Why ZADCO chose TOEIC tests. Abu Dhabi's Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) needed a standardized, internationally recognized way to test the English skills of employees in many different types of jobs and at many locations, from ZADCO headquarters to oil rigs far out to sea. They looked at different English tests to try to meet their specialized needs. TOEIC was the undisputed winner, and five years later continues as ZADCO's choice. Read the full story.   

English proficiency requirements for U.K. visas have changed. All TOEIC tests are now approved for both immigrant and student visas, and what visa application involves in general has changed over the past year...  We recently posted a two-part series covering key developments on our TOEIC4Success blog.  

Next public TOEIC test date: September 27, 2 p.m. in Riyadh. Only a week left to sign up and seats are filling fast. Visit our site to preregister for this test, which provides world-recognized evidence of your English skills for business. If you are an educator or company interested in testing a number of employees or students, you can also arrange to give TOEIC tests on other dates by contacting Josephine Griffin at JGriffin@amideast.org, or phoning her at 01 483-88quire.  

How effective are your hiring practices? Employers are focusing too much on hiring costs and too little on long-term match with their needs. Result: 44% say recruits are not satisfactory. Read about this new study in the International Business Times.

Business English Site of the Month. Learn business expressions, idioms, and “buzzwords” on the Business English Expressions blog by reading current business news articles and explanations of terms used there.

Hidden meanings of pronouns. Small differences in the ways we use words can provide a huge amount of unexpected information about us. Dr. James Pennebaker, chair of the psychology department at the University of Texas, Austin, discusses his research in a fascinating interview published in Scientific American.   

  
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