The webinar will focus on How to Recruit, Hire and Integrate Skilled Immigrants. This webinar will take place on April 25, 2012 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. EDT.
 
Finding workers with the right skills is a big challenge for small and medium-size businesses. Employers are finding it increasingly hard to find Canadian-born skilled workers. The reality is that immigrants are becoming the source of all new net growth in Canada's labour force.
 
Once you realize you need to consider immigrants as potential employees, the question is how to find and recruit them. In this webinar, you will learn where to turn when looking to hire foreign workers, and which organizations are available to assist employers find and retain employees from outside Canada. You will hear about the experiences of other Canadian businesses which have attracted and hired immigrants.

There is no cost for participation. Spaces for this webinar are limited.  We ask participants to pre-register by clicking here. 
 
The Diversity Works program can also provide you other materials and connect you with other valuable resources to help you meet your hiring needs.  If you have any difficulty in completing you registration, please contact our Diversity Works program manager Maher Hamade at: Phone: 905-522-1151. Ext. 230 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Hamilton Chamber is moving offices effective April 30.  Our move will happen in two stages:

1.  April 30: The Chamber office will be located at 120 King Street West, Suite 770, Hamilton (Standard Life tower, corner of King and Bay streets).  Our phones and website will be temporarily shut-down while we move.  Should you need to reach Chamber staff on April 30 and May 1, please email the staff directly or use This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 905-741-4955.

2.  Late June: The Chamber will move into our permanent office in the same building, on the Plaza Level, Suite 507.  We will post more information about the moves in the coming weeks.

Division and Committee meetings for May and June will be located in the same locations as previous months.  The Chamber will continue to host meetings and events at our various members' locations including the Waterfront Centre. 

The Chamber is looking forward to returning to dowtown Hamilton where our offices were located from 1845-1990 and serving all of membership from our new offices.  Watch for information about a grand-opening event!

The Hamilton Chamber hosts the 5th annual Hamilton Economic Summit on Thursday May 10 at the Hamilton Convention Centre.  The theme this year is "Hamilton's role in the regional economy nad beyond". For the first time, the Summit will have two tracks for attendees to choose: the Executive or Sales tracks.  The Executive track is similar to past Summits and includes the plenary and panel sessions.  Executive track attendees will choose from seven panel sessions that will discuss topics ranging from advanced manufacturing, creative industries, education, health sciences, real estate, small business and transportation.  Attendees will also input to a Summit Scorecard, choosing priorities that the Chamber will work on over the next year and report back in May, 2013.  

The Sales track will be led by David Prentice and is designed for sales professionals to learn new and freshen their sales strategies and tactics.  All attendees will attend the closing keynote address by Dr. David Foot, author of "Boom, Bust and Echo".  Dr. Foot will address changing demographic trends in Hamilton and southern Ontario and what they mean for business.  Visit Hamilton Economic Summit for more information including registration process.