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Career Edge Organization
Career Edge Organization provides strategic, cost effective and flexible staffing solutions, including on-line access to well educated and qualified candidates, payroll administration and HR expertise, to help employers recruit, hire and retain quality talent. Career Edge Organization is a national not-for-profit that has worked with over 1000 reputable employers across Canada to provide more than 9,800 paid internships since 1996.
Career Edge Organization operates three innovative paid internship programs: Career Edge for recent or new graduates, Ability Edge for graduates with disabilities and Career Bridge for internationally qualified professionals.
The Career Bridge paid internship program
The Career Bridge program, operated by Career Edge Organization, is an innovative response to Canada’s labour market demand for internationally qualified professionals who are eager and qualified to work in their professional fields in Canada. It’s a low-risk, cost effective way for Canadian organizations to find qualified, diverse and pre-screened talent across many industry sectors, adding skills and diversity to their workforce and helping highly motivated individuals gain meaningful Canadian work experience.
Career Bridge program internships are paid professional-level positions in a broad spectrum of non-regulated business functions including HR, Marketing, Engineering, IT, Finance, Sales and Project Management. Each intern is assigned a Coach at their workplace to provide the intern with on the job coaching, knowledge sharing, networking opportunities and professional guidance.
Reasons for Hiring an Intern from the Career Bridge Program
- Access to Qualified Talent
Online access to experienced, diverse and qualified candidates who have been pre-screened for English language business communication skills, education credentials, work experience relevancy and legal entitlement to work in Canada.
- Cost Effective and Flexible Recruitment Option
4, 6, 9 and 12 month paid internships are available allowing for flexibility with no commitment to hire permanently, allowing you to assess candidate performance before any long-term hiring commitment, although you can hire an intern at any time at no additional cost.
- Human Resources Support
Proactive HR support provided by Career Edge Organization staff from an assigned Client Relations Manager to assist employers in integrating internationally qualified professional interns and subsequently other employees in the workplace. Online HR learning resources have been developed especially for interns and coaches. Career Edge Organization also administers interns’ payroll, workers’ compensation and payroll taxes.
Profile of the Career Bridge Intern
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53% of Career Bridge interns possess a Masters degree or higher.
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Career Bridge interns have on average 8 years of work experience.
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The current Career Bridge talent pool represents the following disciplines: Business - 33%; Engineering - 27%; IT - 9%; Arts/Humanities - 9%; and Health Sciences - 18%.
Program Costs - Effective July 1, 2010
As of July 1, 2010 the Ontario and British Columbia Governments will be introducing the HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) and Career Edge Organization will be required to apply HST to our services in HST participating provinces and territories.
Click here for a message from Anne Lamont, Career Edge Organization President and CEO for answers to some of the frequently asked questions (FAQ’s) on the implementation of the HST in Ontario and BC and the HST impact on Career Edge Organization services.
Other Resources
Process to become a Career Edge Organization Host Employer
- Complete the on-line host organization application form.
- A Client Relations Representative from Career Edge Organization will review your application and contact you to discuss with you your organization's recruitment needs.
- Your Client Relations Representative will request you to print, read and fax a completed Career Edge Organization Host Employer Agreement.
- Upon receipt of your signed agreement, your Client Relations Representative will complete your online registration form and provide the final approval.
- You can now begin posting internship opportunities.
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