
Policy and Research Coordinator,
Steven Isidori
Email: sisidori@mbot.com
Phone: 905-273-6151 ext. 38
Address: Mississauga Board of Trade
701-77 City Centre Drive,
Mississauga, Ontario
L5B 1M5 Canada

Business without Borders, Diversity Knocks - October 25, 2010
Paul Beamish hired Gigi Wong because of her answer to a simple question: how would she react if a Chinese businessman belched after his meal? It was a difference in cultural etiquette he'd observed hosting Asian clients and wanted to know how a prospective employee would handle the situation. A Canadian-born job candidate said she'd politely tell the person to stop, but Wong had the correct response. "I would ignore it," she said. "It's a sign they are enjoying themselves."
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Contact Career Edge Organization
Web: www.careeredge.ca
Phone: (416) 977-3343 Fax: (416) 977-4090 Toll-free: 1-888-507-3343 and ask for Career Bridge Services
“The caliber and quality of talent coming through our Career Bridge program continues to impress and amaze our participating host employers. Our paid internship programs suit multiple hiring requirements including: entry-level and/or professional-level roles, pre-screening for long-term retention, diversity and inclusion planning, seasonal, short-term or project based work, contingency staffing as well as direct hiring opportunities. The bottom line is that Career Edge Organization is a low-cost and flexible hiring solution for employers looking to access diverse, internationally qualified professionals – so, if you’re looking for the catch, there simply isn’t one!”
Carrer Edge Organization
Description:
Since 1996, Career Edge Organization, a national not-for-profit service provider, has provided thoughtful, results-driven leadership in connecting multi-sector businesses with diverse, qualified talent through innovative paid internship programs to fulfill talent strategies for recent grads, internationally qualified professionals and graduates with disabilities.
Career Edge Organization has connected more than 1,000 leading Canadian employers with a diverse pool of quality candidates to help meet their immediate and long-term demands for talent. All of our program registrants are pre-screened, university or college educated and many are multilingual.
By connecting employers to qualified talent through our three unique programs, Career Edge Organization facilitates the creation of meaningful work experiences to achieve business objectives and launch careers.
In partnership with our participating private, public and non-profit sector host employers, we have successfully launched the careers of over 10,700 recent grads, graduates with disabilities and internationally qualified professionals across Canada.
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ITS in Mississauga is part of the Global Experience @ Work (GE@W) initiative. Through GE@W, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce has supported over 20 community projects led by local chambers of commerce and boards of trade throughout the province to better integrate foreign trained professionals into the labour force by connecting workers and potential employers.