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Provincial Health Services Authority

  
Provincial Health Services Authority
PHSA employees at a Mardi Gras social event
PHSA employees at a Mardi Gras social event
Chosen as one of Best Employers for New Canadians for 2013:
By Kristina Leung and Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors   (Mar 11, 2013)

Some of the reasons why Provincial Health Services Authority was selected as one of Best Employers for New Canadians 2013:
  • partners with Skills Connect to help new Canadian job-seekers access employment opportunities
  • recently hosted a half day presentation for newcomers at Douglas College as part of the Skills Connect for Immigrants initiative, a Ministry-funded program for internationally educated health professionals seeking employment in British Columbia
  • supports hires who are new to Canada by providing assistance with the registration and licensing process for professional associations
  • conducted focus groups with nurses who are new to Canada in order to improve the onboarding program for future hires
  • refers new Canadian job-seekers to employment resources such as "ArriveBC", a program to help newcomers match their credentials to an appropriate position
  • considers previous work experience when determining starting salaries of employees who have foreign credentials and covers the costs of courses required to upgrade credentials

 Background Information

Major Canadian hiring locations: Vancouver BC, Abbotsford BC, Kelowna BC, Kamloops BC, Prince George BC, Victoria BC, Nanaimo BC. Established: 2001. Full-time employees in Canada: 7,320. Part-time employees in Canada: 5,207. New jobs created in Canada last year: 145. Revenues: $1,600 million. Percentage of employees who are women: 75%. Of managers: 58%.

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©2013 Mediacorp Canada Inc. All rights reserved. Used by Eluta with permission. For comments or questions on this employer review, please contact Mediacorp's editorial team.

   

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