Hire displaced talent
Gain a talented new employee and demonstrate your corporate values to the world.
Refugees have skills. Employers need talent. We connect them.
Refugees are software developers, chefs, welders, nurses, and engineers – yet it is almost impossible for them to obtain a skilled work visa if they cannot show a passport, provide proof of their work experience, or safely complete a police check in their country of origin. While many displaced people have highly marketable skills, administrative barriers have prevented them from accessing international migration opportunities – until now.
Talent Beyond Boundaries matches skilled refugees with job opportunities around the world. It’s win-win: employers are able to fill skills gaps by tapping into a brand new talent pool, and refugees given the chance to rebuild their lives and careers with dignity and purpose.
To date, we have negotiated special visa programs for displaced talent with the governments of Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
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Australia’s Skilled Refugee Labour Agreement Pilot was launched in July 2021.
The pilot will give 200 skilled refugees the opportunity to move to Australia, with their families, to work in one of 683 approved occupations. Learn more on the Department of Home Affairs website.
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Canada’s Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) was launched in April 2018 and is currently in Phase II. EMPP Phase II introduced a number of facilitative measures to reduce some barriers refugees face when accessing labour mobility pathways.
The pilot will give 500 skilled refugees the opportunity to move to Canada, with their families through existing economic immigration pathways.
For more information, please read the public policy here.
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The UK’s Displaced Talent Mobility Pilot was launched in July 2021.
Over the next 1-2 years, the pilot will give approximately 50-100 primary applicants and their families the opportunity to move to the UK for work in a variety of critical fields including IT, construction, and engineering.
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“We've been really excited to engage with TBB to get access to great talent; access to people who have a go-get-'em attitude; and access to people with diverse backgrounds and skills.”
Jonathan Restarick
Managing Director, Accenture | Australia -
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“We've been fortunate enough to recruit three individuals over the last 12 months and that's testament to the quality of the [TBB] candidates.”
Julia McNeill
Group Executive, People, Iress | UK -
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“We have the ability to target the exact skillset that we want... it's just a fantastic pipeline of talent that we've never been able to access before.”
Leigh Hardingham
Former GM Inclusion & Social Procurement, John Holland | Australia -
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“We need new skills in this country. The tool and die makers, the electricians, the mechanics… these people contribute to the company, the society, and Canada as a whole.”
Bob Collier
CEO, Davert Tools | Canada -
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“Thank you for providing us with some stars for the future, this is awesome. Saturday [when the TBB candidates touched down] was one of my proudest days as a professional”
Nathaniel de Villiers
International Recruitment Project Manager, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust, St Pancras Hospital | UK -
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“We are in a crisis in healthcare when it comes to Continuing Care Assistants and Nurses. We are always looking for innovative ways to fill this gap.”
Lisa M.Smith
CEO, Glen Haven Manor | Canada -
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“The opportunity to give someone a new life in Australia - and having our staff be able to be part of that - has been fantastic.”
McGregor Dixon
Director, EY | Australia -
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“Being able to provide talented individuals like Nabil (head chef) with the opportunity to move beyond his circumstances is very important to us here.”
Mohamad Fakih
CEO, Paramount Fine Foods | Canada
How the process works
1 | Identify role
Tell us about a role you need filled in your business. We’ll identify suitable candidates, check their visa eligibility, and provide you with a shortlist.
2 | Recruitment
We facilitate remote recruitment, including video interviews and any other skills testing required. If a TBB applicant is your preferred candidate, you issue a job offer.
3 | Apply for visa
We support you and the TBB applicant through the visa application process, and connect you with expert migration advice.
4 | Settlement
We help you prepare for the arrival of your new recruit. To ensure they are supported to flourish, we connect you with local settlement services.
5 | Post-arrival
We provide ongoing support via regular check-ins with your new recruit and their direct manager for 12 months post-arrival.
Visa pathways
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Australia
We work with the Australian Government to deliver the Skilled Refugee Labour Agreement Pilot program. The two-year Pilot was launched in July 2021 and designed in collaboration with TBB.
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Canada
TBB is a trusted partner in implementing the Government of Canada’s Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP). We work in collaboration with Jumpstart, a national refugee-led organization.
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UK & Europe
We work with the UK Home Office to deliver the Displaced Talent Mobility Pilot, co-designed by TBB. Under the pilot, employers can sponsor displaced candidates via the Skilled Worker Route.
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United States
Refugees can access employment in the U.S. through the H-1B and EB-3 visas. In this phase of our U.S. programming, TBB is partnering only with uncapped H-1B employers.
Finding new ways to address talent shortages is an economic imperative. The global refugee population can be part of the solution.
Video: Kris Braun, former VP Engineering at Bonfire, Canada, shares his experience of hiring software developer, Mohammed via Talent Beyond Boundaries.
Our talent pool
More than 42,000 skilled workers have registered on our online Talent Catalog.
This world-first database allows employers to access the talent that exists in refugee and displaced populations. Top professions represented include skilled trade workers, engineers, healthcare professionals, software developers, and teachers.
“This program is win-win. Businesses have the opportunity to fill genuine skills shortages and it gives workers the dignity and economic security only a job can provide.
Jennifer Westacott | Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia