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1. CAREER COMPETENCIES IN
CANADA
MULTICULTURALISM AND DIVERSITY
Prepared and Presented by:
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, Ph.D., MBA, CCPE, Cert. Psychiatry
Lead Education and Career Mentor
http://www.linkedin.com/in/pirouzi
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2019

2. Universal Employability
Skills
1. Leadership/Management Skills
2. Communication Skills
3. Teamwork Skills
4. Self-Motivated/Ability to work with little or no supervision
5. Problem-Solving/Decision-Making, Reasoning/Creativity skills
6. Dedication to Work
7. Hardworking
8. Work Ethic
9. Planning/Organizing Skills
10. Technical Skills
11. Dependability/Reliability/Responsibility
12. Adaptability
13. Availability/Flexibility
14. Honesty/Integrity/Morality - Character Counts!
15. Computer/Technical Skills
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3. Universal Employability
Skills
13. Self Presentation Skills
14. Multi-Tasking Skills
15. Positive Attitude/Motivation/Energetic
16. Self-Confidence
17. Leadership/Management Skills
18. Multicultural Sensitivity/Awareness
19. Loyalty
20. Professionalism
21. Willingness to Learn
22. Customer Service Skills
23. Common Sense
24. Interpersonal Abilities
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4. Employability Characteristics
 1. Positive Attitude - Do not criticize others.
 2. Cooperative - Shows respect for employer.
 3. Accepting and using Feedback- Shows you
want to learn and are willing to improve.
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5.  4. Flexibility - Accept change and adapt to new
situation.
 5. Life-long learning - Able to learn new skills
(Regulations, Administration, Registration,
Communication).
 6. Leadership - Able to make decisions and solve
problems. Shows others respect and people want to
work with you.
Employability Characteristics
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6. How to Build Employability Skills?
 Set Educational Goals - Create a plan to get
necessary certificates for becoming qualified
to apply for jobs.
 Be Active in networking – attend Events, Fairs,
Team sports, and more.
 Participate In Some Form of Community
Service - Dedicate your time and energy
toward improving the community.
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7. Strategy for getting your next job interviews
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8. How do you define
Multiculturalism?
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9. How do you define
Multiculturalism?
Multiculturalism in Canada refers to the
presence and persistence of diverse racial
and ethnic minorities who define
themselves as different and who wish to
remain so.
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10. 21.9% of Canadians are immigrants, the
highest share in 85 years: StatsCan
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11. How do you define
Multiculturalism?
In July 1988 the government passed
a bill to introduce the Canadian
Multiculturalism Act, which set forth
the government's multiculturalism
policy:
"to recognize all Canadians as full
and equal participants in Canadian
society."
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12. MULTICULTURALISM
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Multi : Several
Culture: is our way of living, our social
behavior and norms. It includes our values,
attitudes, beliefs, traditions, etc
Diversity: The condition of having or being
composed of differing elements

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Multicultural & Cross-Cultural Points
• Multiculturalism
– Culture defined
• System in which
individuals share
meaning & common
ways of viewing events
& objects
• Sharing of meanings &
interpretations
Royalty-Free/CORBIS
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Cultural Determinants in the
Workplace (Triandis)
The Dynamic of Top-Down-Bottom-Up Processes across levels of culture

15. Jan 8, 2019
Why should multiculturalism be important
to you?
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16. Theory of Cultural Influence
 Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions
Individualism/collectivism
Power distance
Uncertainty avoidance
Masculinity/femininity
Long-term vs. short-term orientation
From Hofstede (2001), Culture’s Consequences, 2nd ed. p 297.

17. Theory of Cultural Influence
 Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions
Individualism/collectivism
The habit or principle of being independent
and self-reliant.
versus
The practice or principle of giving a group
priority over each individual in it.
http://www.niklasblanke.com/hofstede---national-culture.html

18. Individualism/collectivism

19. Theory of Cultural Influence
 Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions
Powerdistance describes to what extent the
less powerful members of an organization
accepts that power is distributed unequally
http://www.niklasblanke.com/hofstede---national-culture.html

20. Power distance
http://www.niklasblanke.com/hofstede---national-culture.html

21. Theory of Cultural Influence
 Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions
Uncertainty avoidance
Describes to what extent people feel threatened by
uncertainty and ambiguity and try to avoid these
situations.
http://www.niklasblanke.com/hofstede---national-culture.html

