Minimum recruitment requirements
Before applying for a Labour Market Impact Assessment, you must conduct at least three different recruitment activities:
- Effective August 28, 2017, you must advertise on the Government of Canada’s Job Bank. If you choose to use an alternative method, you must submit a written rational and explanation.
- You must also conduct at least two additional methods of recruitment that are consistent with the occupation (targets an audience that has the appropriate education, professional experience and or skill level required for the occupation). Effective August 28, 2017, each of the methods used must target a different underrepresented group: Indigenous persons, vulnerable youth, newcomers, and persons with disabilities.
Vulnerable youth is defined as young people who face barriers to employment, developing basic employability skills and gaining valuable job experience to assist them in making a successful transition into the labour market or to return to school. These barriers for youth may include but are not limited to: challenges faced by recent immigration youth, youth with disabilities, lone parent youth, youth who have not completed high school, Indigenous youth, and youth living in rural or remote areas.
Job advertisement duration
You must ensure that the job advertisement:
- has occurred in the three months prior to submitting the Labour Market Impact Assessment application
- is for a minimum of four consecutive weeks within the three months prior to submitting a Labour Market Impact Assessment application
At least one of the three recruitment activities to seek qualified Canadians and permanent residents must be ongoing until the date a positive or negative Labour Market Impact Assessment has been issued.
https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/foreign-workers/median-wage/low/requirements.html