Personal advisors for business professionals: improving communication skills with online corpora

The business sphere is a multilingual world where foreign language communication skills are crucial in international relations. It makes employers look for business professionals who have a high level of linguistic competences. Language proficiency increases the chances of negotiation among partners. There are mainly two obstacles that make barriers in formal communication in a foreign language: lack of knowledge of specific linguistic structures or terminology and frequent transitions from one language to another. This paper contributes to the quest for quick access to a wide range of English, Spanish and Russian online databases that provide authentic language samples. Their application may improve communication skills and facilitate preparation for business discourse.

Report of the Activities of the Professional Advisors of the Nursing Policy Division

This report focuses on the activities of the Nursing Advisors throughout the year 2000, within the framework of the Business Plan formulated by the Nursing Policy Division, and in relation to other professional activities in which they have been involved. Download the Report here

Identifying job skills in commercial advisors in a health insurance company

The aim of this research was to identify the criticalcompetence of success of the commercial adviserin a company providing insurance and health services.For this research a sample of 34 commercialadvisers. The sample was divided into four groups(two per product and two per criterion of success).Systematic fi eld observations, interviews of criticalincidents, application of response tests and salesworkshops were used to evaluate the differentialcompetences that the successful advisers wereshowing in relation to the advisers de fi ned as average.The success criteria were based on the generatedcommission performance over the 10 months. Allin all, signi fi cant differences were found betweenthe “successful” and “average” groups. Furthermore,competences that correlate positively with atop sales performance were observed and competencesthat have major level of discrimination betweenthe “successful” and “average” groups wereestablished. Orientation to achievement, planningand management, information search, commercialaggressiveness and strategic vision are the competencesthat were considered to be key in the topperformance of a sales agent or commercial adviser.Additionally, the results in the response testswere analyzed in the four study groups, withoutobserving signi fi cant differences between them,which supports the theoretical framework of thepresent study.

Nominations of Mary Schapiro, Christina D. Romer, Austan D. Goolsbee, Cecilia E. Rouse, and Daniel K. Tarullo : hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, on nominations of Mary Schapiro, of New York, chairman-designate, Securities and Exchange Commission; Christina D. Romer, of California, chairman-designate, Council of Economic Advisors; Austan D. Goolsbee, of Illinois, member-designate, Council of Economic Advisors; Cecilia E. Rouse, of New Jersey, member-designate, Council of Economic Advisors; Daniel K. Tarullo, of Maryland, member-designate, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 15, 2009.

Shipping list no.: 2009-0407-P.

Analysis of charges of maladministration of the Illinois Unemployment Compensation Act made by the Chicago daily news, October and December 1950 : a report to the Board of Unemployment Compensation and Free Employment Office Advisors.

Mode of access: Internet.

Circulars addressed to local councils of defense, farm advisors, regional district and county directors, victory garden chairmen, historical societies, advisory committees, etc.] : Jan. 4, 1942-Jan. 11, 1944.

Title taken from Monthly check-list of state publications. U. of I. set includes also some miscellaneous material not addressed to local councils of defense, etc.

Trans-Atlantic, from Office of Labor Advisors.

Mode of access: Internet.

The role of personal advisors at Aston Business School

Aston Business School has moved away from a traditional Personal Tutoring model to the Personal Advisor model. During 2006, a review was undertaken of the existing system and proposed the new scheme. This session will present the current model of supporting students within Aston Business School’s Undergraduate Programme. It will discuss the research undertaken at the beginning of the change process which informed the decisions and structure of the Personal Advisor Scheme. It will also present evaluation research undertaken with students into their perceptions of the new scheme. The session will conclude with the plans for the future.

Women's Political Advisors conference sponsored by Commission on Status of Women

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Uma leitura da questão da deficiencia e da inclusão no ensino municipal de Hortolandia : olhares e ações da docencia de Educação Fisica e de seus pares

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

Atividade motora adaptada : o conhecimento produzido nos programas Stricto Sensu em Educação Física no Brasil

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física