22. Uncertainty avoidance
http://www.niklasblanke.com/hofstede---national-culture.html

23. Theory of Cultural Influence
 Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions
Masculinity/femininity (Traits)
Describes to what extent the dominant
values in society are achievement, success
and competition.
The opposite is called femininity and this is
when the dominant values in society are
caring for others, quality of life and solidarity
http://www.niklasblanke.com/hofstede---national-culture.html

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Theory of Cultural Influence
 Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions
Masculinity/femininity
http://www.niklasblanke.com/hofstede---national-culture.html

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Theory of Cultural Influence
 Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions
Long-term vs. short-term orientation
Describes to what extent people in a society
exhibit a pragmatic (Practical) future-oriented
perspective rather than a normative (deriving
from a standard) historical point of view.
Additional:
Indulgence versus Restraint describes happiness and the importance of leisure,
controlling your own life and freedom of expression. Indulgence stands for a
society that allows relatively free gratification of drives related to enjoying life and
having fun.
http://geert-hofstede.com/index.php

26. Theory of Cultural Influence
 Hofstede’s 5 cultural dimensions
Long-term vs. short-term orientation
http://www.niklasblanke.com/hofstede---national-culture.html

27. Acceptance of Diversity
https://www.conferenceboard.ca/hcp/Details/society/acceptance-of-diversity.aspx

28. The reality in Canadian Public
Services
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/corporate/reports/building-
diverse-inclusive-public-service-final-report-joint-union-management-task-force-
diversity-inclusion.html
Percentage of students hired through the Research Affiliate Program 2013-2016

29. The reality in Canadian Public
Services
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/corporate/reports/building-
diverse-inclusive-public-service-final-report-joint-union-management-task-force-
diversity-inclusion.html
Percentage of students hired through the Federal Student Work Experience 2013-16

30. The reality in Canadian Public
Services
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/corporate/reports/building-
diverse-inclusive-public-service-final-report-joint-union-management-task-force-
diversity-inclusion.html
Percentage of students hired through the Co-op/Internship Program 2013-2016

31. The Gendered And Racialized Wage Gap
2017
https://www.canadianwomen.org/deficit-worth-worrying-gendered-racialized-wage-gap/

33. Collectivism per country
https://testmyprep.com/subject/philosophy/types-of-civilizations-social-philosophy

34. Measuring Cultural Key Competencies
during the Interview Process
The following are among the questions hiring
managers can ask to potential candidates of
employment to measure whether
they meet the essential functions of the job
relating to cultural competency:
Other sources of interview questions:
https://www.ethnoconnect.com/multicultural-diversity-and-awareness-interview-
questions
https://directory.niu.edu/diversity/_files/equal-opportunity/sample-interview-
questions-diversity-and-equity.pdf

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Example of Interview questions
 What opportunities have you had working
and collaborating in diverse, multicultural
and inclusive settings.
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Example of Interview questions
 What is your definition of diversity? How
do you encourage people to honor the
uniqueness of each individual?
 How do you challenge stereotypes and
promote sensitivity and inclusion?
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Example of Interview questions
 Tell us about a time when you had to work
with someone who had the direct opposite
personality of yours?
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Example of Interview questions
 What have you learned from working with
diverse populations?
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Example of Interview questions
 How has your current/previous employer
benefited from multiculturalism?
 How has diversity played a role in shaping
your social style?
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40. Group Exercise
 Ask few interview questions from your class
partner regarding our topic today.
 Listen to your class partner and give your
constructive feed back about the given
answers.
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41. Conclusion
 What did you learn today from the lecture and
the group exercise?
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42. CAREER COMPETENCIES IN
CANADA
MULTICULTURALISM
Prepared and Presented by:
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, Ph.D., MBA, CCPE, Cert. Psychiatry
Lead Education and Career Mentor
http://www.linkedin.com/in/pirouzi
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2019

43. 2018 Annual Report to
Parliament on Immigration -
Canada
 https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-
refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-
manuals/annual-report-parliament-
immigration-2018/report.html
Prof. Peivand Pirouzi, 2019

44. Diversity in Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/corporate/reports/building-diverse-inclusive-public-service-final-report-joint-union-
management-task-force-diversity-inclusion.html