{"id":91743,"date":"2017-02-28T22:21:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T03:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=91743"},"modified":"2017-02-28T22:21:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T03:21:36","slug":"website-set-up-by-former-refugees-connects-newcomers-with-employers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/28\/website-set-up-by-former-refugees-connects-newcomers-with-employers\/","title":{"rendered":"Website set up by former refugees connects newcomers with employers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Omar Rahimi says refugees can find employment through his website, and work on their language skills on the job. (Photo: Hire a Refugee website<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WINNIPEG\u2014A former refugee has launched a website aimed at connecting newcomers to Winnipeg with meaningful employment.<\/p>\n

Omar Rahimi’s site \u201cHire A Refugee\u201d connects refugees with people seeking labourers.<\/p>\n

He tells CTV Winnipeg that most of the work centres around home maintenance, including painting, furniture moving, demolition and snow shovelling.<\/p>\n

Rahimi says he was inspired to launch the project based on his own experience moving to Canada 16 years ago from Iraq.<\/p>\n

He says he’s been working since arriving in Canada, but says it’s hard to find a job, though knowing English makes it a little easier.<\/p>\n

He says refugees can find employment through his website, and work on their language skills on the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best way to help them is to find them jobs, and that’s what they want,\u201d he says. \u201cThey want to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

The website is one of many ways refugees are finding employment in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n

About 1,000 refugees came through Manitoba Start’s doors last year. It acts as the gateway for all immigrants in Manitoba looking to enter the workforce.<\/p>\n

The organization serves as a central registry to connect immigrants with settlement agencies. Once they have been settled and have developed some English skills, the organization then helps immigrants find employment.<\/p>\n

They teach courses in resume preparation and interview skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also do direct placement here as well, so that’s really useful, and especially when language is still a concern,\u201d says Judith Hayes, executive director of Manitoba Start.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can be the intermediary. We don’t just send people out to interview. We actually line up positions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WINNIPEG\u2014A former refugee has launched a website aimed at connecting newcomers to Winnipeg with meaningful employment. Omar Rahimi’s site \u201cHire …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":91759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-immigration","category-news","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}