BMO program aims to open windows for Indigenous recruitment – The Globe and Mail
When BMO Financial Group surveyed its Indigenous employees, it asked them what barriers they ran into when it came to getting and keeping jobs at the bank.
One key message that came back from the 2019 survey was the difficulty in landing a job with BMO without leaving home, especially when home was a reserve or remote community. Respondents also said they were interested in more than entry-level jobs.
Those two themes helped shape a program in which BMO has teamed up with PLATO Testing and AWS re/Start to run a 12-week cloud computing boot camp for 22 students, including some from remote communities. Students who complete the course will get a six-month paid internship with BMO and, if all goes as planned, job offers.
