B.C.’s four largest immigrant services organizations are expected to sign an agreement launching the Immigrant Services Network on Monday.
It will focus on helping unemployed immigrants improve their job search prospects.
The heads of Immigrant Services Society of B.C., MOSAIC, Progressive Intercultural Community Services and S.U.C.C.E.S.S. will take part in the ceremony at Vancouver Public Library.
“In the future when job seekers are looking for jobs, they will be going to some employment services centres where the centre will provide a wide range of services,” said Thomas Yeung, senior program director of employment services at S.U.C.C.E.S.S. “That means they don’t have to go to a specific place to get a specific service. All employment service centres should be in a position to provide services for all.”
Nothing will change until March 2012. At that point, Yeung expects new employment services centres to open across B.C. and each one of those centres will be able to provide job search programs in various languages.
He said, for example, many employment offices do not have the capacity to help people with job-hunting skills in Chinese.