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This episode is brought to you in partnership with Supply Chain Manitoba and the Manitoba Trucking Association, working together to support workforce development and a stronger future for the industry here in Manitoba.

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Welcome to the Move Royal Canada podcast, where every week we showcase incredible businesses in rural and northern Canada. Businesses that are not only growing but are looking to hire. We’re here to show you companies and communities outside of the big cities that are building stronger and more inclusive workplaces, workplaces that want and are encouraging newcomers, immigrants and refugees to work with them.

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Let us be your guides to help you find the best places in Canada to not only emigrate, but build a career in Seattle. I'm your host, Leah Mitchell, and I am your co-host, Lindsey Rubeniuk. Join us as you learn about all of the amazing career opportunities in places that you may not have ever thought of moving. Let's get started.

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Move Rural Canada podcast. Today we have on Big Freight Systems and I'm very excited because Big Freight is in Steinbach, which is also an community, which we will talk about later on. So today we have Priscilla Voloshyn. She is the senior corporate recruiter for Big Freight. Welcome, Priscilla. Thank you. Thank you Leah, I'm very happy to be here.

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So we'll get right into it. Can you tell us about your company location, what you do and all of that great stuff for for anyone looking? Yes. We are, located in Steinbach and we are in the business for, 7 to 6 years. So it's a long time. So we have very solid partnerships. We have, drivers who are with us for, let's say, more than 20, 25 years.

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Unknown
We and we start a few years ago in 2018, we start our, international program. So we receiving drivers and mechanics from, other countries as well. Yeah. And we have, we keep having like basically like our head office is in Steinbach, we have yards all over Canada and we have also offices and our warehouse in Winnipeg.

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But yeah, our operations all comes from rural Steinbach. Okay. And the focus is on transportation, trucking, transportation. Yes. Sorry. Yes. No, no, that's we in the trucking business. We are, trucking logistics company. Yes. And what is the size? I mean, how many people would you say sort of an average? Does the does the company employ altogether?

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Yes. Today we have around, I would say 250 or 260 employees. Yes. Okay. Wow. That's that's a good. Yeah. It's a good size. Yes. So, Priscilla, how many would you say are our newcomers to Canada within that, do you have a guesstimate of how many workers are newcomers versus Canadians? Permanent residents? Oh, you mean that we are bringing.

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Yeah. That you have of the 250 people that you currently have working for you. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Oh, It's interesting. I like I have these somewhere here, my computer like the specific data, but I would say we pretty much maybe 30% international. Yeah. At least. Yeah. We, we, we receive because we, we have foreigners coming to us, from abroad.

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And we also have because Canada is multicultural. Right. So we have people all the time. So in other countries, applying like from that are leaving Canada already or they have an open work permit or they just became a PR. Yeah. And they, they apply. But yeah, I would say from like really foreigners with work permits, I would say around, 30%.

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Unknown
Okay. And did you guys, start recruiting, people from abroad because other they need and like what was. Yeah. Thank you guys. There is a labor shortage in the industry. For many years. That's that's fact. But we noticed that the, foreign is also bring a lot of diversity of company, a lot of, they bringing, the experience back home, the commitment.

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Unknown
It's, it's been, incredible journey to to have it in here. It's being. Yeah. So that's how we, we we benefit from that. Like, from all from all the diversity and the the commitment as well. Because the, there is a lot of turnover in trucking industry, because it's our, ups and downs and, for the, normally, like the, the we noticed that our foreign workers, they, if they, they enjoyed being with us, they stay with us.

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They will become permanent residents after the year, become owner operators even. And, yeah, the they know they can build a career here. And I think that's really important, right. Yeah. Like, you know, when you say that you want people to build a career, you're not just looking at them to stay in that same job for 20 years.

