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Upwardly Global: Bridging the Opportunity Gap for Skilled Immigrants

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with training, support, and exposure to companies looking to hire internationally trained talent. Although that plant was considered a model employer for refugees at the time, Jane met employees who included a former engineer from Iraq and a surgeon from Bosnia. It provides skilled immigrants to the U.S. at their full potential.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

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She goes through an intensive training program in an educational track, that teaches her about her rights as a woman in health, economy, society, and politics, among other things. She also goes through a vocational skills and business skills training track, where it ends up giving her tangible skills, so she can get a job.