International tech professionals who relocate to Canada will find an environment that prioritizes “politeness, diversity, respect and opportunities”. Tati Cortez and Aasia Rahguzar, members of Global Mobility Team, talked about work permit & relocation to Canada for tech professionals during VanHackCON 2022. VanHackCON, our annual free event, is the largest online conference for senior tech…
April 2022: Labour Market Impact Assessment and Global Talent Stream Updates – Canada is on the road to economic recovery from COVID-19. In February 2022, Canada added 337,000 jobs lowering the unemployment rate to 5.5%, the lowest since the onset of the pandemic. The country also announced solutions to address labour shortages Canada’s economic recovery exceeds…
Canada understands the importance of the immigrant workforce and has systems in place to expedite visas and work permits. Still, navigating the bureaucracy involved in moving abroad is never simple. Don’t worry, we are here to help you understand the basics of getting a Canadian Work Visa. Immigration consultants Aasia Rahguzar, Melissa Arrambide, and Shervani…
We’re thrilled to welcome Oluwafunso Oluyole-Balogun from Nigeria! He just landed in Halifax, Canada, to work for a great Canadian company. In this video, Oluwafunso shares his journey and says one of the most challenging parts of the recruitment process was the #codechallenge. Yet, he gives kudos to the Premium Academy, who helped him feel…
Having a complete and interesting profile on LinkedIn improves your chances of getting noticed by companies and recruiters. Maybe you are aware of this already but did you know that organizing your resume online doesn’t have to be a boring and tiring task? It doesn’t even have to take long. If you want to boost…
It doesn’t matter whether you’re a tech startup with two co-founders and a pug, or an enterprise with 10,000 cubicles. If you’re looking to grow, I bet hiring is your biggest challenge. And if your chosen solution is hiring tech talent from abroad, it can seem confusing. Why is this challenge affecting so many Canadian…
We’ve got lots of Global Talent Stream success stories. Why? Well, it just makes hiring tech talent abroad faster, easier and cheaper than a local talent search. Well, that goes double when you use VanHack to help your company. You can get your tech pros from Brazil, India, Nigeria, and about 100 other countries. Yeah, that’s…
Congratulations! You used the Global Talent Stream to hire tech experts for your growing company. You did the smart thing and expanded your search beyond Canada. Now and in future, you can access a whole world of talent. (And if you used VanHack, that means you had access to 200,000+ candidates. That’s one big talent…
You need to hire top tech talent quickly. You want developers who can create magic for your company with RoR, JS, Java, Javascript, Python, etc. But you can’t find them! That’s why you should use the Global Talent Stream. What’s this all about? Well, the Canadian government created this program in 2017 to deal with…
Just want an expert to walk you through how to apply to the Global Talent Stream? Book a FREE call with the VanHack team! I’ll assume if you’ve skipped the link above, you’ve got a few minutes to learn more. Fantastic. We’re going to show you how to apply to the Global Talent Stream to…
