Employer Survey

The St. Lawrence - Rideau Immigration Partnership (SLRIP) is currently conducting a research project to learn about employer’s experiences and attitudes towards hiring immigrants in Leeds and Grenville. Funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the Immigration Partnership is a collaboration of twenty-five plus organizations dedicated to enhancing the local community’s ability to welcome, support, and integrate immigrants. To find out more about the St. Lawrence - Rideau Immigration Partnership please visit https://slrlip.ca.

This survey is open to all employers in The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. Answers to the survey will be part of a research project published by the St. Lawrence- Rideau Immigration Partnership on “Immigrant Experiences in Leeds and Grenville: Examining social, economic, and cultural inclusion.” It will be used to inform local governments, employment service providers, settlement agencies, educational institutions, and organizations mandated with enhancing labour market outcomes of immigrants and supporting local employers in building inclusive productive workplaces.

Additionally, the research team hopes to conduct key informant interviews with a number of employers in Leeds and Grenville. The interviews would be 30 to 40 minutes in length and arranged at your convenience (in person, virtually, telephone). Only employers wishing to be part of the key informant interview are asked to provide name and contact information at the end of the survey. Otherwise completing the name and contact section is optional. All responses will be anonymous and summarized in the report.

Thank you for your support. If you have any questions or concerns about the survey or the research project, please contact Loretta Corbeil, Researcher at (343) 507-4173 or loretta_corbeil@yahoo.ca

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* 1. Please indicate the size of your business/organization (number of employees).

Small (2 - 4)

Medium (5 - 49)

Large (50- 150)

Larger (150- 500)

Very large (500+)

Prefer not to answer

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* 2. Please indicate your role in the company/organization.

Owner

Self Employed

Senior Executive

Human Resources Manager

Hiring Manager

Other

Prefer not to answer

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* 3. Please indicate your employment sector.

Agriculture

Education

Government (Municipal, Provincial, Federal)

Health Care

Hospitality

Information Technology

Manufacturing

Natural Resources

Real Estate/Real Estate Development

Retail

Skilled Trades

Social Services

Tourism

Transportation

Other

Prefer not to answer

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* 4. Where is your business/organization located in Leeds and Grenville?

Township of Augusta

Township of Athens

City of Brockville

Township of Edwardsburg-Cardinal

Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley

Township of Front of Yonge

Town of Gananoque

Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands

Township of Merrickville-Wolford

Municipality of North Grenville

Town of Prescott

Township of Rideau Lakes

Village of Westport

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* 5. Are you an Immigrant business owner?

Yes

Prefer not to answer

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* 6. Are you aware of the Eastern Ontario Immigrant Attraction and Retention Report?

Yes

Prefer not to answer

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* 7. Does your organization/industry currently face labour or skills shortages or hard-to-fill vacancies? If so, which occupations ?

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* 8. Have you hired immigrants (born outside Canada including permanent residents, refugee, refugee claimant, Temporary Foreign Workers, International Students)?

	Yes	No	Prefer not to answer
Permanent Residents	Permanent Residents Yes	Permanent Residents No	Permanent Residents Prefer not to answer
Refugee/Refugee Claimant	Refugee/Refugee Claimant Yes	Refugee/Refugee Claimant No	Refugee/Refugee Claimant Prefer not to answer
Temporary Foreign Worker	Temporary Foreign Worker Yes	Temporary Foreign Worker No	Temporary Foreign Worker Prefer not to answer
International Students	International Students Yes	International Students No	International Students Prefer not to answer

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* 9. Please choose one statement, from the list below, that best reflects the
importance of immigrants to Canada to your business/organization and hiring decisions.

Immigrants have already become an increasingly important source of new hires for our business/organization

Immigrants are not a particularly significant source of new hires for our business/organization

We foresee that, in the near future, immigrants will become an increasingly important source of new hires for
our business/organization

We expect that we will be relying less on immigrants as a source of new hires for our business/organization

We do not know or do not track whether the person we are hiring is an immigrant or not

Prefer not to answer

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* 10. What is your experience if any, with International Students?

Our organization has employed International Students on a work permit.

Our organization might be interested in employing International Students on a work permit.

