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Royal Bank of Canada


Global Banking Department

It has been a pleasure to have Elvira on board. She has been involved in different activities including completion of all incoming credit rating requests. This involves a high degree of time sensitivity and follow up with our service partners. She also undertook a major project of reorganizing credit info for our clients.

She has been actively learning how to use RBC systems and continues to assist staff in resolving investigations.

She has a very positive attitude and demonstrates willingness to learn. Her communication skills are fairly good and she is able to express herself satisfactorily, but her writing skills need more development.

I am very pleased with her performance. She is very pleasant to work with and always accepts responsibilities cheerfully. Makes all the difference!

Warner Brothers


Marketing

Everyone loves Rafik. In fact, I’m having a hard time keeping him with my team. Everyone in the larger office is asking to borrow him, so I’m becoming territorial !!!

In addition to spread sheet duties, we gave him a couple of other fun jobs: A “field visit” to a venue that we wanted to use for a PR event. Told him to take a few friends, check it out with pictures; talk to bar manager to determine if it’s an appropriate venue.

Manage agency staff we had stationed at a Def Leppard concert who were promoting the DVD 300 Have him work the reception area at a media party to promote our 3rd quarter DVD releases to industry critics, to encourage them to review them.

Rafik is a very mature, positive demeanour, responsible and thorough. He’s asking questions that are insightful and shows he’s thinking about what he’s doing. That’s rare. No issues.

He told me after his first week he was intimidated to come here but everyone was so welcoming to him that he instantly felt comfortable. Thanks for checking in.

If you have any more candidates like him, please send their resume to me.

Four Seasons Hotel


Marketing

Geri was placed as an intern with the Public Relations team within the Sales & Marketing Department.

Upon arrival, she became immediately involved in various projects and adapted quickly to the high standard of work and service that the Four Seasons Hotel & Resorts is known for.

During her time in Public Relations, Geri demonstrated efficiency and creativity in writing press releases, media alerts, and the weekly concierge letter. In addition she assisted in a media photo shoot, live television shows, and the organization of high profile client events.

She also reviewed daily press clippings, publicity values and developed an ad value directory. Gerri was a dependable, innovative and conscientious individual, particularly evident when she was dealing with the hotel guests at the Business Centre where she was attentive to their every need.

Rogers Cable


Director of Sales Performance

Maria was originally presented to the Rogers organization as part of a foreign exchange program. Upon interviewing her, this appeared to be an exciting opportunity for both parties given Maria’s varied background and eager attitude to learn. Maria immediately fitted into our organization working well with the other members of the team, providing valuable input to the process.

During her three-month term with the Sales & Marketing team, among other duties she was given the responsibility to develop and launch a targeted sales program which she did extremely well. She is a very capable individual who really puts her heart and soul into her work. Maria demonstrated an eagerness to learn and was a quick studier and worked independently.

Wanting to be closer to home, she declined an offer to stay within our organization and will truly benefit the next organization she becomes part of. She has all of the fine qualities you would expect from a good employee. Honestly, I feel that any firm that hires her will be quite fortunate.

Warner Brothers


Finance Department

James was an absolute delight to work with.  From the moment he entered our organization he made every effort to involve himself in our department and was enthusiastic about joining in company wide functions.   He developed an excellent rapport with all the staff members and we thoroughly enjoyed having him as a member of our team.

We assigned James to assist our Accounts Payable department with all aspects of processing A/P from shopping cart conversions through to the payment of invoices within a SAP operating environment.  Although finance and accounting is not his area of expertise, he was a very quick study.  He is exceedingly bright which allows him to pick up new and involved tasks very quickly and work independently.  As a result of his abilities we were able to utilize James as a full member of the team and assign tasks as we would to any employee of the company.  James also had the opportunity to assist in the training of new recruits. He proved to be a very capable trainer, patient and knowledgeable.

James is extremely hard working and continually impressed us with his positive attitude and work ethic.  His enthusiasm and energy inspired us on a daily basis.  His delightful personality and team spirit would be an asset to any organization in any capacity.  We would not hesitate to highly recommend him to any potential employers.  We made enquiries to hire James temporarily, full but, unfortunately, due to obstacles with immigration regulations we were unable to secure a valid work permit for him.

Leon Frazer Associates


Investments Trading

Fabio demonstrated a strong work ethic and his knowledge of investments was evident. His presentation of the Brazilian market was well done, informative and enjoyed by the Portfolio Management Division of our company. This presentation demonstrated his strong grasp of the English Language.

Fabio was well liked by the other staff members and was a strong performer during his internship at Leon Frazer & Associates Inc. Given the right opportunity, I would have no hesitation in having Fabio as a full-time employee.

