“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.
Tooba fled Afghanistan and arrived in Canada in 2018. While attempting to open her first bank account in the country, she was so impressed by how welcoming she was treated at CIBC, after a few years of pursuing her dream, she was hired and has been promoted twice after only her first year.
After fleeing Afghanistan, Mirhussain Walizada arrived n Canada in April 2022. His employer was impressed by his international background in education and offered him a position as the College’s Senior Educational Administrator at East West College of Business and Technology (Calgary, AB).
Meet Ali Tartoussi, a Syrian living in Lebanon before moving to Canada in 2020. Just one month after landing in Canada, he was able to quickly secure an interview at Ford Motors and started working as Plant Supervisor at their Oakville Assembly Plant.
