Employers of Canada who hire foreign skilled workers through LMIA are most probably required to conduct an advertisement step.
The reason to conduct advertisements is to convince the Canadian Government through this method that no Canadian employee is in a state to be hired for the particular job profile which is why they need to switch to hiring foreign workers.
Although Canadian employers are required to follow the guidelines issued by the Employment and Social Development Canada which is part of the federal government of Canada whose main purpose is to look after the LMIA processing.
The employers of Canada are required to advertise for all the required job profiles at least before 28 days of applying for the LMIA assessment.
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Canadian employers first have to prove that they have adopted all the 3 ways of recruiting workers.
The three methods include posting about the job on the official website of Canada’s Job Bank, the other methods are utilizing websites of general employment and online classification portal which are dedicated to special occupations like education, accounting, etc.
If the Canadian employer adopts 2 different methods for advertising via online portals, each of them must have it reach and target different groups of audiences.
If the Canadian employers try to post about a job opening on similar kinds of platforms, it will be counted as one unit of advertisement for the recruitment.
The primary focus of employers must be on underprivileged groups of Canada who are underrepresented, possess disabilities, etc.
The time period for Job advertisements
Employers conducting advertisements must consider executing the process for a minimum time period of a month.
And this period should be under the period of 3 months before the employer submits their application for LMIA assessment.
In short, if applications for LMIA assessment are submitted after a period exceeding 3 months will be considered incomplete and the employer will need to conduct a new advertisement for a time period of 1 month.
Following are the 3 actions of recruitment, a Canadian employer needs to follow to get a positive response from LMIA from the Government of Canada
Advertisement proof
the employer who conducts the advertisement step has to put the shreds of evidence that shows that he/she has conducted the advertisement in order to recruit employees from the Canadian labor market.
The documents may include a copy of the advertisement which was conducted containing all the relevant information about the when and the method of advertisement.
Shreds of evidence that show advertisement was conducted through various platforms consisting of print and online media for targeting the potential workers who possess a specific educational background, work experience, have relevant skills matching the job role, etc.
The ESDC recommends maintaining a valid record of the methods of advertisements conducted by the employer for the previous 6 years as in many cases, the Canadian employer may be asked to submit the details and the results of the advertisement conducted for the recruitment process under the work permit processing.
Advertising Requirement
There may be cases in which a Canadian employer may have to follow a varied process of advertising for specific job roles in specific Canadian provinces and terr6.
The job roles which require a different set of advertisement processes are mentioned below
- Education sector
- Counselors for camp
- Selection Certificate from the province of Quebec
- The agreement shows the step that internal recruitment was taken
- Associations of the Canadian employer
- Recruitment of a foreign government official
- Caregivers
- Instructors of different religions
- Agricultural farmers
- Technicians dealing in specialized service
- Warranty work
The step of advertisement can be exempted by the enterprises and employers whose job positions and roles are eligible for the Global Talent Stream and thus can hire foreign skilled workers immediately.
The option can be utilized by a professional in the IT sector, and the processing period of Global Talent Stream takes 14 days.
The process of recruiting foreign nationals can be an intimidating process, but a legal Canadian immigration lawyer can assist you with the most accurate process of getting a Canadian work permit.
