{"id":44177,"date":"2019-03-28T09:23:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T13:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/?p=44177"},"modified":"2020-09-23T15:23:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T19:23:05","slug":"new-canadians-find-meaningful-employment-at-the-ottawa-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/healthy-tomorrows\/new-canadians-find-meaningful-employment-at-the-ottawa-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"New Canadians find meaningful employment at The Ottawa Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iuliana Popescu works with the Talent Acquisition team at The Ottawa Hospital. She first came to Canada in 2002 and has found great support, collaboration and teamwork at the hospital.<\/em><\/p>\n

They say you can\u2019t go home again. But Iuliana Popescu did just that – twice.<\/p>\n

Iuliana came to Canada from Romania in 2002 and began working in the Human Resources Department at The Ottawa Hospital five years later. Her career at the hospital has spanned Payroll, Labour Relations, and Talent Acquisition. To say she knows the HR department very well would be an understatement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI always felt that this is where I belong.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She and her husband moved back to Romania in 2012 to be with friends and family. But there was always a part of her that missed Ottawa. Although Romania was her original home, she also felt like she was leaving a home behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always felt that this is where I belong,\u201d said Popescu. \u201cI was away for six years, but I missed my job. I missed the pleasant work environment, the efficient and competent team whose support and guidance was always available to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In June 2018, Iuliana moved back to Canada with her family and reunited with her work family at The Ottawa Hospital. Since returning, She has continued to grow her career, received awards and is taking advantage of opportunities offered through the hospital to grow and continue her education.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWorking at The Ottawa Hospital has been, and currently is, a powerful learning experience for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMy employer is very involved in my wellbeing,\u201d said Popescu. \u201cFrom the flexibility that I have with my working hours, to time off for personal matters, to encouragement for individual growth \u2013 educational conferences, seminars, and courses. I have received a lot of support here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ottawa Hospital takes great pride in supporting employees like Popescu. In March, the hospital received the Employer Excellence Award<\/a> from Hire Immigrants Ottawa<\/a>. <\/em>The award recognizes local employers for their innovative workplace policies and practices around the recruitment and integration of skilled immigrant employees into their organization.<\/p>\n

Iuliana was beaming with pride when she accepted the award as her colleagues looked on.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking at The Ottawa Hospital has been, and currently is, a powerful learning experience for me,\u201d she said. \u201cIt has shaped who I am today. It has helped me improve my existing skills and gain new ones. My work here increased my confidence in myself and helped me learn how to work effectively in a team environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iuliana is a prime example of how staff, as well as doctors and volunteers, live The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s values every day.  She is part of what makes the hospital a workplace of excellence, not just according to Hire Immigrants Ottawa, but also as one of the National Capital Region\u2019s Top Employers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iuliana Popescu came to Canada from Romania in 2002, and began working in the Human Resources Department at The Ottawa Hospital five years later. No matter where her travels took her, she always felt a sense of belonging here. The Ottawa Hospital was recently recognized for helping new Canadians like Iuliana find meaningful employment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":44172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[167,426,166],"class_list":["post-44177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-tomorrows","tag-awards","tag-newcomers","tag-staff-experience"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44177","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=44177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}