TORONTO, CANADA

Strong Year for the Work Experience Program

The Work Experience Program at Global Village Toronto is growing again! So far, 2006 is shaping up to be one of the biggest years for this program.

As the students talk to each other and hear about their friends' experiences working in a Canadian company, they have been adding this great program to their study plan.

This year students have been working in many different fields. We have placed students in: marketing and promotions, customer service (tourism), finance, IT, recreation, education, and law.

They have been working in great organizations such as Franklin Templeton, Gentry Lanes Luxury Car Dealership, Casa Loma, Forest Hill Montessori School, the YMCA, and the Canadian Diabetes Association.

Carlos Funada from Brazil (photo) spent 12 weeks at Franklin Templeton Investments working in the Accounting Department as one of their assistants.

Carlos enjoyed his time at Franklin Templeton learning about Canadian accounting systems and was able to help with several projects. His supervisors commented that he was a great team player, always willing to step in and help whenever he could. His aptitude with numbers, his previous experience, and his professional attitude made him a welcome addition to their team.

Most students can not believe how different working is from being in school and they frequently comment that it takes a little time to get used to speaking with native speakers all day instead of other students.

Eri Tsujimura from Japan wrote about her experience:
Working at Casa Loma was one of the most exciting experiences in my life. I will never forget about this amazing experience.

Now, I really like working there, but the first week working at Casa Loma wasn't so exciting for me. The reason is just because I hadn’t gotten used to being there and I was really nervous about talking to people in English. I didn't have any confidence in my English. At that time I missed my friends from GV a lot, but as time went by, I started getting used to working there and speaking English. I also started talking to workers from Casa Loma. They were all really nice and friendly to me. I was really comfortable with them and it helps me a lot in many ways. Even in my country, I sometimes had some difficulties talking to strangers. I didn't usually like to do those things. Now I can talk to everyone without any difficulties. Whenever I think about that, I feel that I have improved myself a lot socially.
The period when I was there was not so busy but we still had tourists from all over the world. The castle is much more famous than I thought. Many people were really impressed by the beautiful building and asked me lots of questions. I felt so good when I could answer and help them.

I met lots of people who were interested in Japan at Casa Loma too. First I was surprised because I never imagined that Japan is such a famous country. Now I am proud of being from Japan.

All those things that I learned from people at Casa Loma are my treasure. I will not forget about it and their kindness. Working there helped me a lot in the terms of thinking about my job in the future. I would like to keep studying using my knowledge from Casa Loma in Japan.

I strongly recommend this place to other students who are going to do an internship. This is the nicest place ever!"

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For more information please contact GV Toronto at toronto@gvenglish.com