Highly skilled migration in the urban Arctic: a Norwegian case study on skilled migrant labour market integration

Polar Record ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trine Medby Fossland
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Skilled Migration ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Highly Skilled Migration ◽  
Local Labour ◽  
Highly Skilled Migrants ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
Highly Skilled

ABSTRACTArctic Norway is a region with a shortage of highly skilled professionals and international expertise, in many work sectors. Fast growing cites attract people from other regions and also high skilled migrants. It is a paradox that skilled migrants often fail to get qualified work in the local labour market. To understand this and to capture the complexity of labour market participation, this article draws on interviews with recruitment agencies and highly skilled migrants, attending a recruitment programme initiated by the ‘Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry in Norway’. This paper draws on recent literature on highly skilled migration and analyses the complex and relational sides of labour market integration for skilled migrants in an urban Arctic town.

scholarly journals Exploring the trajectories of highly skilled migration law and policy in Japan and the UK

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke Wakisaka ◽  
Paul James Cardwell
Keyword(s):  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Skilled Migration ◽  
Highly Skilled Migration ◽  
Successful Recruitment ◽  
Law And Policy ◽  
Highly Skilled Migrants ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Migration Law

AbstractJapan and the UK appear to have few commonalities in terms of their history of and approach to migration law and policy. However, strong similarities in their contemporary approaches can be detected. Migration sits at the very top of the national political agendas and both have undertaken successive, major policy reforms over the past decade. Both have governments publicly committed to policies to attract ‘highly skilled’ migrants, with a restrictive approach towards ‘unskilled’ migrants. This article draws out the similarities and differences of migration law and policy in Japan and the UK via their respective legislative structures and policy trajectories on highly skilled migration. The article argues that Japan and the UK promote a market-driven model which enables highly skilled migration to be ‘sold’ to publics believed to be hostile to increased migration. Yet, the rapid changes in policy and revising of applicable rules often prevents the successful recruitment of highly skilled migrants to both countries.

scholarly journals Opportunities for Employers in Immigrant Labour Market integration: a Case Study of the Canadian Financial Sector

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Caroline Burke
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
History Of ◽  
Employment Of Immigrants

The focus of this study is on the financial sector, and it asks two questions: a) what are financial institutions currently doing in terms of assisting in the labour market integration of newcomers? and b) where are the opportunities for improvement within the financial sector with respect to the employment of immigrants? The study examines current achievements regarding the sector’s successful labour market integration of immigrants, opportunities for improvement, and recommendations as to how the financial sector can become a leader in this domain as well as the benefits of doing so. Some key findings are that there is a gap in terms of the successful integration and inclusion of immigrants in the labour market despite recognition of the business case for diversity. Ingrained biases and beliefs persist, and the communication patterns and ‘rigid’ history of the financial sector are not maturing at the same pace as the global economy.

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