MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOVEMBER 23, 2009

S.U.C.C.E.S.S. to Explore the Secret of Success for Immigrants

Vancouver, BC - We may have known well enough about the barriers to employment for skilled immigrants but there are not too many researches investigating the positive channelling factors contributing to the immigrants’ success in securing employment. In partnership with Dr. Norman E. Amundson, professor of Counselling Psychology, University of British Columbia, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Employment Services (SES) has designed a qualitative research to explore the determining positive factors that have contributed to the ultimate success of new immigrants of Chinese descent who have secured and maintained employment for at least three months in the lower mainland of BC. On November 25th, SES will release the research concept to the media.

WHEN: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 25, 2009

WHERE: Board Room, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Social Service Centre, 28 West Pender Street, Vancouver

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS:

- Identify positive and hidden factors that will contribute to the skilled immigrants’ success of securing an employment
- To gain insights for operational future strategies and better service design that will be conducive to the growing
Panel Speakers:    Dr. Norman Amundson, Principal Researcher, CNPS, UBC
Thomas Yeung, Senior Program Director, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Employment Services

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