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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Georgia Institute of Technology & Georgia Department of Economic Development present "Strategies for Preparing the Global Workforce", a workshop on March 17 at Hotel Palomar.
Join keynote speaker Juan Luis Goujon, President & CEO of BPI Group, and other experts from YKK, Infosys, The National Commission for Cooperative Education, MIT, The University of Rhode Island and Georgia Tech to discuss strategies for hiring and assigning new recruits with work abroad experience. Find out how talent with foreign language ability, intercultural communication skills and understanding of foreign workplace operations can help you become more competitive and effective in the global workplace. Discover opportunities to work more closely with Georgia Tech or other universities in recruiting a workforce that will succeed in the global community. Learn from students who have worked abroad and those who have transitioned to the global workforce.
No cost for registration! Please register online by March 14.
Find out more at www.modlangs.gatech.edu/globalworkforce/
This program is paid for by a grant from the US Department of Education, Business and International Education Division, and sponsored by the School of Modern Languages, the Division of Professional Practice, the Georgia Tech CIBER and the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
