Career Bridge is an innovative program that offers paid internships for internationally-qualified recent immigrants:

• Who are pre-screened for language skills and education credentials,
• With at least a Bachelor's level education,
• With a minimum of 3 years international work experience,
• Who are newly arrived in Canada, and;
• Are ready and qualified to apply their skills to the Canadian workplace.

The Career Bridge program addresses the long-term concern that Canadian businesses often overlook or underutilize the talents of qualified people who are recent arrivals from abroad.  It helps employers across all industry sectors fill a wide range of professional and managerial opportunities.

The program is designed and managed by Career Edge, Canada's Internship Organization and is built on the organization's highly successful internship model. Career Edge has, since 1996, helped over 5,000 graduates and internationally qualified professionals find entry-level employment in over 1000 organizations.

Employers - click here to learn how to participate in and benefit from the Career Bridge program

Job-Seekers - click here to learn how to qualify for the Career Bridge program

Click here to view a list of organizations that have hosted Career Bridge interns.

In The News

• Globe & Mail - Foreign interns get a leg up - Jun 18/04
• Globe & Mail - Immigrants Welcome, Roadblocks Ahead - Feb 18/04
• Globe & Mail - Capitalize on Immigrants Promise - Sep 15/04

Testimonials

“Career Bridge is a model of the kind of partnerships needed to lower the barriers that prevent foreign-trained professionals from reaching their potential in Ontario’s workforce...It is truly a win-win program for employers that need qualified employees and for recent immigrants seeking professional level positions in their fields of expertise.” - Mary Anne Chambers, Minister, Training, Colleges and Universities Government of Ontario

Click here to read what our other participants say about the Career Bridge program.