Employers

Diversify your Workforce

Immigration has become a key component of Canada's population and labour force growth. This is particularly true for more rural communities, which often experience an out-migration of youth combined with an ageing local population.

Saugeen Connects welcomes immigrants and newcomers to our communities and recognizes their contribution to our economic growth and cultural vibrancy. But don’t just take our word for it. Listen to what some local employers have to say about diversifying their workforces:

Saugeen Connects aims to raise awareness among the business community of the benefits of hiring immigrants, and connects with regional partners in the settlement sector, such as the Newcomer Centre of Peel, to showcase the business and investment opportunities in our area. As part of our mandate, we:

Collaborate with immigration service providers
Produce and promote a community prospectus for the area
Identify local ethnic concentrations through working with employers
Reach out to prospective newcomer groups
Offer tours for prospective immigrant workers, entrepreneurs, buyers, investors and partners.

We All Benefit

Welcoming newcomers makes good sense. With a large number of our employers struggling to fill positions, rating the quality of applicants as fair to poor for certain jobs, why not tap a growing labour pool eager to plant roots in the Saugeen area?

Benefits for our region include:

Labour force development
Greater employee retention
Growth in population and community tax base
Sustainability of essential services
Monetary wealth to the community
Increase in the labour pool
Import of higher-level skill sets to advance businesses and innovation
Business and technical skills transfer to the area
Introduction of new ideas and global networks
Cultural diversity
Growth in ethnic concentration to attract similar ethnic immigrants and attain the critical mass to leverage additional business opportunities