{"id":26548,"date":"2017-06-07T10:59:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T14:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devwp.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/?p=26548"},"modified":"2020-09-25T15:45:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T19:45:27","slug":"hospitals-community-partnerships-help-newcomers-get-hired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/healthy-tomorrows\/hospitals-community-partnerships-help-newcomers-get-hired\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital\u2019s community partnerships help newcomers get hired"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ayse Ibrahim said she\u2019s proud to work for The Ottawa Hospital, which recently received the Employer Excellence Award from Hire Immigrants Ottawa.<\/em><\/p>\n

Five years ago, Ayse Ibrahim was working on completing her high school diploma and was hoping to become a pharmacist. She had always loved hospitals and wanted to work in one.<\/p>\n

All that changed when she and her family were forced to leave Syria because of the war. She left everything behind, knowing she\u2019d have to start a new life somewhere else.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I came to Canada I was scared,\u201d said Ibrahim. \u201cMy English was not good. How could I find a job?\u201d<\/p>\n

She arrived in Canada just over a year ago and, upon her arrival in Ottawa, was put in touch with an agency to help her find a job. This agency \u2013 Hire Immigrants Ottawa \u2013 supports and promotes newcomers to Canada and happened to be one that The Ottawa Hospital had partnered with, which is how she came to work for Housekeeping Services.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so glad to be at the hospital,\u201d said Ibrahim. \u201cEveryone that works here respects me. The hospital shows me I am a person and am working a good job for this community to grow, to be a good one.\u201d<\/p>\n

She now attends school during the day to complete her General Education Diploma, while working evenings and weekends to support herself and her family.<\/p>\n

Working at the hospital has improved her English, through interactions with patients and staff. It\u2019s also helped her decide to attend Algonquin College\u2019s medical radiation technology program so she can continue working at the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m starting a new life here,\u201d said Ibrahim. \u201cIt\u2019s a good experience for me to be at the hospital. I am helping people from my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hospital\u2019s partnership with Hire Immigrants Ottawa has also resulted in other newcomers to Canada being hired.<\/p>\n

Recently the hospital was awarded the Employer Excellence Award from Hire Immigrants Ottawa<\/a> for its recruitment and integration of immigrant employees. This includes a new interview process created by the Talent Acquisition Team. The new process integrates a simulation and includes a debrief session for candidates to ask questions and share their opinions about the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very proud and honoured that we were recognized for our efforts,\u201d said Andree Kaspardlov, Manager of Talent Acquisition. \u201cThe recruitment team is very committed to this and any initiative related to helping newcomers to Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

Celebrate Housekeeping Appreciation Week, June 5 to 9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ayse Ibrahim was forced to leave everything behind when she left Syria. Five years later, she is starting a new life here, working in Housekeeping Services, thanks to the hospital\u2019s partnership with Hire Immigrants Ottawa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":26549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[177,426,166],"class_list":["post-26548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-tomorrows","tag-community-engagement","tag-newcomers","tag-staff-experience"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}