“These days, most Canadian employers have difficulties with retention. If this is your case, refugees are a great opportunity for you.” Take it from Daria Pakhomova: hiring refugees brings strength and stability to your workforce, along with a plethora of prior skills that can bolster local businesses. “[Refugees] are resilient, they’re determined, they know how to problem solve—because they solved a lot of problems trying to get to where they are.”
As a refugee from Nigeria and a successful direct support worker at Simaril, Efe Rogers has a message for employers in Canada: “Whether you are a refugee or immigrant or whoever, as long as the person has the passion to do the job, you should give them a try.”
Hiring Manager Tobore David says it best: “I believe [refugees] are very adaptable, and that is one of the qualities that they bring to the job that helps them excel—being able to adapt to changes and expectations wherever they are at.”
By hiring refugees, Simaril is building a resilient, robust workforce that strengthens their business and helps their clients.