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Unknown
You want to see them grow with the company, right? Yeah. And that and that's really important for people to understand is there's more than just one job that they can take there, you know. Yeah. And I think this is, you know, especially important right now be because it just sort of came out here. The, Steinbach is an RCIP community, which Lindsay, I've already forgotten.

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What does it stand for? Rural rural community Immigration pilot. Yes. And so big freight is part of that. And so one of the big demands right now is in trades mechanics. Is that correct? Yes, yes. Yeah. That's what they have on the left. And the great part about our sup something I want Priscilla to, to talk about how her company initiated to the community to get our sap.

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But the greatest thing about RCIP for our newcomers to understand is that it allows the community to nominate you. And you don't have to, go through the Manitoba nomination process, which is very competitive right now. So you skip that. So the community, it's time back. If your employer sees that they would ask for the community of Steinbach to nominate you and then you go straight to permanent resident.

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Unknown
So like you're passing go after monopoly. And that's a really good thing for communities right now because since the provincial, nomination program is so highly competitive, it's a very, strategic move for the city of Steinbach to be a participant in our. So, so a person could apply work at Big Freight. And then they can kind of get nominated through Steinbach, to get that PR so that they can stay with your company.

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Unknown
Yes. They need it to be under, one of the, how can I say the occupations that, in the, lake that were chosen to the, in the program. The thing is that, like, let's say right now under the ice cap, the occupation that would be the most connected to big freight would be for hiring, would be, mechanics.

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Unknown
I have a duty because, at this point, they are not they are. Cap told us that they are not, adding, long haul truck drivers, but this is something that we are in conversation because the, the, our long haul truck drivers, they bring a lot of, good things for the community. Like they the they bring in their spouses, they bring the kids, the kids are studying here.

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The spouses are, working here, the banking, the shopping. Like they, they leave. They are long haul truck drivers, but they are in the community. They build the the economy. So that's something we are in conversation now to see for their, I, I asked to see would be able to add their, NOC under the, under the occupation needed because the knock seven is included for transportation, but not the long not the truck drivers yet.

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So that's something we really wish to to have it. Yes. And Priscilla's Priscilla's right. Because you have to make sure that when you look under our sap in Steinbach, they actually have a list of their occupations. And what, the employers can who I should say, who the employers can support for a nomination within the community. So, yeah, you just can't go in and say, you know, employer can't go in and just say, you know, I have this employee, I want you to nominate them.

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Unknown
That employee actually has to be, employed under that certain NOC. And tier in order for that to happen. So that's something that, yeah, everyone should be aware up to. Yes. So, you know, you mentioned, you know, and I know Steinbach is a very multicultural community. We have a lot of newcomers moving there. You're in our community.

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Unknown
You know, you mentioned, you know, you have 30% have, you know, international, international. So how does that work? You know, like I said, I work in the realm of language, helping companies, set up language programing, what types of language levels are needed and, just big freight offer sort of supports to help them grow their language. What does that look like for your company?

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Unknown
Yes. We we require them to have, minimum Canadian language benchmarks. Five, which is, normally attached to the, with the IELTS exam. And, they doing that specific can find out, when we are applying under the provincial program, we also hire with different pathways. Let's say we have our, francophone mobility, employees.

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Unknown
And they need to prove they, that they speak French for the program. And they, they were educated in the French language, but for us, they needed to prove that the also that they can speak English, that they can communicate in English. So not necessarily they give us an IELTS, some of them will give you, but some, some of them will have like a Cambridge language or some other type of evaluation that they can show or and that we also we interview them in person even when we do our recruitment missions.

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Unknown
And so we, we make sure that they speak English as some of them will need that, they will have like a intermediate level that is still needed some more, a little bit more practice, especially when you, you're arriving the country. So for those of and it happens also even within PMP, if they prove that in their through the IELTS they have a level five, it doesn't necessarily means that they can be confident of speaking English.

