Recruiting Immigrant Workers: Canada 2019
Canada has not only the largest in terms of numbers, but also the most elaborate and
longest-standing skilled labour migration system in the OECD. Largely as a result
of many decades of managed labour migration, more than one in five people in Canada
is foreign-born, one of the highest shares in the OECD. 60% of Canada’s foreign-born
population are highly educated, the highest share OECD-wide. The recent introduction
of Express Entry, a two-step selection system based on an initial pre-sreening of
suitable candidates who enter a pool by Expression of Interest and subsequent selection
of the most skilled candidates from the pool, has further enhanced the competitive
edge of the selection system relative to other countries. It also ensures that those
with the skills to succeed are admitted to Canada in a quick and efficient way. Core
to Canada's success is not only the elaborate selection system itself, but also the
innovation and infrastructure around it, which ensures constant testing, monitoring
and adaptation of its parameters. This includes a comprehensive and constantly improving
data infrastructure, coupled with the capacity to analyse it, and swift policy reaction
to new evidence and emerging challenges.
Published on August 13, 2019
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