This study explores the employment-related information seeking behaviour of Bangladeshi immigrants in Canada. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study conducted semi-structured interviews with 60 Bangladeshi immigrants in Ontario, Canada, and obtained 205 survey responses. The study highlights the centrality of employment-related settlement among Bangladeshi immigrants in Ontario and reports many immigrants not being able to utilize their education and skills after arrival in Canada. The results show that Bangladeshi immigrants utilize various information sources for their employment in Canada, including friends and professional colleagues, online searchers, and settlement agencies. Although Bangladeshi immigrants utilized a large array of information sources for meeting their employment-related information needs, many interview participants emphasized that the employment-related benefits they received was because of their access to friends and professional colleagues in Canada. The survey results echoed the interview findings. The cross-tabulation results on post-arrival information sources and occupation status as well as first job information sources and occupational status in Canada show a significant association among the use of the information source “friends and professional colleagues in Canada” and immigrants’ occupational status. The study highlights the benefits of professional colleagues among immigrants in employment-related settlement contexts. It also reports the challenges faced by many immigrant professionals related to employment-related settlement because of the lack of access to their professional friends and colleagues in Canada. The author urges the Federal Government of Canada, provincial governments, and settlement agencies working with newcomers to offer services that would connect highly skilled immigrants with their professional networks in Canada, in order to get proper guidance related to obtaining a professional job or alternative career. The author calls for further studies on employment-related information seeking by immigrants to better understand the role information plays in their settlement in a new country.

这项研究探讨了在加拿大孟加拉国移民与就业有关的信息寻求行为。使用混合方法，该研究对加拿大安大略省的60名孟加拉国移民进行了半结构化访谈，并获得了205项调查答复。该研究强调了与就业有关的定居在安大略省孟加拉国移民中的中心地位，并报告了许多移民到达加拿大后无法利用他们的教育和技能。结果表明，孟加拉国移民利用各种信息资源在加拿大就业，包括朋友和专业同事，在线搜索者以及定居机构。尽管孟加拉国移民利用大量信息资源来满足其与就业有关的信息需求，许多受访者强调，他们获得的与就业相关的福利是因为他们与加拿大的朋友和专业同事接触。调查结果与访谈结果相呼应。关于加拿大到达后信息来​​源和职业状况以及第一份工作信息来源和职业状况的交叉列表结果显示，使用“加拿大朋友和专业同事”信息来源与移民的职业状况之间存在显着关联。该研究强调了在与就业有关的定居背景下，移民中专业同事的好处。报告还报告了许多移民专业人员在与就业有关的定居方面面临的挑战，因为他们缺乏与加拿大专业朋友和同事接触的机会。作者敦促加拿大联邦政府，省政府和与新移民合作的定居机构提供将高技能移民与其在加拿大的专业网络联系起来的服务，以便获得与获得专业工作或替代职业有关的适当指导。作者呼吁对移民寻求与就业相关的信息进行进一步研究，以更好地了解信息在新国家定居中的作用。