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Unknown
So it's, so for those workers we offer, we been in, like France since last year. We did a partnership with, MTA and with, what was the name of the, ESD? Was it in Winnipeg there? Yeah. But, no, it was, English at work. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. We made, a partnership with then, and they provide an amazing, teacher here, and, we provided it, the place and the hours and the students and the.

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So we had the drivers and mechanics from Philippines, from Belarus, Morocco, Russia, many different countries benefiting from those classes. They would have classes twice a week during 1.5 hour per day. And, they built confidence. The they felt also, more included in the community. They made the friendships. So it's, it's not only the English part of it, but that's, it's included a lot more when we offer the, those type of, of service.

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Unknown
How can I say additional support? Yeah. And thank you for saying there's two things I want to touch on there. Number one, thank you for saying, you know, just because someone says they have I always say this CLB five doesn't mean they actually do. Because I say to people, most people study for the test. They're not studying to get better at English.

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Unknown
They're just studying to get a mark like anything else. And yeah, it depends on language. It depends on honestly their reading skills, their comprehension skills or technology skills, you know, so I tell people that that's just a guideline. You know, you can't say, well, I have a CLB seven. I should be no, no, no, you might actually be a five.

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Unknown
You just might be very good at test and finding information, you know. Yes. And sometimes native speakers and native English speakers, they will fail and I. Yeah. Just because of the format of the test is not necessary in because they don't they of course they speak English. No, I actually had to, I had to rate my IELTS for my rsync and yeah, that was amazing when you had to go write it.

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Unknown
Nice. Just like so I have to say that, you know, even though your English are. I am an English. You know, that's my first language is still it's actually pretty challenging. So I, you know, it's just anyone to go write it. And that kind of gives you where you're at in terms of, yeah, them writing. Yeah. And also to you talked about how the language created more inclusiveness.

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Unknown
And I think a lot of companies don't realize that a lot of employees are feeling left out and not connected to that workplace because they're not getting opportunities to connect with people outside maybe their first language. Right? When companies, you know, just group people together with the same language, you're not giving them opportunities to meet other people, to make new friends, to learn English so that they can grow at the company and then stay, you know, they look at that company as a short term company if they're not given those opportunities, I think.

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Unknown
So I love to hear that you're you're creating an environment where people want to stay completely. Yes. Yeah. That's how I mean, go on. Like, we need retention, right? We want them to stay. We want them to be happy. So they will when you work with, happy and with passion, you work back. Yeah, 100%. Yes. So, Priscilla, you know, kind of sticking with, assisting people in terms of how you, partner with that one agency and you seem pretty aware of the different immigration programs that are available.

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Unknown
You talked about the French mobility. You talked about not totally PMP. So when you sit down with your, with your workers, are you able to assist them to identify perhaps the best immigration strategy or, or do you leave them to themselves to kind of figure that out? How does your, your business help them, if they can, to figure out which stream to immigrate through first when we they come in a specific pathway depending when because we go abroad for our, recruitment missions and normally we doing that together with nation Canada, with the government or with the province of Manitoba or with the economic development, Winnipeg and all that.

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Unknown
So we and them, depending where they are from, level of English, the, the background, they can, they can be connected to a specific, pathway. Right. One program. So we, we leave this very open to then we just give the guidance through the, ISC, website or we give referrals like, without. And so you can, you can always contact to like, the, the economic development in our missions.

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Unknown
We had someone from the government always like talking to them from the, let's say from the province or from the ISC. In the case of the Francophone, like, we, we give them access to different, organizations to like, that is one, organization the way so that then. Yeah. So, yeah. Working. Yeah. So we work very close with them and, for the Francophone.

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Unknown
So they always have, different contexts that they can but then in the end, they make the, the decision. And I think that goes back to what you both are talking about in terms of language, because I have, certain people that come and talk with me and right away I actually know their ability if they're able to guide themselves or if they need to contact someone out to assist them.

