Tent Partnership for Refugees

Today, we are incredibly proud to announce that the Tent Partnership for Refugees has been selected to the fourth-annual TIME100 Most Influential Companies list, which recognizes companies making an extraordinary impact around the world! 🎉💯  Thank you TIME for highlighting Tent’s pioneering approach, transformational role in effectively galvanizing the world’s largest employers to connect refugees to jobs at scale – and underscoring that our work is “as valuable for the host countries and companies as it is for the refugees gaining employment.” Momentum has never been greater, and we are grateful to our 400+ member companies for their ongoing partnership with Tent and growing efforts to integrate refugees – a number of whom are fellow 2024 #TIME100Companies honorees, including Amazon, Microsoft, Pfizer, and Rappi! https://lnkd.in/dX7Ea6Tx

With around half a million refugees in Germany currently unemployed and 1.7 million jobs openings due to labor shortages, there is great urgency and a great opportunity for companies to step up and welcome refugees into their workforce. This week, Christian SCHMIDT, Director of Tent Deutschland led a workshop for the Jobcenter München team at their training day and shared insights on how to overcome some of the barriers to employment refugee jobseekers face and how employers approach recruiting from this talent pool. “Vielen Dank”, Markus Galuschka from Tent Deutschland member company SOCCO GROUP GmbH for speaking alongside us, and Jobcenter München for including Tent Partnership for Refugees in this great event! #HireRefugees #WirStellenGeflüchteteEin

As a refugee from Afghanistan, Sajad faced challenges finding a job in Canada despite his MBA and banking experience. Through Jumpstart Refugee Talent, he attended a hiring event and eventually landed a job with #TentCanada member TD. In his role Sajad helps Afghan and Iranian customers in their native language, and is one of the top performers at his branch! 🌟 🇦🇫 Read more about Sajad’s journey: https://lnkd.in/ejGXMZNW Tent Partnership for Refugees

Ronald Minaya's story is one of resilience and transformation! 🇻🇪 One of more than 7 million people who have fled Venezuela in recent years due economic and political instability, Ronald has been rebuilding his life in Mexico. After attending a hiring event in Mexico City, Ronald secured a job with #TentMéxico member company Marriott International and one day aspires to be a hotel manager! With over 1.25 million vacancies across the country, Tent México – now 60 companies and counting! – is committed to helping more #refugees, like Ronald, enter the local labor market. 💼🤝 Read more about Ronald’s story in El Pais: https://lnkd.in/efN3vzVT  Jorge Vaquero Simancas Tent Partnership for Refugees

Great to be back in Madrid today to meet with State Secretary Pilar Cancela Rodríguez at the Spanish Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones. With the Tent España coalition growing – now counting 45 of Spain’s largest employers in its ranks – we met to build on the formal partnership established between the Tent Partnership for Refugees and the Ministry last year and discuss ways we can further accelerate the labor market integration of the hundreds of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers currently living in Spain.

We are thrilled to announce that Tent España is welcoming a dozen new member companies! Tent España has gone from strength to strength and now counts 45 of the country’s largest employers in its network.  💪 🎉 With this expansion, businesses across the country are showing they’re committed to helping refugees and asylum seekers secure jobs and set down roots in Spain, all while strengthening their companies. Refugees are talented, motivated, and resilient – hiring them is a win-win-win – for refugees, companies, and the country as a whole! Reach out to learn how we can work together to help connect you to refugee talent! 🇪🇸 ¡Bienvenidos a Tent España! 🇪🇸 Allianz AmRest Berry Global, Inc. Cisco Citi PepsiCo Salesforce Squire Patton Boggs Swissport  Tata Consultancy Services https://lnkd.in/dE2fKqrF

In recent weeks, the Tent Partnership for Refugees continued to deepen our partnership with the IOM - UN Migration in an effort to connect more businesses across the Americas and Europe to an even larger pipeline of forcibly displaced talent! Check out some highlights ⬇️ 🤝 🌐 🇲🇽 Ileana C., Tent’s Deputy Director for the Americas joined Amy Pope, Alicia Barcena, Sec. of Foreign Affairs of Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México, and reps from Tent member companies like Claro Colombia, FEMSA, Foundever, and Walmart at IOM’s “Hemispheric Meeting on Regular Pathways for Labor Migration” to share the latest about #TentMexico and speak about how Tent supports major businesses in Mexico – and across the Americas  – to hire and integrate refugees and migrants into their workforces. 🇨🇦 Sophie Jama Malindi, Director for #TentCanada, joined Amy Pope, Director General of IOM and The Honourable Ratna Omidvar, C.M., O.Ont for an important roundtable discussion on labor migration in Canada with partners from the public, private, and NGO sectors. 🇸🇪 Karin Heri, Tent’s Director for Sweden, spoke at a session co-hosted by Tent at #Almedalen on the local labor market integration of refugees in Sweden alongside IOM & UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency – and featuring hiring insights from Tent member company PwC Sweden. Here's to continuing this important work together! 🙌

“Management must set the tone by affirming its commitment to the professional integration of refugees… defining clear objectives, communicating regularly around the topic, and allocating resources.” Yasmine Leroux, Tent France Director Check out this study by Tent member The Human Safety Net/Generali and Intersection Le Lab to discover best practices for successfully integrating refugees in the workplace – including key learnings gathered from the experiences of major companies in the Tent Partnership for Refugees network! Cliquez sur le lien ci-dessous pour découvrir l’étude en français, et contactez-nous pour en savoir plus sur l’accompagnement que nous proposons aux entreprises en France ! https://lnkd.in/eqjK-rpM #HireRefugees Elise Ginioux Marie-Christine Lanne Thomas Micheneau Laura Perrier-Giarratana Kenza Benqeddi-Veiga

Last week was quite the week for the Tent Partnership for Refugees at #Almedalen 2024! 🇸🇪 Despite having the legal right to work, many of the almost 300,000 refugees living in Sweden are unemployed or employed in roles below their skill level. Almedalen was an opportunity for Tent to encourage more companies to help refugees connect to jobs across the country: ✨ We were thrilled to welcome guests to our event in the #AmericanGardenAlmedalen, co-hosted with AmCham Sweden - American Chamber of Commerce in Sweden and the U.S. Embassy Sweden. Following inspiring opening remarks from Erik Ramanathan, U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, Tent’s Country Director for Sweden Karin Heri moderated an insightful discussion with business leaders from ManpowerGroup Sweden, Sodexo and Ambea about actions the private sector can take to help integrate refugees into the local workforce. ✨Together with OIM - ONU Migration and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, we also co-hosted a session on the local labor market integration of refugees. Kajsa Boqvist of member company PwC Sweden  discussed how PwC is hiring highly skilled talent into its business while Eva powerfully shared her story of leaving Ukraine and rebuilding her life in Sweden. ✨Additionally, we were honored to attend events hosted by Skill Shift Initiative and Ukrainska Hubben and speak to why providing opportunities for refugees can help solve labor shortages. If you want to learn more about the support we offer to companies in Sweden, get in touch!

As the number of refugees continues to grow, the Tent Partnership for Refugees is partnering with some of the world’s largest employers  to help refugees enter the labor market. #TentDeutschland Director Christian SCHMIDT spoke to Victoria Robertz from Capital Magazin about companies — including SAP, DHL, and Otto Group — coming together in Germany to transform unfilled positions into inclusive employment opportunities for refugee job seekers. Read the full conversation here in 🇩🇪 https://lnkd.in/exhM72pb #HireRefugees #WirStellenGeflüchteteEin