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The Voyage
The Voyage
Invest in your staff's potential From finance and telecoms to transport and manufacturing, EF is helping companies from a variety of industries boost the language skills of their employees.
Invest in your staff's potential Professional Gap Year
In a growing trend around the world, companies are moving to increase the language proficiency of their employees by sponsoring their language courses abroad.
Dear Professional, Welcome to the latest edition of The Voyage, a newspaper dedicated to helping professionals realize their potential. In this edition, we'll highlight EF's next Global Career Seminar in Malta as well as provide you with expert career advice from previous speakers. We'll also give you the lowdown on 'smart vacationing,' the latest trend among professionals looking for meaningful getaways. What’s more, you’ll find our 2017-2018 brochure in this pack which is filled with information about EF’s language courses in 50 destinations around the globe. Sincerely, Name Title Countr
Over the past 12 months, EF has helped some of the biggest companies in the world – including Accenture, Telefonica, Fiat and Skanska – improve their ability to speak to the world. Companies have used EF's tailor-made packages to help drive their business forward by ensuring their staff reach their potential.
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By sponsoring their staff on a language course abroad, companies are ensuring their staff stay ahead of the competition in an ever-evolving global marketplace. You can be the next company to benefit from EF's expertise by reading more at: www.ef.com/executive
Professional Gap Year
An increasing number of professionals aged 25 and above, from diverse backgrounds across the world, are opting to take a gap year abroad. This is because it enables them to break the pattern of
familiarity, get out of the so-called comfort zone, and discover more about themselves. Achieving fluency in a new language, adapting to foreign customs, as well as increasing your cultural awareness, are the catalysts behind the majority of decisions to take such a step. And these reasons align perfectly with EF’s offer for professionals wishing to take a long-term language course. Students from London's central EF campus explained how their experience studying together has also encouraged the development of ‘soft skills’ such as communication, in addition to expanding their
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professional network. Is your curiosity piqued? Explore more here: www.ef.com/language
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One of the defining features of modern globalization is social integration, which requires us to be more understanding and tolerant of the vibrant tapestry of life and culture on our planet. It’s becoming more necessary that we are able to connect with people in environments far removed from the office. Thus, there is an evolving acceptance of the importance of personal, as well as professional, development. Cue the ‘Professional Gap Year’.