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Unknown
But, you know, if you can speak and read, French or English very well, then I usually say, you know, follow the website, follow the guides, and you'll probably be able to figure this out yourself. But yeah, if you don't, if you aren't, strong in English or French, then I think that you have a strong, disadvantage in terms of being able to guide yourself.

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Unknown
So so there again, I think it's really important to either know, English or French, because it's actually going to help you in your immigration in terms of if you're able to do that yourself or not completely. Yes, yes, yes. So in terms of we're talking about employees, does your company, you know, when people are first moving here to the Steinbach area, do you help them sort of find a place to live or, or sort of send in the support?

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Unknown
What does that look like if someone's coming here, how did the how do they settle, I guess, yes, we, we have a program in place, for the internationals. So, we, we have some internet, as we call, like, international houses here that, we offer then affordable housing during the time they are looking for the permanent housing or during the time the specifically for the drivers, they needed to take six weeks program to, to with the MPI to be eligible to actually, get their class one.

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Unknown
So during this time we offer these affordable accommodation, here and then we also, like, we provide a vehicle that they can, for house so they can split with and just for them to be able to go to school and come back because they don't have, we don't have, public, transportation yet in the, stomach area.

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Unknown
So we provide like, arrival orientation all day on boarding, support, like we bring in then to get the social insurance number, the open banking accounts, like all these, these first steps you need to take when you come to a new country, we, we we help them. We have a, like, I see you have, program in place, like, to to help them with the all these during all those stage.

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Unknown
Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, that's great to hear. Yes. So I got a question in terms of Canadian work experience because you go abroad do you recruit. And plus in terms of the different positions that you have within your company, where as you may not have to have really Canadian work experience, but when you're doing truck and transport in terms of long haul, you may have to have it.

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Unknown
So what are your thoughts on foreign workers and Canadian work experience for our foreign workers? They have a very specific, training with us that it's, connected to all, different of, with all the safety aspects and, all the Canadian driving specifications that they don't, that they need to learn. Right. And, we have, they needed to do a six weeks, class, one, program, right to 244 hours to have the, the mounts and the full license with us.

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Unknown
Once they finish that, the they have a, full orientation, at we create with our trainer and they are giving, the truck and together with, like, with a mentor, like they need it to be training for some time with one of our trainers. Like, that is not a specific, but some of them we train during three months.

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Unknown
Some of them in one month, but will depend until they, they train a few, they are completely ready and they feel confident and ready as well. Then we can we can start the we can actually give them the truck, and then they can be on the road by themselves or in a team. But, we, they, they always go through a very, strict training.

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Unknown
So we, we want to make sure they are fully prepared because depending again, where they coming from, the regulations can be more strict or less strict. So they need to learn how it's done in Canada of then we come with an incredible, experi experience like, driving all around, Europe and the mountains and, all the regulations that the, that vision, requires and, yeah, some of them with a lot of experience in South Arabia and, like, that's a whole the backgrounds are different, but we make sure we we give it, we standardize our, our training gear to that.

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Unknown
They are they are prepared hundred percent to be the Canadian and U.S. rules like the, the the across borders. So you don't really have to come with Canadian work experience. You will train them on the job here. Yeah. Yes, yes. Key regulations. Yeah. If we put a hiring then let's say from Morocco or from UK, your Germany, we how can we ask them for a specific Canadian experience.

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Unknown
We give these we provide that experience here. Well, and I think so many companies, when they expect that there's so many transferable skills. Right. So yeah, you know, people gotta stop saying they want that Canadian experience because it's not if people have the skills or skills, you know, and I think it's good that, you guys are proactive in that, you know, providing that Canadian work experience and you tell them that they need that Canadian training.

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Unknown
Maybe it's not work experience as Canadian training. And you adhere to that and you take their experience and you put them together and you know, it's it's a great worker that you have. But we also required back home that they needed to have I would say, they need to have a minimum of three years of experience, like back, back home.

