts. In all, more than 1.1 million workers aged 25 to 54 with a university degree were under-employed in jobs requiring a college education or apprenticeship last year, and immigrants are 1.5 times more likely to fall into that category than their Canadian-born counterparts. "It's a confirmation of what we see," says Allison Pond, executive director of ACCES Employment Services in Toronto. "The issues still remain. There's a lack of recognition of foreign-trained credentials and access to the labour market; we still are facing barriers. I see it as something we're continuing to work to change." The job landscape is uneven as Canada emerges from the recession, she says, because they see elevated unemployment in some sectors while others — including IT and finance — are experiencing a shortage of skilled workers.
Two-thirds of university-educated recent immigrants to Canada are underemployed in jobs requiring no more than a college education or apprenticeship, according to a new Statistics Canada report. Looking at Canada's immigrant labour market in 2008, found that immigrant wages were lower while involuntary part-time work and temporary employment were more common than among Canadian-born workers. However, after 10 years in Canada, immigrant employment looks similar to that of their Canadian-born counterparts. In all, more than 1.1 million workers aged 25 to 54 with a university degree were under-employed in jobs requiring a college education or apprenticeship last year, and immigrants are 1.5 times more likely to fall into that category than their Canadian-born counterparts. "It's a confirmation of what we see," says Allison Pond, executive director of ACCES Employment Services in Toronto. "The issues still remain. There's a lack of recognition of foreign-trained credentials and access to the labour market; we still are facing barriers. I see it as something we're continuing to work to change." The job landscape is uneven as Canada emerges from the recession, she says, because they see elevated unemployment in some sectors while others — including IT and finance — are experiencing a shortage of skilled workers.
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