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jm2505
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 Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject: Target Training (InCorporate Trainer) |
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| Anyone got any experience of working for this school? |
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spiral78
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| Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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'to incorporate' is a verb, not a noun (I just checked Webster 2009 to be totally sure).
Is this really the name of a school? Or a job title? It's weird. |
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jm2505
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:34 am Post subject: Target |
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| Incorporate appears to be part of their trading name |
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tefl_john
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| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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There is a company called Target who have regular job openings on tefl.com. They have done for years.
http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=39052
Would appear this is the company you are talking about.
They are always advertising, so either they have lots of jobs to offer or they have a high turnover of trainers. |
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Hod
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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Target do a lot of in-house work, where a teacher is based at a company for two years. There was a poster here called Chris who did two years at Siemens, possibly in Karlsruhe, and he sounded happy with his lot.
Years ago, I had an initial telephone interview with Chris (a different Chris, but this guy is the same contact as in the job ad) and also spoke to the in-house teaching manager, Scott, who was based at Siemens. They seemed professional enough and gave candid answers to my questions. It would�ve been a good job, but I wanted to get out of Germany. Looking at the figures in the advert it looks a good deal, but it�d be a demanding job, and I�d imagine only very good teachers need apply. |
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March Hare
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Does anyone have any new info about this company? |
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johncoan
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| Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| Does anyone have any new info about this company? |
I got through the first two stages of the three-stage interview process, and things looked promising. I waited a few weeks to hear back from them, and then got in touch myself, asking about my application. They said I didn't have exactly the profile they were looking for, but would bear me in mind for similar work. This was about a year ago.
My guess is that they're fairly particular about who they employ, but I also get the feeling that they're not very organised. I also get the impression that people tend to come and go quite a lot (as they're often advertising), which doesn't bode well. |
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targetrecruiting
Joined: 29 Oct 2010
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Hi,
I'm responsible for the initial stages of the recruitment process at Target. Maybe I can clarify a couple of points that have come up here so far:
- we have an on-going recruitment process. We're an expanding company and want to have trainers ready to fill jobs that come up because of a) new contracts or b) trainers completing their contracts and moving on.
- yes, the positions we advertise are demanding and yes, we do want well-qualified, experienced trainers to fill them. The initial contract is 2 years, but many of our trainers have been with us longer.
- InCorporate is a rather clever play on words. It doesn't work if you don't respect the capitals.
@Hod: Thanks for the comment. |
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Robert M
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 6:19 am Post subject: Target Training, Germany |
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| I've done freelance work for Target for many years, and I've never had a problem with them. They pay well, always on-time, and everyone in management is very professional and treat their trainers with respect. I know that their business has grown a great deal over the years, which is why they keep recruiting new trainers (usually an existing client decides to offer training to more people or departments, necessitating a new trainer). I also know from experience that their interviewing process is very rigorous, conducted in stages over a long period of time, so that's probably why they cast such a big net when recruiting. |
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Sansibar1
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:46 am Post subject: |
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I got through the first two stages of the three-stage interview process, and things looked promising. I waited a few weeks to hear back from them, and then got in touch myself, asking about my application. They said I didn't have exactly the profile they were looking for, but would bear me in mind for similar work. This was about a year ago.
My guess is that they're fairly particular about who they employ, but I also get the feeling that they're not very organised. I also get the impression that people tend to come and go quite a lot (as they're often advertising), which doesn't bode well. |
Sorry targetrecruiting, but I can only support what johncoan has said here about the recruitment process. My personal situation was very similar.
After a number of very friendly and professional emails, we had agreed on a time and date to conduct a telephone interview. It was scheduled for 3 pm on a Wednesday afternoon and then cancelled that day at 11 am.
No reason was given, except for a remark about wanting to keep my application on file for later use. It has now been almost 2 years and I still haven't heard anything from you since.
Honestly, this is not what I call a very professional organisation. |
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