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

Amazing conversation with Katie Couric and Laurene Powell Jobs at Clinton Global Initiative today. We talked about the importance of coming at solutions from different angles, operating in different dimensions, the power of partnerships… This is the way forward. When Chobani first opened, I wanted to make healthy food accessible to more people. But in reopening a yogurt factory that was closing down, I saw just how linked the business was to the community… they only thrive together. Then we needed to hire people. There were refugees in Utica who could legally work but weren’t finding jobs. We hired buses and translators, did the training — and in return got some of the most dedicated people who have helped make Chobani successful. And those refugees who risked their lives to come here, they get their dignity back. They create homes. They give back to the community. What worked for Chobani will work for other businesses. With Tent Partnership for Refugees, we are scaling this model, working with over 450 companies around the world to hire, train, and mentor refugees. Take what we’ve learned in Mexico. With job opportunities, refugees and migrants would stay and work, and there are over 60 companies in Tent México eager to hire them. We are helping connect the two. This is just one example of what’s working and why businesses have to be a part of the solution. Because every time a refugee gets a job the world is a better place.

I was honored to join the U.S. Department of State ministerial meeting hosted yesterday by Secretary Blinken, Secretary David Lammy, President Ilan Goldfajn, and Børge Brende, focused on strengthening the humanitarian system. In my remarks, I shared that our model at Tent Partnership for Refugees -- focused on mobilizing large employers to hire forcibly displaced migrants -- will not be relevant in all humanitarian contexts, but it can play a critical role in countries like Mexico and Colombia with dropping birth rates, aging populations, and structural labor shortages. Major employers can be persuaded to invest in hiring forcibly displaced migrants -- benefitting the migrants, strengthening the economy, and reducing pressure on governments. But employers need greater clarity on work authorization; quicker processing of work and tax documents; greater freedom of movement for migrants, including those waiting for asylum; and greater clarity on banking regulations. Thanks to Julieta Valls Noyes for spearheading this initiative and for her relentless focus on bringing the private sector into humanitarian and displacement policy.

This #HispanicHeritageMonth, Tent Partnership for Refugees celebrates the incredible contributions that Hispanic #refugees are making to both the U.S. economy and its communities. Over the past decade, the U.S. has welcomed hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced people from Latin America – including from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and the Northern Triangle – all eager to contribute and grow professionally. 🇺🇸 🌎 Our Hispanic Refugee Mentorship Program, in partnership with the The National Hispanic Corporate Council (NHCC), has connected hundreds of Hispanic refugees with professional mentors from member companies including Bank of America, Google, Mondelēz International, TelevisaUnivision, and Uber. Through this initiative, participating employees are helping these newcomers navigate the U.S. job market, integrate into the workforce, and thrive in their new careers. Más información sobre el programa aquí y conoce los testimonios de los refugiados que han sido formados: https://lnkd.in/edDxdibJ #MesDeLaHerenciaLatina

We are pleased to announce that Tent France has signed a partnership agreement with the French governmental office for refugee integration, Délégation interministérielle à l'accueil et à l'intégration des réfugiés (Diair) 🇫🇷 This marks a significant step forward in our mission to connect more refugees in France to meaningful job opportunities with major employers. By joining forces, we will work closely with Diair on impactful initiatives that advance the refugee hiring efforts of the over 30 member companies in Tent France – as well as promote the workforce inclusion of refugees across the country. Merci à Monsieur le Préfet Alain Regnier et à son équipe pour l’excellente collaboration ! Find out more: https://lnkd.in/dhYDSM5M

This week Menzies Aviation - one of the numerous companies in the aviation sector in the Tent Partnership for Refugees network leading by example in refugee hiring and integration - ran its first ‘Allies in Aviation’ event at its London HQ in partnership with Tent UK. ✈️🇬🇧 As part of this, a special employability training session was designed to help refugees aspiring to work in the industry. Refugee job seekers from a range of backgrounds were given an insider’s look at the career routes available in aviation; a crash course on effective CV writing, interview techniques, and how to stand out in the application process; and the opportunity to team build with each other and senior leaders from Menzies. This event is just one example of how Menzies Aviation - which has set a target of recruiting refugees equivalent to 1% of its global workforce by 2026 - is showing leadership and innovation in their efforts to help refugees connect to jobs, both within its own workforce and across the industry. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gtMW-ZwT #AlliesInAviation #TentUK

There are currently more than 290,000 refugees and asylum seekers in the Netherlands. Many of them face numerous barriers to employment. At an event co-organized by the Tent Partnership for Refugees, US Embassy The Hague and American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands (AmCham), representatives from over 50 major companies came together yesterday in The Hague to find out more about how employers can support refugee job seekers looking to access the Dutch labor market. Dank u Ambassador Razdan Duggal and team for hosting this special event at your residence, State Secretary for Participation and Integration Jurgen Nobel for joining us, Nisar for your inspiring story, and all the business leaders and NGO representatives for attending. Together, we will do more to connect refugees to work in the Netherlands. Get in touch if you’d like to join us as we accelerate our work across the country 🇳🇱

#DYK - The vast majority of  #refugees have essential skills, yet they are often overlooked because they lack traditional credentials. By focusing on skills rather than degrees, #companies can tap into an often overlooked talent pool, enhance workforce diversity, and drive innovation and performance. Learn how you can get started with a skills-based approach to hiring by taking this Learning free path from our friends and Tent member, LinkedIn! https://lnkd.in/ePfc-vUm LinkedIn Social Impact

This month, Tent Partnership for Refugees solemnly marks the third anniversary of the fall of Kabul and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan – a harrowing chapter for millions of Afghans. Since August 2021, nearly 160,000 Afghan refugees have sought safety and a fresh start in the U.S., yet many still face significant challenges in rebuilding their careers. Launched in March 2023, in collaboration with Hiring Our Heroes and the The Afghan-American Foundation Foundation, Tent’s Afghan Refugee Mentorship Initiative is helping to break down barriers for Afghan refugees looking to restart or advance in their careers. By harnessing the expertise and dedication of U.S. military veterans employed at leading Tent member companies like Accenture, Chobani, Hilton, Intuit, and Pfizer – we’ve provided hundreds of Afghan refugees with mentorship and guidance to reignite their careers and secure roles that truly reflect their talents, skills, and experience. Naser, one of the program’s Afghan refugee mentees, shared, “The mentorship has been incredibly valuable. It has broadened my understanding of job opportunities and the application process, aiding significantly in my job search, and in securing employment.” Discover how mentors and mentees alike have benefited from the program in this story by Laura Aka in WorkingNation, and get in touch with Tent if your company would like to get involved in supporting Afghan refugees through mentorship today. https://lnkd.in/e34_5yxq

We are delighted to welcome Ana Paula Carvalho, Christopher Ratsch, and Frank Hensgens as the newest members of Tent Partnership for Refugees’ Europe Advisory Council! With their extensive experience and leadership at Tent member companies Pfizer, Indeed, and Mast-Jägermeister SE, respectively, they will be instrumental in helping to advance our mission to connect even more #refugees to job opportunities across Europe and deepen our impact in the region. With more refugees seeking meaningful work in Europe and as many countries face critical labor shortages in key sectors, we thank you for stepping up to join this effort – supporting refugees’ access to local labor markets is more important than ever! https://lnkd.in/eXy6sXDv