Immigration can be a powerful tool for supporting a country’s economic growth and prosperity, but its success in accomplishing that objective depends on well-designed and carefully implemented immigration policies. Drawing on experiences from Asia, Europe, North America, and the Pacific region, this policy memo presents eight strategies developed by immigrant-receiving countries to increase the economic contribution of employment-based immigration. More specifically, the policies discussed here focus on selecting immigrants with a range of skill levels, retaining those with the greatest potential to succeed, engaging employers constructively in the immigration process, and facilitating immigrant integration.