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Tag Archives: training
Investment in education is the key to Brazil’s growth
João César Lima is the managing partner of the Rio de Janeiro office of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He also sits on the PwC executive committee in Brazil and is a former chair of the American chamber of commerce. Angelica Mari recently asked him about … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Economics, Interviews
Tagged brasil, brazil, BRIC, davos, education, government, human capital, human resources, João César Lima, pricewaterhousecoopers, pwc, rio, schools, technical, training, wef, world economic forum
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Start the week #9: WEF and IT policy
Featured in this Start the Week podcast for the week commencing 2 May 2011: Angelica Mari talks about the World Economic Forum in Rio last week, innovation, mobile technology, regulations on outsourcing, Foxconn outlining demands for their investment into Brazil, and … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Comment, Economics
Tagged bank, banking, brasil, brazil, brazilianm federation of banks, commission, davos, dilma, foxconn, interviews, IT, ito, knowledge, linkedin, minister, outsourcing, president, regulation, rio de janeiro, training, twitter, wef, world economic forum
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Brazilian executives “falam inglês muito bem”
IT Decisions asked Sam Watten, a British expat and business English teacher in Rio de Janeiro, to outline some of the difficulties English-speaking executives have when working in Brazil.
Posted in Comment, Culture
Tagged botafogo, brasil, brazil, business english, course, education, english, language, portuguese, real brazilian portuguese, rio, rio de janeiro, sam watten, school, training
27 Comments
Training for Brazil outsourcing pros, anyone?
Professional qualifications count for a lot in Brazil. Executives like to frame and mount their degree certificates on the office wall, like badges proclaiming their competence to be doing the job they do.
Posted in Comment, Economics
Tagged certified outsourcing professional, copc, course, degree, diploma, education, english, IAOP, international association of outsourcing professionals, language, national outsourcing association, noa, outsourcing, qualification, training, truenorth, university of life
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Is technical English enough?
Kleber Pedroso is an experienced English language coach for Brazilian IT professionals. In his first guest column for IT Decisions, he questions the difference between technical English knowledge versus having full proficiency in the language.