Hire a candidate
Once you’re designated, you can offer jobs to eligible candidates.
The Rural and Francophone Community Immigration Pilots don’t match candidates with jobs. You may find a candidate on your own or a candidate may approach you.
On this page
- Job offer requirements
- Candidate requirements
- Encourage candidates to get their documents ready
- Make a job offer
Job offer requirements
The job you’re offering must be
- within the boundaries of your community
- full time (at least 30 paid hours per week)
- non-seasonal (year-round)
- indeterminate (no end date)
- Volunteer work and unpaid internships don’t count.
- at a similar skill level as your candidate’s qualifying work experience (see the table below)
Exemptions for candidates who graduated in your community
Your candidate doesn’t need qualifying work experience if they’re an international student who has graduated from a public post-secondary institution in your community.
Exemptions for healthcare workers
If your candidate’s work experience is in NOC 31301 (Registered Nurses and Registered Psychiatric Nurses – TEER 1), you can make a job offer in one of the following occupation categories:
- NOC 33102 (TEER 3): Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates or
- NOC 44101 (TEER 4): Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations
| NOC 2021 TEER job offer category | Work experience requirement |
|---|---|
| TEER 0 or 1 | TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 |
| TEER 2 | TEER 1, 2, 3 or 4 |
| TEER 3 or 4 | TEER 2, 3 or 4 |
| TEER 5 | Must be in the same 5-digit NOC code as the job offer |
Candidate requirements
- Requirements for Rural Community Immigration Pilot candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Requirements for Francophone Community Immigration Pilot candidates (opens in a new tab)
Encourage candidates to get their documents ready
Candidates will need to include specific documents with their recommendation application. Encourage your candidate to start getting these documents ready before you make the job offer, because some of these documents take time to get. The documents include
- results of a language test
- an educational credential assessment report
- This shows how their education compares to a Canadian credential, if the candidate studied outside Canada.
- proof of work experience, unless they’re exempt
- proof that they have enough money to support themselves and their family
Make a job offer
When you have both a candidate and a job that meet the pilot requirements, offer the candidate the job using the form:
- Offer of Employment to a Foreign National – Rural Community Immigration Pilot (IMM 0247) (opens in a new tab)
- Offer of Employment to a Foreign National – Francophone Community Immigration Pilot (IMM 0251) (opens in a new tab)
Complete and sign the form. Give the candidate a copy for them to sign and submit with their application.
Get support
Find out about the additional support you can get as a designated employer.
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