English for HR professionals

Effective introductions in HR

Introducing oneself, the department/company – short, spontaneous presentation practice.

Writing successful job adverts

The language to watch for the „does and don’ts” etc.).

Defining candidate requirements

What is needed by the candidate.

Interviewing and assessing candidates

Practising the interview, discussing results.

Induction of new employees

Entry into the company.

The appraisal interview

Defining goals, giving feedback, motivating employees.

Salaries and wages

A look at money matters.

Drafting and understanding the work contract

All about phrases and terminology in a work contract.

Work placement abroad

Placing employees in foreign countries.

Managing workplace conflict

Staff problems on the shop floor.

Presenting and reporting in HR

Work tools for HR.

After registering you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification in your online learning environment.

• You learn through practising HR topics in English with feedback and correction on vocab, grammar and pronunciation.
• You experience improvement in the use of language for typical HR situations.
• You gain in confidence and fluency from a relaxed but busy learning environment.
• You feel more secure in using English in your daily work.
• You enjoy the possibility of discussing HR topics of importance to yourself with a specialist native speaker.
• You will notice an improvement in your fluency even in the short time frame.
• Learners can get hints on intercultural issues where required.
• Learners can benefit from using HR material which focusses on real-life situations and practical language.

The HR topics are trained and enhanced through discussion, mini role-play, mini presentations, practical text, repetition of terminology, HR vocab exercises on comprehension, vocabulary, practical grammar and case-study.

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