North American Arrivals

As an immigrant to North America, you will need to ensure that employers and organizations such as colleges and universities properly recognize your international credentials. These may be trade certificates, but also educational qualifications such as degrees or diplomas that you have completed or partially completed. It is common for hiring personnel to have little or no training in evaluating an academic background earned outside of North America. But at the same time, employers see formal education as very important when hiring. Research has shown that sometimes immigrants start with a lower salary than people who have completed their training in North America. If you need to complete your training in North America, apprenticeships leading to skilled trades are in high demand.