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TOEIC at APEC: Use with Volunteers a Winning Concept

Smart event planners use TOEIC not only in hiring paid employees but also in selecting volunteers. As discussed in an earlier post, TOEIC testing can be a great way to sort out the qualified from those with insufficient English skills, helping ensure event success.

The latest model for TOEIC use with volunteers comes from Russia in its selection for volunteers to support the 2012 Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference, which they will host this fall in Vladivostok. The APEC summit, attended by heads of state and leading professionals from 21 member economies, many of whom will not know Russian but can communicate in English, provides a great opportunity to promote Russia's free trade interests and highlight its international strengths, including multilingual talent and efficient delegate support.

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TOEIC: Why It's Bigger than Ever in Japan

Japan was the country where TOEIC tests were first administered and have always been widely used there. Now, however, the world's leading test of English for daily and workplace use is soaring to new heights in the country.
 
The Daily Yomiuri newspaper reports that the TOEIC test seems poised to replace the national Eiken test as Japan’s most popular test of English. In fiscal year 2011, demand for TOEIC tests in Japan rose 30 percent, and TOEIC tests were taken by 2.27 million people compared with the 2.3 million taking Eiken.
 
Driving the trend is increased need for assessment of adult English for the workplace.
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Success Story: Reordering Hiring Steps Saves Employer Money, Improves Results

Thai Airlines since 1988 has used the TOEIC tests, the gold standard for workplace English proficiency assessment, to screen flight attendant applicants. However, a recent, simple change in their hiring process steps has now provided them with significant savings as well as improving the quality of their screening.
 
Becoming a flight attendant is an extremely popular goal, with about 10,000 applicants for Thai Airlines typically competing for around 100-150 open positions. Originally, the airline did an initial screen to try to determine which applicants seemed to fit their broad range of qualification requirements. This initial screening typically cut candidates down to about 1,000 applicants.
 
Claimed English proficiency was one initial screening measure. Those applicants that made it through the initial round then took the TOEIC test to confirm their English proficiency claims.
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