Build your business with skilled immigrant talent
Today’s business environment features strong competition and constant change. The most successful firms are those that can secure the best talent to innovate, adapt, and build the business.
Skilled, internationally‑trained workers can be the talent pool that makes the difference for your business, but attracting, recruiting, and retaining them requires different knowledge, attitudes, and access. This is where we can help.
Unlocking Business Growth with Immigrant Talent is a free, province‑wide hub of programs, tools, and connections designed to help employers:
- Solve workforce challenges with practical, ready‑to‑use hiring and retention supports.
- Learn best practices for inclusive recruitment, onboarding, and workplace culture.
- Build leadership and team capacity through mentoring and skills‑development resources.
- Stay informed on policies that shape access to skilled immigrant talent.
A dedicated employer resource hub
IEC‑BC and the BC Chamber of Commerce have partnered to offer this public resource hub for employers across British Columbia. The hub strengthens the immigrant talent pipeline by making it easier to find and use free supports that help your business grow.
On this page you’ll find:
- the IEC‑BC Resource Library (a downloadable employer toolkit),
- information on inclusive‑hiring webinars, and
- policy and advocacy resources that affect immigrant talent hiring.
Through this partnership, employers can access practical services and resources that make global talent hiring easier and more effective. You can use any IEC‑BC service on its own, based on your business needs and capacity. Think of IEC-BC as your extended HR/inclusion support team — all 100% free to access.
Immigrant Talent Pipeline Resources
IEC‑BC offers employers many ways to engage with services, programs, and learning resources, all designed to offer practical, real‑world help and solve business challenges. Skilled immigrant workers have so much to offer, and IEC‑BC exists to help your business most effectively leverage their skills, abilities, experience, and perspectives to drive growth and prosperity.
IEC‑BC Resource Library
The IEC‑BC Resource Library is a downloadable guide offering a comprehensive overview of IEC‑BC programs, tools, and best‑practice learning resources for employers. It lives at a consistent URL and will be updated over time as new resources are added.
Inside the Resource Library, you can explore supports that help at every stage of your team‑building process: from posting job vacancies and finding global talent, to assessing international skills fairly, creating an inclusive workplace culture, and retaining key people.
Key employer supports featured in the Resource Library include:
- TalentConnect: an online platform connecting BC employers to job‑ready newcomers, plus tailored Connections Events (introductions, discussions, hackathons, speed mentoring, and no‑pressure networking).
- Ascend for Employees: a self‑paced program that builds newcomer workplace communication and readiness, supporting smoother onboarding and integration.
- B2B MentorConnect: connects small businesses with seasoned HR professionals for mentorship on attracting, hiring, and retaining skilled immigrant talent, and more.
- MentorConnect: occupation‑specific mentoring that connects skilled immigrants with established professionals; includes employer partnership options and mentor resources.
- Employer Learning and Development: training and toolkits covering inclusive recruiting, assessment of global skills, language proficiency, leadership, and retention.
- FAST (Facilitating Access to Skilled Talent): sector‑specific streams that help skilled immigrants translate international experience into Canadian‑ready employment, increasing job‑ready candidate pools.
Inclusive Hiring Webinars
IEC‑BC and the BC Chamber co‑host periodic inclusive‑hiring webinars for employers across British Columbia. Check back on this page for details and registration for the next session.
Previous Webinars
Inclusive Hiring: Strategies to Build Diverse and Resilient Workforces
October 22, 2025 (Small Business Week)
This session gave small and medium‑sized enterprises the tools and confidence to embrace inclusive hiring as a driver of business success. Participants gained practical insights into the latest immigration policies, explored the measurable benefits of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and learned proven strategies to attract, hire, and retain immigrant talent.
Resources from this session will be shared soon.
Policy & Advocacy Resources
IEC-BC and the BC Chamber of Commerce are collaborating to explore coordinated policy and advocacy efforts that support employers and strengthen immigrant talent integration across British Columbia. As this work evolves, the partnership will share policy and advocacy resources that reflect employer priorities and help create more resilient, inclusive workforces.
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