Estheticians from throughout the world can now apply for permanent residence in Canada under the\u00a0Express Entry\u00a0system\u2019s\u00a0Federal Skilled Worker\u00a0(FSW) program and put their facial and body beauty treatment skills to the service of Canadian employers.<\/p>\n
The change to the FSW which made that possible came on Nov. 16 last year, when Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) added 16 new jobs to its list of eligible occupations under that worker immigration program.<\/p>\n
That increased the number of eligible occupations under the FSW on the same day the\u00a0National\u00a0Occupational Classification\u00a0(NOC) 2021 came into effect at the IRCC to 359.<\/p>\n
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The 16 new occupations are all deemed to be jobs for which the worker must\u00a0get\u00a0a college diploma, an\u00a0apprenticeship training of fewer than two\u00a0years, or\u00a0more than six\u00a0months of on-the-job training.<\/p>\n
The full list of newly-added jobs on the list of eligible occupations under the FSW includes:<\/p>\n
Estheticians, who typically work in beauty salons and in the cosmetic departments of pharmacies and department stores, are categorized under the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021<\/a> system under code 63211.<\/p>\n Theirs is a growing industry sector in Canada.<\/p>\n Market and consumer data website Statistica reports the beauty and personal care sector in Canada is expected to be a $10.95-billion industry this year and grow annually by 1.98 per cent.<\/p>\n If you are a candidate looking for a Canada job, or an employer looking to recruit foreign talent from abroad, immigration.ca can help. Access our expertise through our in-house recruitment enterprise\u00a0<\/b>www.skilledworker.com<\/b><\/a>, \u201cthe leader in foreign recruitment\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n That means estheticians are likely going to continue to be in hot demand by Canadian employers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ottawa\u2019s Jobbank job-hunting website had 491 job postings for estheticians in Canada in mid-January with 137 of those positions being in British Columbia, 119 jobs in each of Alberta and Ontario, 58 in Quebec and 24 in Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n The Indeed job-hunting website had 94 help-wanted postings for estheticians in mid-January, typically a slow time of the year for that segment of the beauty industry.<\/p>\n Economic immigration through Express Entry offers both a way for foreign nationals to get their permanent residence here and for beauty salon owners and other employers to recruit qualified foreign nationals as estheticians in Canada.<\/p>\n Foreign nationals hoping to apply for permanent residence through the\u00a0FSW must have one year of paid work experience within the last decade in jobs categorized as TEER 0, 1, 2, or 3 of the\u00a0NOC 2021 system.<\/p>\n Video:<\/b><\/p>\n
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