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Immigrant Youth and Employment: Lessons Learned from the Analysis of LSIC and 82 Lived Stories |
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| Authors: | Sean Lauer Lori Wilkinson Miu Chung Yan Rick Sin A. Ka Tat Tsang |
| Affiliation: | 2. Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia, 6303 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada 3. Department of Sociology, University of Manitoba, 183 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada 1. School of Social Work, University of British Columbia, 2080 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2, Canada 4. School of Social Work, McMaster University, Kenneth Taylor Hall, Room 319, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M4, Canada 5. Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada |
| Abstract: | Finding a job has become a critical challenge to many youth. Immigrant youth, who have been a key part of the global migrants, are particularly vulnerable when entering the job market of the host country due to various structural barriers. However, in both public policy discourse and research, their labour market experience tends to be overlooked. In this paper, we report the employment experience of recently arrived immigrant youth based on an analysis of the LSIC and findings of in-depth interviews of 82 immigrant youth in four cities in Canada. Our results reveal that recently arrived immigrant youth tend to work in lower-skilled employment, experience significant delays in finding employment, have difficulties with foreign credential recognition, and have fewer means to access to job markets. |
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