Intercultural Workforce

As the world is evolving, it has become a very competitive place for everything. Looking for ways to cope with change and overcome the competitiveness of our everyday lives, people tend to move around and travel, looking for experience and gaining new and improved knowledge. 

People from many cultures are moving to the countries promising to fulfill their dreams. Due to their reputation and their high standard of living, the two most popular destinations have been Canada and the United States.

Because of increases in immigration, foreign-born persons are an ever-growing portion of the total population. The influx of immigrants has reshaped Canadian society; it has been compared to a cultural mosaic, meaning that it is a multicultural society and Canada encourages people to keep their original culture and share it with the rest of the community. In the United States, the "melting pot" is supported, meaning that people are encouraged to adopt the culture of America and blend in together.

Although Canada's two official languages are English and French, unofficially it is the land of many languages. Cultural diversity is increasingly the norm, we can expect changes to happen smoothly as we seek to accommodate multi-ethnic neighbourhoods, multinational companies, and an international workforce. 

Culture affects the way we work because due to the rising population of international and multicultural people that come to Canada, we must, in some way or the other, adapt to the different ethnic groups because everyone has different ideas and different suggestions to bring to the table. Some companies look at other countries to recruit the best possible candidates for a specific job because having an Intercultural Workforce is becoming a great strategy to achieve growth in a company due to the different and unique ideas that a person from a different culture can contribute. We must learn to appreciated and enjoy what we can learn from other people as we get to know and work with others.