Posted: August 26th, 2010 | Filed under: Top Academy
The ITT Intercultural Leadership Program for Asian Professionals starts in October 2010 with a new class at Nyenrode Business University, after receiving a high ranking of class 2009. “This course pays attention to the soft skills that are needed to do my job right and improve my career path in Europe”, says an Indian engineer working at IBM when being asked what he learnt from this course. The ITT Intercultural Leadership Program focuses on improving soft skills in team work and communication skills in a Dutch environment. The program is jointly developed by ITT and Nyenrode Business University. Amongst the participants in 2009 were PhD and Post-Docs from DPI, Eindhoven University of Technology and Wageningen University. Expatcenter Amsterdam sponsored a seat for their expat community. The ITT Intercultural Leadership Program class 2010 at Nyenrode Business University is now open for registration. See Leaflet ITT Intercultural Leadership Program 2010 for more information.
Posted: August 25th, 2010 | Filed under: Events
Having harvested the success of VIP Days at EXPO in May, the Province of Flevoland returns to EXPO, hosting another 2-day program in the VIP lounge of the Dutch pavilion. On 26th Sept, a seminar named “Taking Composites Future” will be hosted by the Province of Flevoland and Flevoland Development Agency. Experts from both the Netherlands and China will have profound discussions about the trends and future of composites in related fields, including the composites for self healing applications, trends of composites in aerospace and the use of composites in China. On 28th Sept, a seminar under the title of “Geomatics & Renewable Energy” will be held. Relevant professionals from both countries will have fruitful communications through several presentations related to the topic. At the end of each day, the experts will have ample opportunities to visit the Expo. International Top Talent is the organizer of these VIP days in the Dutch Pavilion.
Posted: June 23rd, 2010 | Filed under: Events
“The ITT Human Capital Days for Brainport International Community in China are a success”, says Esther Schmal, program manager Brainport Development, when looking back at the event in May in Shanghai. During the event Dutch employers got insights in HR in China and they met pre-selected Chinese professionals. Rob van Gijzel, Mayor of Eindhoven, participated actively during the opening discussion with Chinese knowledge workers. “I was positively surprised by the professionals that were selected by ITT”, says Schmal. Through interactive discussions and personal interviews, Brainport and the employers found out that the Chinese engineers pre-selected by ITT fit well in the profiles they are looking for. “Besides technical quality and social skills, I really like the way they reflect on themselves”, according to Schmal. The ITT Human Capital Days are a good starting point for Brainport and the Dutch employers to recruit Chinese professionals. Schmal intends to continue the cooperation between Brainport and ITT. “ITT understands both the requirements of the Dutch employers and has good insights in how to recruit in China”.
Posted: June 12th, 2010 | Filed under: Events
Over two hundred Chinese alumni registered for the National Alumni Day at the VIP crown of the Dutch World Expo pavilion in May. Due to the size of the VIP room, ITT and co-organizer NANC, offered one hundred Chinese talents the chance to meet again. The Chinese alumni from various Dutch universities got together to network and to share their experiences with Dutch companies. Besides the informal networking part, all alumni participated in a real time case study by Nyenrode Business University and TNT China.
Posted: June 10th, 2010 | Filed under: Buddies
In the enormous crowd of visitors in front of the Expo entrance you could recognize the ITT Buddies immediately. With their orange polo-shirts and ITT flags, the ITT Buddies stood out. Visitors of the VIP room in the Dutch pavilion could collect their entrance tickets conveniently at the ITT Buddies, where others had to queue for hours. ITT Buddies are meant to make the visits of foreign delegations to China more convenient. They act as informal interpreters with a university degree in the field of interest of the visiting delegations.
Posted: June 9th, 2010 | Filed under: Workshops
At a sunny Monday evening in May a group of international PhD and Post Doc candidates from Wageningen University decided to leave the sun for a lecture on ‘How to find a job in the Netherlands’. The participants received information from ITT on the do’s and don’ts when looking for a job in the Netherlands. “How useful is it for me to apply through job boards in Holland?”, was one of the many questions asked. “I now understand how important it is for me to focus on an interesting internship” said a PhD student in Life Sciences from Spain when being asked about her key learning. The lecture ‘How to find a job in the Netherlands’ was the final lecture after workshops ‘CV writing’ and ‘Interviewing skills’ given by ITT for the alumni from KLV Wageningen.
Posted: June 8th, 2010 | Filed under: Events
“Being less bad, is not being good”, Michael Braungart said, co-founder of the cradle to cradle (c2c) concept to Dutch and Chinese entrepreneurs at the Holland Knowledge Inc at the Expo 2010, organized by ITT. Braungart referred to the fact that bad designs lead to poor quality products and have a damaging effect on human health. Goodbaby Group, the leading Chinese manufacturer of children’s products, announced at this event that they will fully implement the c2c concept (waste free product cycles) together with their Dutch partner Turnkey Design. Managing Director of Desso, Stef Kranendijk, shared his story on how to bring the cradle to cradle concept into practice.
Posted: May 24th, 2010 | Filed under: Events
Utrecht mayor Aleid Wolfsen and the Queen’s Commissioner of the province of Utrecht Roel Robbertson attended the official opening of the Holland Knowledge Inc, that took place in the Dutch pavilion Happy Street on the Shanghai Expo. During his openings speech Robbertson stressed the importance of knowledge cooperations between Utrecht and China. The day organised by ITT ended with the signing of an agreement between Nanjing University and Utrecht University about setting up student exchange programs.
Posted: May 21st, 2010 | Filed under: Events
Dutch employers among which ASML, Dow Chemical and Dutch Polymer Institute, interviewed and assessed fifteen Chinese top talents for jobs in the Netherlands during the ITT Human Capital Days for Brainport in Shanghai. ITT searched and selected all candidates from a large group of potential talents. Over 70 percent of the candidates are invited for a follow-up interview after this meet and greet at the ITT Human Capital Days for Brainport.
Posted: May 20th, 2010 | Filed under: Events
With emotion and strong opinions a lively discussion took place between the delegation of Province of Brabant, Chinese professionals and HR experts at the ITT Human Capital Days for Brainport . Main topic of discussion was how to improve attracting and retaining Chinese technical talent for Southeast of the Netherlands. Questions like: “Why did you choose to study and work in the Netherlands?”, “What is the impact of cultural differences on recruitment?” and “what are requirements to hire Chinese top talent”, were answered at this seminar that was hosted by ITT and Brainport. The provocative propositions challenged the 40 people audience, including Mayor of Eindhoven Rob van Gijzel who had a very clear message to all Chinese knowledge workers: ‘We want you. Come to us.’ Queen’s Commissioner of the province of Brabant, Wim van de Donk, stressed these were important times to focuss on attracting talent for the economic development of the South-East of the Netherlands.
