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Wardrop Engineering Inc.

  

Wardrop Engineering Inc.
Chosen as one of Best Employers for New Canadians for 2009:
By Rachel Caballero and Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors  (Apr 1, 2009)

Some of the reasons why Wardrop Engineering Inc. was selected as one of Best Employers for New Canadians 2009:
  • helps new Canadian employees obtain their PEng designation with formal technical mentoring and development programs
  • recruits new Canadian jobseekers from agencies that provide employment services to immigrants, such as the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (which manages a seven-month engineering and technology upgrading program for immigrants)
  • provides onsite English language instruction and cross-cultural training

 Hiring New Canadian Engineers

Wardrop does its utmost to make sure its internationally-educated engineers obtain a Canadian PEng designation by providing formal technical mentoring and development programs to new Canadian hirees. The company also provides one-on-one coaching for new Canadian engineers, providing individualized help during the licensing process.

"Wardrop is a great company, and is very supportive of newcomers."
— Kat Linge, Wardrop Employee

 Providing Language Classes in English and Spanish

English as a Second Language courses are available for employees who want to improve their language skills. For those employees who want to learn a new language, Wardrop currently offers courses in Spanish and currently considering whether to provide language courses in Hindi. Because many of their projects are undertaken abroad, cross-cultural training courses are offered that introduce participants to the business environments in India, China or South America.
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