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Corporate
Training:
How we Find Corporate Training
Jobs
by Matthew Levett, Senior Marketing
Director

EDITOR'S NOTE: Training the staff of companies to use English well,
whether it be in just a general way at first, or to help
them perfect their on-the-job English skills later on, is a highly rewarding form of teaching.
Although teachers cannot generally count on filling a full-time schedule
teaching only corporate classes, these certainly make wonderful, and spiritually
rewarding, "fillers", well worth a short (and sometimes even longer!) jaunt
across the city to reach. Certainly, there is no nobler teaching forum for
teaching English than that of helping staff learn English on their
own company premises, as developing nations such as Thailand are heavily
dependent or reliable and effective instruction by teachers who are not only
professional, but who also know how to make learning fun. Thus it is that our
corporate training contracting efforts not only assist our teachers to live a
fuller and more rewarding professional life, but also is of inestimable value to
the Thai students we live in this country to assist.
Now, let's hear how Matthew describes his
job....
TEXT-AND-TALK has been providing corporate training to companies
in and around the Bangkok area since
1990, and during that time, working in our academies, in government agencies and
in homes and companies, our teachers have trained more
than 1,000,000 Thai students to speak, read, understand and write in
English.
A client list now numbering several
thousand companies is a result of the hard work and dedication of this school,
its Training Consultants and the suitably qualified and experienced instructors
working here.
Language courses don’t just “turn up on the door step”; a
great deal of work must go into the process before even the very first lesson of
a course is taught.
With so many
qualified teachers to keep happy in terms of having regular teaching work, a
highly successful Corporate Training system has to be in operation at all
times.
An English training course must follow
certain guidelines in order to be successful, from the initial contact with a
prospective client right through to the conclusion of the course.
Language training has, itself, evolved in many ways in recent
years, with clients now wanting more customized and, to a certain extent, more
competency-based training courses. Courses have to be put together
in way that will meet all the requirements of the client company, and our
teachers must be fully aware of these needs and
requirements.
The Corporate team at
TEXT-AND-TALK is a very hard working, dedicated group that includes tele-prospecting staff, PR staff
and the actual Training Consultants, who will ultimately go out
and meet the prospects, discuss and advise on the best training possible and
then implement a course.
After an initial
appointment has been set up, the Training Consultant will usually meet with the
HR or Personnel Manager of the company that is interested in the language
training.
After listening to the needs of the
company, we then present our programme, so that both parties are aware of what
is needed, what can be done and what the outcome is going to be.
This initial meeting is followed up with a very detailed
and customized proposal for the potential client to consider before making a
decision on their staff's training.
If approved,
TEXT-AND-TALK
will then implement
the training, incorporating such features as:
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A pre-course Placement Test and Needs Analysis Study of
all potential students.
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Selection of suitable
course materials after consultation with the client and our Academic Manager, as
based on both student needs and their ability
levels.
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Correct placement of
students in study groups that will achieve the desired
objectives.
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Progress reports during
the training that will keep the company informed as to individual and
overall group progress, attendance, etc.
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A course completion
certificate on completion of courses in excess of 60 hours is awarded
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One
language course is never exactly the same as another, at least not at
TEXT-AND-TALK, as we
strive to offer all clients highly customized training that will be suitable to
their company and the needs of their personnel.
After so many years in the business, we have now
built up a vast network of clients in all kinds of industries, many of whom
continue to use our services on a regular basis for their training, whether it
be for large, multi-training group agreements or just for a small group of
staff.
Regardless
of the company, the number of students or the nature of the course, we will
always provide the best service possible from start to
finish.
As a Corporate Training Team we have a duty to look after our
clients and also our teachers, ensuring that everyone involved in the process of
training is fully focused on the ultimate objective: that of improving language skills in our
students.
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