Express Entry Information for Employers

Information for Employers
Express Entry Immigration
LIVE HERE. WORK HERE. BELONG HERE.
Newfoundland and Labrador has a diverse labour market, a skilled and educated population, is family-friendly
and committed to inclusion. People from over 80 countries make Newfoundland and Labrador their home. The
introduction of the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program Express Entry Skilled Worker
Category enables skilled immigrant workers to enter the province faster than ever before. Express Entry
offers the opportunity for permanent residency and provides a path to success for skilled immigrants and their
families, as well as international students.
Under Express Entry immigration, candidates will be fast-tracked once they receive an offer of employment
from a Canadian employer, and have a Provincial Government nomination or are selected by Immigrants,
Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
Newfoundland and Labrador has 550 Express Entry nominations annually available for skilled immigrants who
are accepted into the Federal Government Express Entry Pool and are successful in obtaining employment in
the province.
Please visit www.jobbank.gc.ca for information on finding employment in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Questions and Answers
Express Entry is employer-driven and designed to help provincial employers attract and retain skilled
workers and international students to meet their labour market needs.
How can employers
access the Provincial
Nominee Express
Entry Skilled
Worker Category to
find workers?
Employers can hire Express Entry candidates to meet their labour needs when
they are unable to find Canadians or permanent residents to fill job vacancies.
Employers have access to candidates through private sector job boards, the Federal
Government job bank www.jobbank.gc.ca and the Provincial Nominee Program
(PNP).
How do employers
demonstrate
challenges in hiring
locally?
Employers will have to complete a Job Vacancy Assessment application. To
support this process, employers must provide evidence to demonstrate their
attempts to hire locally, including:
• proof of advertising for a period of at least six weeks;
• proof of business registration with www.jobbank.gc.ca;
• activity reports from job postings (e.g., number of resumes received, number of
local candidate interviews); and
• any other information that demonstrates efforts to hire locally.
What responsibilities
do employers
have to adhere
to if they utilize
the PNP Express
Entry Category to
recruit international
workers?
Employers must ensure that they provide the successful candidate with a written
offer of employment, complete the employer sections of the Express Entry Skilled
Worker Category application, and notify the department of any changes to the
conditions of the employment offer, which also includes a decision to rescind the
offer.
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The Department of Advanced Education and Skills (the department) administers
the Provincial Nominee Program in partnership with Immigrants, Refugees and
Citizenship Canada (IRCC). This partnership provides the province with access to
the Express Entry pool of candidates. Departmental officials can search this pool
for individuals with skill sets required by employers who have proven challenges
in hiring locally. The department can facilitate the connection of suitable
candidates from the pool with employers. Employers can then proceed with
standard recruitment processes. Candidates who successfully obtain a job offer are
then eligible to submit an application for nomination to the Provincial Nominee
Program Express Entry Skilled Worker category.
Questions and Answers
Are there any other
circumstances which
would prevent hiring
immigrants through
the PNP Express
Entry Skilled
Worker Category,
even if employers
have demonstrated
that they are having
challenges in hiring
locally?
Yes. For example, employers that are engaged in a labour dispute at the time they
seek to utilize Express Entry may have access deferred until the labour dispute has
been resolved. If it is deemed that the hiring of an immigrant will adversely affect
the settlement of a labour dispute or the employment of anyone involved in such a
dispute, access to Express Entry will be not be approved.
Can employers
recruit workers with
any skill level using
the PNP Express
Entry Skilled
Worker Category?
No. Express Entry candidates must have skilled work experience in a National
Occupational Classification from one of three occupational groups - 0, A or B - to
be eligible for Express Entry. This system is used by the Government of Canada
to classify occupations. For immigration purposes, the main groups are:
1. Skill Type 0 (zero) – management jobs.
2. Skill Level A – professional jobs.
3. Skill Level B – technical jobs and skilled trades.
4. Skill Level C – intermediate jobs, which require high-school and/or job
specific training.
5. Skill Level D – labour jobs.
Further information can be found at www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/
noc.asp.
Further information on the PNP Express Entry Skilled Worker Category and the Employer
Criteria can be found at www.nlpnp.ca.
Further information from the Federal Government on Express Entry can be found at
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/index.asp.
Further information on the Population Growth Strategy can be found at
www.homeforgoodnl.ca
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Department of Advanced Education and Skills
Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism
P.O. Box 8700
St. John’s, NL
A1B 4J6
Canada
Phone: 1-709-729-6607
Fax: 1-709-729-7381
E-mail: [email protected]