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Unknown
So, that that's important. And most of all, that they have even more than five or more than ten years of experience. I doubt. We have a lot of drivers also from the Philippines. And those, they come like more than ten years. It's really nice to see the and to to exchange rate experience between the, driver from abroad and and our, domestic drivers, you know, it's good.

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Unknown
So can you give us an example of sort of, maybe like a success story of someone who maybe started out in one position but has has grown into another position. So, yeah, to show people sort of what the opportunities look like. Yeah. We have, we have a driver from the Philippines that came we, one of our first, groups, maybe he came in 2019, something like that.

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Unknown
And he. Yeah. And, today he's a, fleet manager with us, and, he he's dealing a lot with the, Filipino drivers and, he has learned all the different aspects of trucking, to only the, the, like, the driving itself, but everything else. And we also have a driver, from the, eight from the United Kingdom that he, he came and he show amazing, like, amazing skills, driving and with attitude and, everything else altogether.

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Unknown
And, nowadays, he's a trainer, so he's, training drivers, new drivers coming in. So that is, a different opportunity. We have also other drivers who became, we stay with us for a while, become permanent residents. And to the, the, owner, operator, they have to, their own trucks and, yeah, they are there for sure.

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Unknown
Successful stories. Yeah, absolutely. And I think people have to remember to, you know, you're a transportation company, but transportation still, you know, has human resources, has has marketing, has accounting. Right. You know, there's there's, you know, lots of opportunities. Do you find when you have a lot of people coming, do their spouses also work for you sometimes, or do they find it fairly, easy to find work within the Steinbach area?

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Unknown
That obviously would depend on their language, of course, too. Yeah, depending on the language factors. But we always connect with them and ask it, oh, once you expose it, use it to do back home. If we would have any opportunities and it, it would be a great feat, for sure. We, we, we love to be able to, to help then and engage with in the, in the, in the company and, but, yeah, normally it's not being very, common because, most of them will bring their spouses later on when they become permanent residents.

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Unknown
So and then these folks will, or let's say these folks, skills or professional areas and different. So but we've been yeah, you've been asking more and more, especially when, yeah, we will. You have 2000, 23 like, larger program that we, we hiring for, many, many different counties and then, yeah, it's it's always important for us to know what, what's the, the, goals in the country.

00:26:35:13 - 00:26:59:11
Unknown
And if we can help, for sure. We give referrals even for model like for all francophone. We've been in contact with Siddharth, like I mentioned, for these poles, is like, if they can help these poles in getting jobs and all that. And the immigrant services here as well, just to give the support for the whole family. And we'll put a link to see them on to, because they're, they're French versions of our Community Futures partners in Manitoba.

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Unknown
So I used to work with Sadam long years, years ago. So very familiar with them. Yeah. So so you talk about, you know, when you assist the spouses, so on and so forth, and you've also talked about, you know, and, and, transport, if I'm correct, if I, I correctly heard you say that you need like three years experience.

00:27:20:00 - 00:27:37:03
Unknown
So when you are recruiting people, what does that look like? How what does your interview process look like? What are your minimum requirements. So you can pick, like a being a mechanic, automotive service or truck and transport as an example. Like whatever it is, let's get mechanic because it's an hour tip. So that's sort of, okay.

00:27:37:03 - 00:28:06:06
Unknown
That process look like yeah. Yeah. Oh mechanic. Yeah. For mechanic because we make sure the, the heavy mean, heavy duty mechanics before, like, working, with trucks, many of them will have the event, will have their, education, right as, professional mechanics and, we ask for reference letters. We contact some of the previous, employers.

00:28:06:10 - 00:28:43:04
Unknown
We make sure they, they can speak in English and, that they will fit under the regulations of the program. The they are coming to. Yeah, basically. And then that we ask then, of course, why do you want to come to Canada? The, the goals in Canada, if they are intending to, to stay with us here in the province, if they understand the process, the immigration process, and also if they understand how cold it can be in Manitoba, like, yeah, that's, all all aspects together.