Royal Bank of Canada


Wealth Management / Dominion Securities

Angie is working out very well and is thankfully a self-starter. It has been wonderfully busy and, yes, Angie has been great and helpful.

Warm regards, Eleanor.

Grow Trade


International Trade Consultants

Things with Miyako are going well. While I know that the technical language and the new industry sectors are a challenge for her, she seems to be adapting well.

Monica took Miyako to the CMTS show last week. It was a good experience for her as she saw the show, met one of our clients and got a chance to work the show a bit with Monica.

In addition, Miyako is very good natured, flexible and works well with everyone in the office. Thanks again for introducing me to the opportunity to have her work with us. I think it will benefit on both sides

Metro Toronto ConventionCentre


Food & Beverage / Event Planning Department

My team had the pleasure of working with Roberto when he was an intern in the food & beverage department division for a period of 2 months.

He was organized, efficient and willing to do whatever was needed to get a particular task finished. Because there were often last minute deadlines, his coopertive attitude and good cheer were important and appreciated.

I am confident that Roberto will make a significant contribution to a future employer.

Global Television News


Production Team

Priscila was an intern for Global News in Toronto for 2 ½ months and made quite an impression. She was here promptly before 6 a.m. each morning and took on each task with enthusiasm. In her relatively short time here she tried to learn as much about the newsroom and studio as much as possible, mostly on our morning show but also taking an interest throughout the day.

She would be an asset to any newsroom as she is energetic and easily becomes part of the team. I am sure she will do well in whatever she pursues.

Canamedia

International Distribution of Media


Just a quick note to let you know how pleased Canamedia have been with your ESL Internship Program.

Our latest intern, Ece, was just outstanding and we hope to have her back after she has finished her studies.

Thank you for placing her with us and keep up the great work. This is a win-win situation for both parties.

Covenant House


Human Resources

Melanie has done well for us. It took her a week to get up to speed on Ontario legislation, but she got through this on her own.

She’s been largely working on changes to our performance management system. She was very resourceful in finding information about different systems, on the Internet.

She prepared a couple of versions of the forms, and I then ask end her to combine elements of the two, which she did on her own. She also prepared a manual for how to use the form. She has done work on redrafting some of our policies.

Her spoken and written English is very good. Neither myself nor anyone else I know has had any issues in comprehending what Jackie is communicating to us verbally or in writing.

We have greatly enjoyed her presence here. A very nice person who does good work. Thank you for offering us this opportunity.

Royal Ontario Museum


Vounteer Coordinator & Programming

I’m writing in support of Rosanne, who completed an 8-week internship in the Royal Ontario Museum’s Programs Department.

Her placement involved providing ongoing administrative support for the Museum’s ticketed program as well as compiling a very considerable backlog of evaluation data.

Rosanne addressed the tasks with vigor and without complaint. Her attitude was positive and enthusiastic. Rosanne took an intelligent and diligent approach to her work and was a productive worker from day one.

Clearly we were impressed with her working attitude and skills and look forward to participating with a future program.

Variety Village


Special Events

Heiner is busy working on special events including the police games and Lieutenant Governor games.

He has been a valuable asset to our organization. He has contributed a great deal in the planning of the events and has also got involved in some of the programs to increase his awareness of our services.

I believe he applied for a part time position here and had an interview today. We are all very happy with his involvement here.

Theatrix Costume House


Marketing & Operations

Ruby’s earned a letter of reference. She’s been great. She has been working on our Health & Safety manual for the most part. She has located a WHMIS training kit and ordered it for us. She’ll be working on coordinating this into our training plans.

Also in our wardrobe department she was helping to organize fabrics (ends) and notions. I think she liked this, because she gets to be social with Emiko (who speaks Japanese). Although they still communicate in English (to include the others). If we had her for a longer period of time, I’d probably get her involved in a lengthier project but alas, this is already her last week.

We have enjoyed having her around.

Warner Brothers


Financial Budgeting

Sooyeung is, thus far, the best intern. Attitude, appearance, and her excellent command of the English language. She has been an great asset to our team. Punctual, professional and shy all rolled up into a lovely package! She doesn't skip a beat.

We look forward to welcoming future students from the program.

Air Transat Holidays


Group Tours / Marketing

Noriko is doing very well and has adapted to our department quite nicely.  She has been given several tasks and follows through in a timely manner.

She is doing very well, very fast learner, very good communication style and keeps us up to date on anything she is not precisely clear on and she always wants to be kept busy!

We have given her a European Project which includes adding in previous quote information for our Sales Agents to retrieve and do follow-up calls/adding names and payments for Group bookings.

The Sales Agents are very happy she is here and working with us in the department.

We'll keep you posted!

 

 

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