Filipino immigrants face employment barriers that lead to widespread overqualification

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Employment overqualification among Filipino immigrants in Canada is largely the result of unrecognized foreign credentials, exhausting licensing processes and financial barriers, a settlement organization says. 

Rizza Solis, executive director of Kababayan Multicultural Centre, said newcomer Filipinos prioritize immediate employment, even if it means accepting roles for which they are overqualified. Kababayan is a settlement organization that provides support to Filipinos and other immigrants who are just establishing their lives in Canada.

A bachelor’s degree or higher earned in the Philippines does not necessarily equate to the same credentials in Canada, said Ms. Solis. Filipinos who did not graduate from top schools may need further study before they are deemed to have the same level of education as those who have Canadian degrees.

Job overqualification rates among newcomers with postsecondary degrees from the Philippines stood at 60.4 per cent for men and 63.5 per cent for women, according to 2021 Statistics Canada data released this month….

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