Talent Beyond Boundaries

There's a massive misconception that Talent Beyond Boundaries is a refugee job-matching agency. Job matching is only a tiny fraction of what we do. We're really out to change the system that prevents refugees and forcibly displaced people from accessing labour migration pathways. Watch our CEO, Steph Cousins, explain how.

Good to see a spotlight on the issue of #statelessness in the news this week!   Many thanks to Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia for bringing this issue to the attention of a large audience on SBS World News and online, in which various members of our team were quoted. Also check out the podcast series linked in the news article below to learn more. Michelle Foster, Katie Robertson, Fadi Chalouhy, Hélène Lambert https://lnkd.in/d53sE5hS

WUSC and Talent Beyond Boundaries will be in the #Yukon later this month to present at an info session jointly hosted by the Whitehorse Chamber Of Commerce and the Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon (TIA Yukon) on the Economic Mobility Pathway Project #EMPP. Calling on #YukonBusinesses – don't miss this opportunity to learn more about how you can tap into an international talent pool through the EMPP. Learn more about the EMPP and how it is filling important labour gaps across #Canada. 🔗For Event Details: https://bit.ly/3YgxePR 📅To register: https://bit.ly/42jApY4 Eliza Seaborn Lara Dyer *** WUSC et @TBB seront au Yukon ce mois-ci pour présenter lors d'une séance d'information organisée conjointement par Whitehorse Chamber Of Commerce et Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon (TIA Yukon), portant sur la voie d'accès à la mobilité économique. Appel à toutes les entreprises du #Yukon – ne manquez pas cette occasion d'en apprendre davantage sur la façon dont vous pouvez accéder à un réservoir de talents internationaux grâce à la voie d'accès à la mobilité économique. Découvrez comment la voie d'accès à la mobilité économique comble d'importantes lacunes de main-d'œuvre à travers le #Canada. 🔗Pour plus d'informations sur l'événement : https://bit.ly/3YgxePR 📅Pour vous inscrire : https://bit.ly/42jApY4

Orgogliosi di essere la fondazione di un'azienda con cui condividiamo pienamente il valore dell'inclusione.   Oggi, presso gli uffici di Accenture Italia a Napoli, i primi cinque giovani rifugiati arrivati in Italia grazie ai corridoi lavorativi guidati da UNHCR Italia, Agenzia ONU per i Rifugiati, hanno firmato il loro contratto di lavoro. Provengono da diversi Paesi africani, e sono stati selezionati in Uganda, paese di asilo temporaneo, dove hanno seguito e completato con successo ReadyForIT|Labor Pathways for Refugees, il programma promosso da Fondazione Italiana Accenture ETS per approfondire le loro competenze Java e SQL, e conseguire la preparazione civico-linguistica che ha permesso loro di ottenere un regolare visto per arrivare in Italia e iniziare a lavorare nelle aziende che li stavano attendendo.   ReadyForIT|Labor Pathways for Refugees è ideato da Fondazione Italiana Accenture ETS e guidato da UNHCR Italia, Agenzia ONU per i Rifugiati, insieme alla Fondazione stessa, Diaconia Valdese, Talent Beyond Boundaries, Pathways International, International Trade Centre (Agenzia Tecnica ONU/OMC) e Unione Industriali Torino, con il supporto di Reale Foundation e Fondazione Conad ETS e in collaborazione con Develhope, Refactory Academy e Finn Church Aid. I rifugiati sono stati selezionati e saranno assunti dalle seguenti aziende: Accenture, Aubay Italia, Btinkeeng - Digital Advisory, Dedagroup (DEDA), OverIT - Field Service Management, Reale ITES, Valuetech Group.

St. Joseph's Care Group recently celebrated the employees who have joined us via our partnership with Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB), an organization that connects skilled refugees with international job opportunities. ✈️ Staff and leadership had the opportunity to come together, show our appreciation, and celebrate the contributions the group has made to SJCG. It was a chance to express our gratitude and recognize the diverse perspectives and skills they bring to our workplace. ✨ It was especially meaningful as we're approaching the one-year anniversary of welcoming our first TBB new hire! Since May 2024, 13 highly skilled healthcare professionals have joined our team, with more expected to arrive throughout 2025. 📆 Thank you to all the staff members who've joined us over the past year. We can't wait to see what the future holds! 💜 #SJCGCares #TalentBeyondBoundaries #JobOpportunities #HealthcareProfessionals

📣 Opening labour pathways to Spain for displaced workers 📣   Last week, Pathways International moderated a workshop in Madrid with representatives from six regional governments, employers and civil society organizations to kick off the design process of labour mobility pathways for displaced workers to Spain.    Big thanks to our hosts Oficina de Empleo ▪️ Comunidad de Madrid and CEIM - Confederación Empresarial de Madrid-CEOE, and to Talent Beyond Boundaries, Instrategies, Fundación Cepaim and Fragomen – all partner organizations in the STEP project, co-funded by the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund   The session was a promising start. The opportunities to scale labour mobility to Spain are many, and they go far beyond displaced professionals!

