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Career Focus Wage Subsidy Program
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We make it easier to hire
Why hire a new graduate? Adding a talented, willing-to-learn member to your team builds capacity and can accelerate the achievement of business goals. But the cost of a new salary—and integrating an inexperienced worker into the organization—can often be a deterrent.
The BioTalent Canada Career Focus Program helps subsidize the salaries of new grads to a maximum of $10,634 for up to 12 months. Bring on an eager, educated young worker for a special project—and at the end of the placement end up with a skilled candidate already oriented to your company.
Maximum Advantage
The BioTalent Canada Career Focus Program gives you the freedom to:
- Meet your staffing needs with less financial risk
- Grow your business
- Access a pool of eager-to-learn new workers
- Develop new talent within your company
“We needed the extra person to handle the workflow but could not justify the cost of an ‘experienced’ technician. The wages subsidy helped offset the training costs that are incurred with hiring a recent grad.”
-SunWest Food Lab Ltd.
To read more about the success of this program please read our "The experience quotient - How to ensure new graduates are adequately prepared to work in Canada's bio-economy" report.
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Who’s eligible?
Any company needing to fill a position with a substantial biotechnology focus can apply. Eligible roles may involve research, biotechnology promotion and education, or some other combination of business and science skills—and cover the full spectrum of jobs from manufacturing and production to product commercialization, quality control/assurance, sales, regulatory affairs, biosafety and more.
Employers must also meet the following terms and conditions and:
- provide a minimum of $2 for each $1 of wage subsidy (to a maximum subsidy amount of $10,634/annum);
- will not recruit and retain friends or family members as participants to the Career Focus Program;
- will use www.biotalent.ca/firstbiojob and www.biotalent.ca/wagesubsidies pages to inform potential participants what their involvement in the Career Focus Program will entail;
- provide a full-time work opportunity (at least 30 hours per week) for a minimum of 4 months and a maximum of 12 months;
- provide proof of employment, start date, contract with participant, full wage and benefits of participant to BioTalent Canada upon request;
- provide information about the placement to BioTalent Canada as required; and
- develop a formal learning plan with the participant, before the start of the placement.
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Application Process
- Ensure your organization meets the terms and conditions stated above.
- Complete an Employer Eligibility Assessment Form and submit it along with a brief company description, and intended participant’s position description to one of the mechanisms outlined in the form. If you already have a participant in mind, please include the participant information form (if submitting electronically, please do not include the participant’s Date of Birth and SIN information), participant’s resume and a copy of the participant’s degree/diploma or certificate (unofficial transcripts and letter from the registrar’s office if degree/diploma is unavailable).
- You will be contacted by BioTalent Canada about your eligibility for the Career Focus Program within five business days. pplications are processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
- If you need to fill a position you can post your job opening and search potential talent for free on BioTalent Canada's PetriDishTM employment bank at www.petridish.ca. BioTalent Canada may also provide a list of applicants to the Career Focus Program upon request from an eligible employer (see note 2 below).
- For information regarding criteria for eligible jobseekers, please visit www.biotalent.ca/firstbiojob.
Notes:
- A formal learning plan must be submitted before the placement begins but does not have to be submitted with the initial application.
- If you do not already have a new graduate in mind, you may contact BioTalent Canada at careerfocus@biotalent.ca for resumes of applicants to the program without placement who have agreed to let BioTalent Canada release their resumes to potential employers on their behalf in accordance with the Privacy Act and other relevant privacy laws.
- If your application is accepted into the Career Focus Program, and a match with a participant is made, BioTalent Canada will draft a “Placement Contribution Agreement” to be signed by both the employer and BioTalent Canada. You must also agree to provide all required documentation and reporting as required by the program.
- If for any reason a participant leaves the employment of the employer, the employer is required to provide BioTalent Canada with a written notice regarding the termination/withdrawal within a reasonable time-frame.
BioTalent Canada assumes no legal responsibility towards companies seeking subsidies or towards program applicants. For further information, please contact us at careerfocus@biotalent.ca.
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This project is funded by the Government of Canada's
Sector Council Program.
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