Spotify – an online audio streaming service is planning to hire hundreds of more employees in Canada, expanding its workforce by 15,000 in 2021.
Spotify’s head of advertising business Lee Brown said that the company is “increasing its business marketing workforce by over 70 percent in Europe, Australia, and Canada, … investing in the advertising business.”
The increase in the number of tech job opportunities can contribute to the highly-skilled tech workers gaining permanent residency (PR) in Canada, including the Global Talent Stream (GTS) of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).
#Spotify, #Tech, #IT, #PR, #GTS, #TFWP
October 21, 2021
Newfoundland and Labrador have a declining birth rate and shortage of people to fill job vacancies all over the province.
According to the province’s Minister of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills, Gerry Byrne’s statement in the House of Assembly, the province needs to respond to serious demographic challenges by increasing the level of immigration into the province.
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador aims to reach the goal of receiving 5,100 newcomers a year by 2026, encouraging skilled and talented individuals to move to the province.
#NL, #Newfoundland_and_Labrador, #demography, #population_growth
https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2021/ipgs/1020n04/
October 21, 2021
On October 19, 2021, the Government of Canada updated the Overseas Processing Manual (OP 24) and introduced new program delivery instructions.
These instructions are for officers to process the application in Canada applicants whose family members reside outside of Canada.
Family members of the following in-Canada applicants for permanent residence are applicable for the new instructions – spouse and common-law partner in Canada class, live-in caregiver class, protected persons in Canada, protected temporary residents, temporary resident permit holder class, and applicants for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate considerations who applied in Canada.
#OP_24, #overseas_processing, #PR
https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/resources/manuals/op/op24-eng.pdf
October 20, 2021
A recent survey by IRCC found that in August 2021, the employment rate for recent immigrants who have been living in Canada for five years or less reached 70.4%, a 6.1% increase compared to August 2019.
Business groups are calling for more immigrants to increase labour market flexibility.
80% of foodservice employers were finding it difficult to fill vacancies for kitchen staff, while 67% were struggling to find front-of-house employees (servers, bartenders, and hostesses) that make Canadian employers hire immigrants to fill the labour market gaps.
#Employment, #unemployment, #immigrant_jobs, #labour_market
October 20, 2021