Our organization has recruited International Students and supported their application to become
Permanent Residents.

Our organization might be interested in recruiting International Students as future permanent residents.

Our organization is not interested in employing International Students in any capacity

Prefer not to answer

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* 11. Please assess how your business/organization assesses immigrant candidates in comparison to other candidates for the same position.

	Almost always a concern	Often a concern	Sometimes a concern	Almost never a concern	Prefer not to answer
Everyday English conversational ability	Everyday English conversational ability Almost always a concern	Everyday English conversational ability Often a concern	Everyday English conversational ability Sometimes a concern	Everyday English conversational ability Almost never a concern	Everyday English conversational ability Prefer not to answer
Higher functioning English conversational skills	Higher functioning English conversational skills Almost always a concern	Higher functioning English conversational skills Often a concern	Higher functioning English conversational skills Sometimes a concern	Higher functioning English conversational skills Almost never a concern	Higher functioning English conversational skills Prefer not to answer
English reading and writing skills	English reading and writing skills Almost always a concern	English reading and writing skills Often a concern	English reading and writing skills Sometimes a concern	English reading and writing skills Almost never a concern	English reading and writing skills Prefer not to answer
Familiarity with Canadian business culture, practices, and norms	Familiarity with Canadian business culture, practices, and norms Almost always a concern	Familiarity with Canadian business culture, practices, and norms Often a concern	Familiarity with Canadian business culture, practices, and norms Sometimes a concern	Familiarity with Canadian business culture, practices, and norms Almost never a concern	Familiarity with Canadian business culture, practices, and norms Prefer not to answer
Technical skills related to the job	Technical skills related to the job Almost always a concern	Technical skills related to the job Often a concern	Technical skills related to the job Sometimes a concern	Technical skills related to the job Almost never a concern	Technical skills related to the job Prefer not to answer
Certainty about their educational credentials	Certainty about their educational credentials Almost always a concern	Certainty about their educational credentials Often a concern	Certainty about their educational credentials Sometimes a concern	Certainty about their educational credentials Almost never a concern	Certainty about their educational credentials Prefer not to answer
Problem-solving and critical thinking	Problem-solving and critical thinking Almost always a concern	Problem-solving and critical thinking Often a concern	Problem-solving and critical thinking Sometimes a concern	Problem-solving and critical thinking Almost never a concern	Problem-solving and critical thinking Prefer not to answer
Ability to work within a team	Ability to work within a team Almost always a concern	Ability to work within a team Often a concern	Ability to work within a team Sometimes a concern	Ability to work within a team Almost never a concern	Ability to work within a team Prefer not to answer

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* 12. What, if any, challenges have you experienced in hiring immigrants?

Limited language proficiency

Cultural differences

Immigrants lack of familiarity with Canadian workplace norms and practices

Evaluation of foreign credentials

Lack of awareness/understanding from Canadian born staff about immigrants ?

Prefer not to answer

Other (please specify)

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* 13. Please state factors that influenced immigrant employees to voluntarily leave their positions with your organization.

	Yes	No	Prefer not to answer
Finding other employment more suitable to their prior experience or education	Finding other employment more suitable to their prior experience or education Yes	Finding other employment more suitable to their prior experience or education No	Finding other employment more suitable to their prior experience or education Prefer not to answer
The wage level or finding other employment at a higher wage	The wage level or finding other employment at a higher wage Yes	The wage level or finding other employment at a higher wage No	The wage level or finding other employment at a higher wage Prefer not to answer
Commuting challenges	Commuting challenges Yes	Commuting challenges No	Commuting challenges Prefer not to answer
The level of personal fulfillment achieved on the job	The level of personal fulfillment achieved on the job Yes	The level of personal fulfillment achieved on the job No	The level of personal fulfillment achieved on the job Prefer not to answer
Interpersonal issues with co-workers, supervisors or clients	Interpersonal issues with co-workers, supervisors or clients Yes	Interpersonal issues with co-workers, supervisors or clients No	Interpersonal issues with co-workers, supervisors or clients Prefer not to answer
Too few hours of work per week	Too few hours of work per week Yes	Too few hours of work per week No	Too few hours of work per week Prefer not to answer
Too many hours of work per week	Too many hours of work per week Yes	Too many hours of work per week No	Too many hours of work per week Prefer not to answer
Immigrant employee moved to another community	Immigrant employee moved to another community Yes	Immigrant employee moved to another community No	Immigrant employee moved to another community Prefer not to answer
Immigrant employee preferred to live in larger urban centre	Immigrant employee preferred to live in larger urban centre Yes	Immigrant employee preferred to live in larger urban centre No	Immigrant employee preferred to live in larger urban centre Prefer not to answer

