Filipino immigrants face employment barriers that lead to widespread overqualification
Filipino immigrants in Canada face significant employment barriers that lead to high rates of overqualification. Many newcomers prioritize immediate employment, often accepting jobs for which they are overqualified due to unrecognized foreign credentials and lengthy licensing processes. This situation is exacerbated by financial constraints, making it difficult for them to obtain the necessary qualifications to work in their fields.
- ▪Employment overqualification among Filipino immigrants is largely due to unrecognized foreign credentials and financial barriers.
- ▪Job overqualification rates for newcomers with postsecondary degrees from the Philippines are significantly higher than those educated in Canada.
- ▪Many Filipino immigrants are forced to take survival jobs instead of positions that match their qualifications.
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Open this photo in gallery:Rizza Solis is the executive director of the Kababayan Multicultural Centre, a Toronto settlement organization that helps immigrants from the Philippines and elsewhere re-establish their lives.EDUARDO LIMA/The Globe and MailShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountEmployment overqualification among Filipino immigrants in Canada is largely the result of unrecognized foreign credentials, exhausting licensing processes and financial barriers, a settlement organization says. Rizza Solis, executive director of Kababayan Multicultural Centre, said newcomer Filipinos prioritize immediate employment, even if it means accepting roles for which they are overqualified.
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