00:28:43:06 - 00:29:07:05
Unknown
Yes. So I work with a pressure in October because that's what I do in my, in my profession and in terms of I deal a lot with, with, skilled tradespeople. So it's not a, like so being a mechanic or now we call it automotive service technician is not a regulated trade. So just so everybody out there knows that you don't have to have what we call in Canada, your red seal or your ticket for the province of Manitoba.

00:29:07:13 - 00:29:28:01
Unknown
You can still work. And what you're saying is that you probably don't need your ticket for the problems at all, because you can't get that until you're already here. So on and so forth. But as long as they have a certain number of years of experience and they and they have the capacity to speak English, then you pretty much look at them as somebody that's being hirable to work for your company.

00:29:28:04 - 00:29:53:21
Unknown
Yes. When you say my guy when I say mechanic, but it's means like as a service, the service we call or a service technician, like, you know, the, under the I think it's just seven to fallen forward. Yeah, that's what it is. Yeah. And, so they they. Yeah, it's, they don't they don't call me as the main mechanic or anything like the easier the more they, they, they assisting.

00:29:54:02 - 00:30:17:06
Unknown
What's the with the shop. So it's a heavy duty equipment technician. That's. Yeah that's. Yeah. That's the one you're. Yeah. And that's what you're more looking at. So that wouldn't be you know. So we see even say that that's not you aren't looking at someone that can fix cars even though the engine is an engine and you can learn but you're looking more for the problems of the larger like, you know, I've heavy duty mechanics in larger trucks and and so on and so forth.

00:30:17:06 - 00:30:41:23
Unknown
That's kind of more of the people that you're looking at. And I should point out to all of our newcomers, that are listening, there are people that want to be employed, let's say, by your company, is that be sure you're listening to Priscilla and that you just aren't throwing, resumes in for the sake of it. If you really don't have the skill set that she's talking about, then and it's not, you know, you're going to kind of waste your time and you're a waste.

00:30:41:23 - 00:30:59:08
Unknown
The company's time. So be sure that you're listening to what she's saying in terms of if you do have experience and how your language ability is, because I often think that's important when we have you guys on the show, is to our podcast is just to ensure that our listeners are aware of their own skills and ability and what your you're asking of them.

00:30:59:13 - 00:31:22:14
Unknown
Yes. And how important is it in terms of, you know, because I'm sure you get, you know, lots of, resumes. How important is it? Like, how can someone stand out? Do you like people connecting with you on LinkedIn or giving you a phone call? Or is it better just to go through the website apply? I guess how could someone sort of make a make a difference?

00:31:22:16 - 00:31:46:00
Unknown
Obviously, to make sure they've answered all the things that you require the experience have everything correctly and the right. Yes. Yeah, I would say I would say, first of all, send your resume by email, like, we have our email like, you know, if you were from abroad, we, we have the email international@victory.com, then you can send your resume there.

00:31:46:06 - 00:32:20:22
Unknown
And if we have a meeting, in some of the regions that you are, I will be contact will be contacting you and the state of checking out always our Facebook page or like all the social media that is, information there too. But I would say email is the best because, later on, after we evaluate the resume, then we will be in contact because, sometimes we have a, workers, they just, they, they found out, they find they find my phone.

00:32:21:00 - 00:32:56:12
Unknown
Right. And they call me and, it's it doesn't work because I, we needed to access you before. Right. And and I don't have the time to be picking up, like, the medium calls, so it's, it's, important because after the, the prescreen, we give them a confirmation that the, for our meetings. And then after the meeting, if they, accept it, then we start a WhatsApp group and we have a different WhatsApp group with, for different missions and different, what can I say, pathways.