Other (please specify)

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* 14. In your opinion, what could be done to help immigrants get jobs that make use of their skills and experience?

	yes	no
Assessment of credentials	Assessment of credentials yes	Assessment of credentials no
Mentorships	Mentorships yes	Mentorships no
Language training/testing	Language training/testing yes	Language training/testing no
Cultural Awareness Training	Cultural Awareness Training yes	Cultural Awareness Training no
Improved labour market information	Improved labour market information yes	Improved labour market information no
Prefer not to answer	Prefer not to answer yes	Prefer not to answer no
Other	Other yes	Other no

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* 1. Please indicate the size of your business/organization (number of employees).

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* 2. Please indicate your role in the company/organization.

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* 3. Please indicate your employment sector.

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* 4. Where is your business/organization located in Leeds and Grenville?

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* 5. Are you an Immigrant business owner?

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* 6. Are you aware of the Eastern Ontario Immigrant Attraction and Retention Report?

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* 7. Does your organization/industry currently face labour or skills shortages or hard-to-fill vacancies? If so, which occupations ?

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* 8. Have you hired immigrants (born outside Canada including permanent residents, refugee, refugee claimant, Temporary Foreign Workers, International Students)?

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* 9. Please choose one statement, from the list below, that best reflects the
importance of immigrants to Canada to your business/organization and hiring decisions.

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* 10. What is your experience if any, with International Students?

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* 11. Please assess how your business/organization assesses immigrant candidates in comparison to other candidates for the same position.

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* 12. What, if any, challenges have you experienced in hiring immigrants?

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* 13. Please state factors that influenced immigrant employees to voluntarily leave their positions with your organization.

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* 14. In your opinion, what could be done to help immigrants get jobs that make use of their skills and experience?

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* 15. Please share any best or promising practices you are aware of to attract, recruit, and retain immigrant talent.

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* 16. Please share any benefits to your business/organization with hiring immigrants.

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* 17. If you are interested in taking part in a key informant interview, please leave name and contact information below.

Employer Survey

Employer Survey

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* 1. Please indicate the size of your business/organization (number of employees).

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* 2. Please indicate your role in the company/organization.

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* 3. Please indicate your employment sector.

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* 4. Where is your business/organization located in Leeds and Grenville?

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* 5. Are you an Immigrant business owner?

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* 6. Are you aware of the Eastern Ontario Immigrant Attraction and Retention Report?

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* 7. Does your organization/industry currently face labour or skills shortages or hard-to-fill vacancies? If so, which occupations ?

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* 8. Have you hired immigrants (born outside Canada including permanent residents, refugee, refugee claimant, Temporary Foreign Workers, International Students)?

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* 9. Please choose one statement, from the list below, that best reflects theimportance of immigrants to Canada to your business/organization and hiring decisions.

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* 10. What is your experience if any, with International Students?

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* 11. Please assess how your business/organization assesses immigrant candidates in comparison to other candidates for the same position.

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* 12. What, if any, challenges have you experienced in hiring immigrants?

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* 13. Please state factors that influenced immigrant employees to voluntarily leave their positions with your organization.

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* 14. In your opinion, what could be done to help immigrants get jobs that make use of their skills and experience?

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* 15. Please share any best or promising practices you are aware of to attract, recruit, and retain immigrant talent.

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* 16. Please share any benefits to your business/organization with hiring immigrants.

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* 17. If you are interested in taking part in a key informant interview, please leave name and contact information below.

* 9. Please choose one statement, from the list below, that best reflects the
importance of immigrants to Canada to your business/organization and hiring decisions.