Internationally trained physicians, or IMGs, often face significant barriers to health care workforce reentry in the United States due to systemic barriers to licensure. Some states have taken steps to address such barriers. This brief provides an overview of state policy models to open pathways to licensure.
This guide provides actionable advice that community colleges can implement to help immigrant and refugees overcome common barriers to obtaining employment. Such barriers include credential recognition issues, limited professional networks, language gaps, and more. The guide also features examples of community colleges that have successfully implemented a range of approaches to support this population.
The World Education Services e-guide for adult educators provides an overview of barriers to economic mobility faced by internationally trained immigrants and refugees, and offers tips on how practitioners can support this student population.
Watch this webinar to learn how states around the U.S. are working to help internationally trained teachers re-enter the educator workforce and bring diverse voices and experience to the classroom.
Watch this webinar to learn about state-level innovative workforce development efforts that support the inclusion of internationally educated immigrants and refugees in the local workforce.
In recognition of Women’s History Month, join WES Global Talent Bridge for a webinar titled “Supporting the Career Advancement of Immigrant and Refugee Women in the U.S.”
Join us to learn how states and cities around the U.S. are engaging internationally trained immigrants and refugees to address rising shortages of K-12 teachers and bring diverse voices and experience to the classroom.
Join this webinar to learn how the City of Portland’s Office of Economic Opportunity, Portland Professional Connections program, in partnership with the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce, fosters economic inclusion by ensuring that all Portlanders have strong professional networks and therefore access to opportunities for upward economic mobility and career advancement.
In this webinar, four industry leaders discuss the implications of diversity, inclusion, and equality in the Canadian workplace.
This webinar engages in a conversation among employers, service providers, and funders collaborating to advance innovative solutions to help immigrant and refugee talent connect to workforce opportunities that value their international education and experience.
In this webinar, we discuss persistent gaps in the mobility of skills and education and the future state of recognition.
The webinar presents findings from WES Global Talent Bridge’s report, “Can Immigrant Professionals Help Reduce Teaching Shortages in the U.S.?” Policy experts discuss efforts to streamline pathways for foreign-trained immigrants and refugees to enter the teaching profession.
