AK Platform – Soft skills learning as a key resource for faster job placement

Canada, a country composed presently of 20 percentage of immigrants, aims to be a world leader in global problem-solving. To do so, and to draw from the insights and ingenuity of the immigrant population, requires that Canadian organizations develop faster and more effective ways of adapting newcomers into the labor market. Especially, as extant research has found, that skilled immigrant workers are presently constrained within the labor market and this restricts Canadian organizational performance and curtails Canada’s competitiveness. Identifying the key soft skills needed in the Canadian labor market and finding innovative ways to pass this knowledge on is fundamental not only to reduce the length of time for immigrants and international students to adapt to Canadian culture but to also improve Canadian economic performance. This research project aims to review Canadian literature and academic publications containing soft skills analysis focusing on professional experiences in the Canadian Labor market for the last decade to identify the most coveted soft skills. The research will be conducted by a secondary research analysis systematic methodology with procedural and evaluative steps.

Faculty Supervisor:

Barry Wright

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Partner:

Loonie AK

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Brock University

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