Irene Sihvonen

SVP, Service Excellence and Entrepreneurship at ACCES Employment

[Yara Damasceno @Yara_ACCES]

Rogers Communications is currently experiencing a wide-spread outage affecting our call center and virtual services. We remain open for walk-in clients, and apologize for any inconvenience. We hope full services can be restored quickly. We will provide further updates by noon.

[ACCES Employment @ACCESEmployment]

Our World of Difference 2022 launch is in full swing! 🌐 Join us on Wed March 30 | 11am-12pm EST via Zoom and be the first to hear about our exciting upcoming initiatives and discover how you can help ACCES make a #WorldofDifference.

Register here: https://t.co/Zf6cMEhrWe

[ACCES Employment @ACCESEmployment]

With the support of @CitImmCanada, ACCES Employment has developed programming to help connect Afghan #newcomers to meaningful work. In a recent statement, @CitImmCanada highlighted the important work being done. #WelcomeAfghans

Read full press release: https://t.co/WTHgbTG28K

[ACCES Employment @ACCESEmployment]

Meet VERA, our Virtual Employment and Resource Attendant. Here's a short video on how to get started with VERA: https://t.co/EAFH6ZLMoV. Visit our website at https://t.co/qFoGOUg9yM today and click the red speech bubble to start a conversation.

#ACCESVERA2021 @AccentureCanada

[ACCES Employment @ACCESEmployment]

Proud to continue our working relationship with @AccentureCanada. Learn more about how their $1.1M+ grant will enhance our support of job seekers in Canada, including pre-arrival immigrants, using innovative technology. #AccentureACCES

[Allison Pond @Allison_ACCES]

Today's event with @StarbucksCanada is bringing together government, employers and youth talent in the Peel Region. Thank you Hon. Ahmed Hussen for joining us today and meeting with our newcomer and refugee youth clients at @ACCESEmployment. @HonAhmedHussen

[Allison Pond @Allison_ACCES]

Very proud to host the Hon. Ahmed Hussen @HonAhmedHussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada this morning at our Peel Region @ACCESEmployment office, employing newcomer and refugee youth together with @StarbucksCanada.

[Irene Sihvonen @Irene_ACCES]

Excited to hear from leading professionals on thoughtful, forward-thinking and valuable ideas in the fields of immigration, settlement and integration at the @CitImmCanada International Metropolis Conference 2019. #IntlMetropolis2019 @IMC_2019

[Irene Sihvonen @Irene_ACCES]

Join ACCES for a panel discussion organized by Diversity Institute at Ryerson on "Overcoming barriers to immigrant entrepreneurship." For many new immigrants, entrepreneurship is a source of gainful employment and financial stability. #IntlMetropolis2019 @IMC_2019

[Allison Pond @Allison_ACCES]

Ross Anderson from @StarbucksCanada says that because of the preparation & partnership, at some of the ACCES hiring events, over 80% of candidates receive job offers. “From a talent acquisition perspective, this is almost unheard of!” @IMC_2019 #IntlMetropolis2019

[Allison Pond @Allison_ACCES]

Ross Anderson from Starbucks @StarbucksCanada presenting on how to co-create a recruiting & hiring process that Starbucks and ACCES developed together and sharing best practices on recruiting refugees with international audience at #IntlMetropolis2019. @IMC_2019

[Allison Pond @Allison_ACCES]

Tim Fuchs from @IKEACanada, speaks about how IKEA supports refugees worldwide in many ways including focusing on refugee hiring @TimothyBFuchs #IntlMetropolis2019 @IMC_2019 @ACCESEmployment

[Irene Sihvonen @Irene_ACCES]

It's important to provide new Canadian entrepreneurs a solid foundation to start their business but also a strong foundation which will help them succeed once their business launches. #IntlMetropolis2019 @IMC_2019 @CitImmCanada

[Irene Sihvonen @Irene_ACCES]

Our current session "Beyond business as usual: immigrant entrepreneurship" our panel will discuss and evaluate the best policies and settlement programming to support and promote immigrant entrepreneurship. #IntlMetropolis2019 @IMC_2019 @CitImmCanada

[ACCES Employment @ACCESEmployment]

Are you attending Metropolis 2019 this year in Ottawa? Don't miss our great panel discussion today, Tue. June 25th, 2-3:30PM w/ @TimothyBFuchs @IKEACanada, Ross Anderson @StarbucksCanada, @DanaLynnWagner @TBBforTalent #IntlMetropolis2019 https://t.co/4dqvME23v6 @IMC_2019

[Irene Sihvonen @Irene_ACCES]

Sharon Connelly, Vice President, Newcomer Entrepreneur Success Team and @ACCESEmployment Board Member, participating in a panel discussion at the Ontario Inclusive innovation (i2) Action Strategy Conference in Ottawa. #i2ON @ACCESEmployment

[Irene Sihvonen @Irene_ACCES]

Listening to speakers share emerging beat practices to engage women-identified entrepreneurs, and participate in hands-on workshops to build a toolkit of diversity assessment resources. #i2ON #2/2

[Irene Sihvonen @Irene_ACCES]

Attending the Ontario Inclusive Innovation (i2) Action Strategy Conference today Ontario where they released the i2 Action Strategy report, a comprehensive gender-based assessment of Ontario small business, innovation & social enterprise organizations.#i2ON @ACCESEmployment 1/2

[Allison Pond @Allison_ACCES]

It's important to work together with employer partners to build programs that prepare & train newcomers/refugees for the workplace. Discussing additional best practices & lessons learned on accessing #refugee talent at the @TentOrg 2019 Annual Meeting at Convene in NYC today!

[Irene Sihvonen @Irene_ACCES]

We are very proud to be nominated for the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards in the Settlement Agency category! Please support us by voting for @ACCESEmployment! Visit https://t.co/rox09QaIdc to vote. Thank you! @canimmigrant