00:32:56:12 - 00:33:16:06
Unknown
They're coming in different ears. So it's, Yeah. And then we, we keep in contact with them, but yeah, email would be the best option with the resume. Yeah. The best way. And if someone had questions, email would be the best way to connect email. Yes yes yes. You may. You know, I think Priscilla brought up a really good point.

00:33:16:08 - 00:33:42:23
Unknown
And let's mark this down for future episode Canadian etiquette. And you know, I think as Canadians and permanent residents, we're pretty broad people where we don't really have very many rules in terms of communication. However, I have to agree with Priscilla because I have people like my clients, let's say, for example, or prospective clients, and they'll call me three times in a row, like one after another, and then I'll finally pick up feeling that it's an emergency.

00:33:42:23 - 00:34:03:23
Unknown
I don't know who's calling. So I'm going to answer my phone and then they're like, hi, I just wonder your services, right? Where is my phone? Automatically says, if you would like to know something, please leave your name and phone number or email me. And so people need to follow that direction, just as Priscilla said they there's an international email that people should email.

00:34:04:01 - 00:34:25:16
Unknown
You aren't to WhatsApp or call repeatedly. So I think, you know great point. I love that point because we all need to learn a little bit in terms of this is the way how Canada works and this is our expectation, right. So yes. Yeah. Great. Thanks, Priscilla. Oh very welcome. Because for some cultures, the call would be the best way.

00:34:25:16 - 00:34:49:03
Unknown
Right. So let me just call and and see. But also because of the, high volume and the need of pre assessment, it's a call will not make. The, will will not help for sure. Yeah. Yeah. It's it needs to be like right by email and then wait for the time because we will reach out to you via email.

00:34:49:05 - 00:35:06:10
Unknown
Sometimes, you know, it's going to be in the same day, but, we we will. Yeah. And I think, like you said, it's it's really clearly understanding what is expected and, and really making sure you have all that in your resume. And a lot of that sometimes is, is language right. And understanding like the, the etiquette and the expectations and.

00:35:06:11 - 00:35:28:01
Unknown
Yes, no, I think that's I added it to the question list. I have a quick question. Do any of your positions require French? I know that's a new pathway, but is there any positions where you want employees to have French? Oh, you mean. Oh yeah. Like for the for the drivers. It's, always good if they have the French.

00:35:28:06 - 00:35:53:01
Unknown
We have, we work a lot with, in the East, like with, Quebec and the, areas. And so French is always, a plus, and especially if they come under the francophone mobility, then they needed to, to have French. But the English is like, mandatory is essential. And, yeah.

00:35:53:01 - 00:36:30:11
Unknown
For I would say, but then this would not be some, positions that we hiring abroad would be something like after the year for years or, like we have people from here, let's say our, our dispatchers, if they are speaking all the language is always very helpful. After the an example is after the Ukrainian, like the new visa, we would like the ones that the, the for the, after the Russian war and the, there was a lot of Ukrainian Ukrainians coming to Canada and a lot of them were drivers.

00:36:30:13 - 00:36:53:01
Unknown
So, was very important for us to have people in the offices speaking, the language as well. Ukrainian. So it's always can shift, you know, depending of, what's happening around the world. You can. You needed different languages. It's true. Yeah, yeah, I think we're gonna are almost out of time here. But we do have one final question we like to ask.

00:36:53:02 - 00:37:17:13
Unknown
And I'm excited to know because it's Steinbach. So do you have a favorite rural restaurant or even a rural place to visit? It doesn't have to be Steinbach, but if there's something there, a place you would recommend or somewhere even in Manitoba that you enjoy going, okay, let's see. In Steinbach, Steinbeck actually has a few local restaurants.

00:37:17:13 - 00:37:44:01
Unknown
They're very nice to come and try one restaurants that is, very Canadian that we, always, we even, referral when we bring even our international drivers. It's, sky high is really close by to our office here. And, it's a good place we been. We have. Let's see. Steinbeck. It is a few different, places.