🚀 Corridoi lavorativi per rifugiati progetto #readyforIT Labor Pathways for Refugees   Siamo felici di accogliere in Italia i primi 5 rifugiati che, grazie al progetto #ReadyForIT, iniziano oggi un nuovo percorso professionale nel settore Hi Tech. Il loro arrivo è il risultato di mesi di impegno: prima la formazione specifica in Uganda seguendo i corsi intensivi in Java e SQL, costruendo passo dopo passo la possibilità di un futuro concreto nel mondo del lavoro. I corridoi lavorativi per rifugiati sono uno strumento reale ed efficace: permettono di arrivare in Italia in sicurezza, con un visto per motivi di lavoro, e di mettere in gioco competenze, esperienze e voglia di ripartire. L’Italia è tra i primi Paesi a sperimentare questo modello. Quando le istituzioni, le aziende e le organizzazioni lavorano insieme, l’inclusione smette di essere solo una parola e diventa una possibilità concreta.   Il progetto “ReadyForIT” è ideato da Fondazione Italiana Accenture ETS e guidato da UNHCR, Agenzia ONU per i Rifugiati, insieme alla Fondazione stessa, Diaconia Valdese, Talent Beyond Boundaries, Pathways International, l’International Trade Centre – ITC (Agenzia Tecnica ONU/OMC), e l’Unione Industriali Torino, con il supporto di Reale Foundation e Fondazione Conad ETS, e in collaborazione con Develhope, Refactory Academy Uganda e Finn Church Aid. I rifugiati sono stati selezionati e saranno assunti dalle seguenti aziende: Accenture, Aubay, Btinkeeng - Digital Advisory, Dedagroup (DEDA), OverIT - Field Service Management, Reale ITES, ValueTech. I corridoi lavorativi per i rifugiati sono il frutto di un percorso fortemente condiviso tra UNHCR, Diaconia Valdese, Talent Beyond Boundaries e Pathways International insieme al Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, il Ministero dell’Interno e il Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali e la Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri. Leggi il comunicato per saperne di più https://lnkd.in/d-ZNDrRr 📷 UNHCR/Alessandro Penso

Connecting Yukon Businesses to a NEW immigration pathway for bringing skilled workers to the Yukon. Presented by the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon (TIA Yukon). Join us and learn more about a novel solution to meet your workforce needs with the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP). With the Yukon Nominee Program (YNP) receiving limited allocations from the IRCC this year and for the foreseeable future, it is important to explore alternative immigration pathways accessible to Yukon businesses. The World University Service of Canada (WUSC - EUMC) and Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB) will be here in Whitehorse to present local businesses a new opportunity to connect to a new international talent pool, offering support for high-skilled, critical impact and entry level workers. Register today!

Opening of Phase One of the Coalition for Green Skills Pathway: A groundbreaking initiative to solve skills shortages The Coalition for Green Skills Pathways was launched to address the green skills transition by supporting displaced people to move internationally through lawful pathways and solve critical skills shortages. A key new milestone has been reached as the Coalition launches its first phase of activity: the most extensive design effort to date on the feasibility of expanding labour mobility for the skills of the future. In collaboration with BCG, Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB) is leading the  development of a business case to leverage existing talent and design upskilling programs at a sustainable  scale.  Over the next eight months, TBB and BCG will elaborate the business and investment case to train and link skilled workers in industries facing severe shortages, especially in the green economy. TBB and its partners have proven that providing safe and legal labour pathways for displaced people works for both employers and refugees. Now, the focus is on unlocking this solution at scale and creating systemic change until these pathways become a permanent way of operating. The Coalition’s approach will be demand-driven and employer-led, anchored in real hiring needs, with an integrated talent pipeline, designed for positive economic impact. The Coalition is building a sustainable and replicable model. This initiative is more than just mobility, it’s about building a global workforce that meets critical labor demands while opening new pathways for displaced talent. Phase 1 is just the beginning. Read more about the Coalition here: https://lnkd.in/eKR4_Kt3 ─────── A special thank you to our funders: Robert Bosch Stiftung, The Human Safety Net, SHAPIRO FOUNDATION (THE), Talent Mobility Fund, and Fragomen. Coalition Members: DLA Piper, The Human Safety Net, Government of Australia, Pathways International, Labor Mobility Partnerships (LaMP), Robert Bosch Stiftung, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency International Trade Centre, greentech.training, BCG, Open Society Foundations, Migration Policy Institute, Pollination Foundation, IOM - UN Migration, Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group), Fragomen, Talent Beyond Boundaries, International Organisation of Employers (IOE), Talent Mobility Fund, LinkedIn, SHAPIRO FOUNDATION (THE).

Over two days at the National Construction Summit, the Architecture Design & Fitout / Skills & Training Stage brought together a brilliant mix of design thinkers, industry leaders, and workforce specialists to tackle some of the sector’s most pressing issues. From 3D-printed social housing and modular building methods to the rise of architectural influencers and the challenges of talent mobility, this stage showcased the people shaping both the built environment and the teams behind it. 👏Featured 👏 🔹 Roisin Fitzpatrick, Partner, Deloitte 🔹 Tegwyn Stephenson, Ireland Country Lead, Talent Beyond Boundaries 🔹 Claire Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, ODI Europe 🔹 Justin Kinsella, Managing Director, Harcourt Technologies Ltd 🔹 Norbert Prętnicki, Architect, System 3E 🔹 Peter Timler, Chief Technical Officer and SVP, Girder-Slab International 🔹 Dermot Bannon, CEO, Dermot Bannon Architects 🔹 Tiffany Quinn, Generate Leads, Dermot Bannon Architects 🔹 Patryk Kowalczuk, Chief Operation Officer, DMDmodular 🔹 Barry Duffin, National Pre-Construction Manager, Portakabin 🔹 Andy Smith, Head of Projects, Portakabin 💬 Panel sessions included: 🔸 Moderated by Alan Hore, CitA Ltd, with panellists:  • Tegwyn Stephenson, Talent Beyond Boundaries  • Claire Kumar, ODI Europe  • Roisin Fitzpatrick, Deloitte   Thank you to all the speakers who shared their time, expertise, and perspectives. Your insights contributed to a dynamic and engaging stage that connected design, policy, and people in powerful ways. #ConstructIRE #ArchitectureDesign #SkillsAndTraining #ConstructionTalent #3DPrintedHousing #ModularConstruction #WorkforceDevelopment #LeadershipInConstruction #ThankYouSpeakers #ConstructionSummit2025