While the federal immigration system has been criticized for putting emphasis on post-secondary education when judging candidates as economic immigrants, Manitoba has designed its nominee program to focus on skill shortages in its own labour market. (canadianbusiness.com)
The data also shows that more women arrive in Canada as the spouses of economic immigrants or as non-economic newcomers or refugees and have lower employment rates and earn less than the average wage. (canadianbusiness.com)
It often takes time for economic immigrants to find proper jobs because of a lack of recognition of foreign credentials, real or perceived language or cultural competency issues, and / or the lack of Canadian work experience. (asiapacific.ca)