00:37:44:01 - 00:38:10:02
Unknown
We have the, our there is an English English pub as well, the, selling beans and the. Yeah. Well, that I was home from Europe. We always say there is an English pub there and, there is, yeah, there's a few different, places area here in Steinbeck or let's say brutal. I'm trying to remember here.

00:38:10:04 - 00:38:33:04
Unknown
I know restaurants as well. Right. There's a great, Mexican grocery store in. Oh, yeah, that is a Mexican grocery store. That is, what else we have here? You have a lot of great, like, different. And that's what I really like. Like you said, you've got, you know, sort of a Canadian place. You've got an English pub, you've got, oh, there's a businesses.

00:38:33:05 - 00:38:58:22
Unknown
Yes. Yeah. Like, it's a lot of great options for people. We have also like, it's like, let you know, food. I think it's, Pizza Hut they call here the. They have, I know the owner. I think he's from Cuba. And, so we have, yeah, we have a few different, we have Chinese, restaurants.

00:38:58:22 - 00:39:38:03
Unknown
We have, Asian restaurant. Yeah. A lot of, German places from the, more, related to the Mennonite culture. Right in the, we have the Mennonite, heritage Museum also close by here. So. So, you know, what we'll do is we'll put up the sign back. Chamber of Commerce. Steinbach economic development. Because, and I had a podcast previous to this, and, and like on the prairies and I did talk about Steinbach in that, I actually feature the city of Steinbach because it's such a great community.

00:39:38:03 - 00:39:58:17
Unknown
Right. So I try to take those those communities that are really welcoming of newcomers. And so I just know Steinbach and the and I've been to a number of times is that, yes, people need to check out the community of Steinbach. Not only is it, it's a community. It has so multicultural that, you know, you are an amazing arena.

00:39:58:17 - 00:40:27:04
Unknown
Yes. Oh yeah, that's right too. It's our beautiful is beautiful. We also have a restaurant inside. I forgot the name now, but it's, everybody's saying, awesome things about the. And I didn't have a chance to go yet, but everybody is talking very well, so it's, there's a lot of things to to see. A lot of parks, beautiful parks, especially in the summer, in the, in the fall.

00:40:27:06 - 00:40:50:16
Unknown
It's very beautiful, too. And, yeah, that's, lots of things to do. And you're in a great location because you're close to the city, but you're also close to the east where you have, you know, the white shell and the camping and the lakes and, and and you're actually close to the border, too, right? If people want to go to the states, like you're, you're very actually perfect location to have that rural life.

00:40:50:16 - 00:41:16:12
Unknown
But you could still do so many things as well. And here we have everything like that's the basic needs. Like we have hospital, we have food stores, big ones like the big big chains. Right. Walmart. Superstore. We have Sobeys. Yeah. So we we have everything. Have a mega. Your high school? Yeah. Your high school is amazing to your high, huge high school.

00:41:16:12 - 00:41:40:07
Unknown
Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So just check a few different elementary and middle schools. Yeah. We'll put that all on there because if the listeners can't tell a whole story of us are really excited about the community of Steinbach. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a great time. We are kind of a, a main hub for, all different small communities around us.

00:41:40:09 - 00:42:03:16
Unknown
So we have, a lot of French communities around us, like Library Center and. Yes. Yeah. No. Absolutely. So. Well, thank you, Priscilla, so much for coming on today. You've really showcased big freight. You've showcased Steinbach. You know, like I said, you obviously everyone can tell we're very excited about that region. It's a great place to live. Thank you to all our listeners.

00:42:03:20 - 00:42:23:16
Unknown
Listen, you know, reach out follow go their website. We're going to have all the links in our show notes. So if you are interested in planning, you can go there to find the links and emails to apply. And yes, thank you once again. Awesome okay. Thank you very much. Was a pleasure. And thank you. We are here. Thank you Priscilla.

00:42:23:16 - 00:42:29:15
Unknown
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Unknown
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