--- title: Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® Blog | Employment description: Employment | Your guide to Working Effectively With Indigenous Peoples® including the Indian or First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Peoples. image: https://www.ictinc.ca/hubfs/Dancing_Big_House_socialmedia.jpg --- #### **Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples®** # Blog Filter by Tag Show All 21 Things™ Allyship Arts and Culture Business Contributors Court Cases Cultural Appropriation Customs Education Elders Emploi Employment Enjeux autochtones Environment Environnement Famous Indigenous People First Nations Forestry French Generational Wounds Government Healing Health History Indian Act Indigenous Awareness Indigenous Consultation Indigenous Consultation and Engagement Indigenous Economic Development Indigenous Engagement Indigenous Issues Indigenous Organizations Indigenous Peoples Indigenous Procurement Indigenous Protocol Indigenous Recruitment and Retention Indigenous Relations Indigenous Rights Indigenous Self-Government Inuit Land Acknowledgement Language Law Loi sur les Indiens Mental Health Mentor Mothers Myths Métis National Day of Truth & Reconciliation National Indigenous Peoples Day Negotiations RESPECT™ Reconciliation Relations avec les Autochtones Repatriation Residential Schools Santé mentale Sensibilisation aux réalités autochtones Spiritual Beliefs Sports TRC Calls-to-Action Terminology Tips Tourism Traditional Knowledge Training Treaties UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Veterans Videos Vidéos Women Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples Youth Éducation or - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ### Employment [![red traffic light](https://www.ictinc.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/traffic-light-red-unsplash_2000w.jpg?width=2000&height=1000&name=traffic-light-red-unsplash_2000w.jpg) ](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/8-basic-barriers-to-indigenous-employment) 5 min read #### [8 Basic Barriers and Solutions to Indigenous Employment](https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/8-basic-barriers-to-indigenous-employment) January 27, 2026 In this article, we look at the barriers - some tangible, some not - that maintain the status quo of exorbitant rates of unemployment amongst... 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