Skills Gap: Workforce and Refugee

skills gap: Jim is a great example of the business community stepping forward and leading by example on integrating immigrants into our workforce, said Justin Falconer, manager of inter-governmental partnerships at Workforce Windsor-Essex, the group organizing Friday's event, according to CBC. Estill eventually built up a refugee support program, made up of volunteers who helped what ended up being 220 refugees integrating into Guelph community. SPECIAL PROJECT I Am a Refugee Guelph CEO Jim Estill sponsoring 50 Syrian refugee families The president and CEO of Danby Appliances was in Windsor on Friday sharing his story at a workforce summit that focussed discussions on a skills gap that has companies scrambling to find ways to train workers for in-demand jobs. He ran the operation like a business with directors leading each portfolio, such as transportation and housing. So, he expanded his operation and made it available to all refugees. We built a network of furniture distribution, food distribution and jobs, ESL ... but government refugees did not have that support group, Ellis told CBC News. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.