VANCOUVER, March 30 /PRNewswire/ - CIBT Education Group
Inc. (NYSE: MBA) (AMEX: MBA) (TSX: MBA) ("CIBT") is pleased to
announce the statistical results of its Global Career Center
("GCC"), a job placement center established by CIBT to assist its
graduates to gain employment upon graduation. In the 5 months
since inception, the GCC center has posted 1,743 jobs for students
in the Greater Vancouver Area and
33 graduates from Sprott-Shaw have earned employment. In the
past 2 months, CIBT's Philippine call center has posted 1,116 jobs
and 29 graduates have been hired. The graduates utilizing the
service obtained positions in health care, business administration,
and community support.
Formerly known as the Job Placement Call Center
(see September 20, 2010 News
Release), CIBT has since changed the name to the Global Career
Center to better reflect the international nature of the
organization. Based in the
Philippines, the GCC benefits from outsourcing services to
cost-effective and talented Philippine HR professionals, while
providing immediate and long term benefits to Canadian
students. CIBT intends to expand the GCC's services to other
CIBT schools located in other countries.
The GCC extends the post-graduation support
already offered to graduating students, which includes resume/cover
letter review, interview preparation, and personal career coaching.
Other services such as student loan repayment follow-up and
internship or co-op placement for current students are also being
considered.
"Students are recognizing that our school
prioritizes job placement for graduates after their study in our
schools," commented Toby Chu, Vice
Chairman, President and CEO of CIBT Group. "The success of the
career center also speaks to the quality of our programs, which
develop graduates who receive quality training and are well
qualified to start work in their chosen fields."
Toby Chu also
commented that "the GCC is expected to assist CIBT in continuing to
establish partnerships throughout Asia for the CIBT Global Learning Center
("GLC") platform. One of the critical elements that international
schools are seeking is the placement of their students into jobs in
Canada and abroad. Setting
up a GLC center with the support of our GCC to source jobs for its
students adds value to our organization and is anticipated to
encourage more GLC partnerships."
Currently, international students comprise over
75% of CIBT Group's total student population and the GCC can now
support international students in consolidating job opportunities
in Canada and abroad. GCC
will expand its Philippines
operations by adding multilingual operators to reach out to
potential employers from around the world, particularly in
China, Canada and other emerging growth countries
with high employment demand.
About Global Career Center:
The Global Career Center ("GCC") is a division
of CIBT. Located in the
Philippines, the GCC utilizes low cost Philippine labour and
cost efficient long distance Voice over IP (VOIP) telephony
services, such as Skype, to generate employment opportunities for
students and graduates of CIBT's group of schools from Vancouver, Canada to Beijing, China. GCC agents are HR
professionals from the Philippines
who speak fluent English and are adept at calling clients in
North America and Asia. By
consistently placing students and graduates from CIBT's group of
school into jobs, the GCC is a significant value proposition for
students, partners, and all corporate stakeholders.
About CIBT Education Group:
CIBT Education Group Inc. is an education
management company focused on the global education market. Listed
on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NYSE Amex, CIBT Group owns
and operates a network of business, technical and language colleges
as well as having cooperative joint programmes at over 70 locations
in 18 countries. Its subsidiaries include Sprott-Shaw Community
College (established in 1903), Sprott-Shaw
Degree College, CIBT School of Business China, and King
George International College. Through
these subsidiaries, CIBT Group offers Western and Chinese
accredited business and management degrees, and programmes in
college preparation, automotive maintenance, information
technology, hotel management and tourism, English language
training, English teacher certification, and other
career/vocational training. In addition to its wholly-owned
subsidiaries, CIBT Group is the exclusive licensee for the American
Hotel & Lodging Association Educational Institute (ALHA-EI) in
China and the Philippines, and the WyoTech Automotive
Institute for China. CIBT also
owns Irix Design Group, a leading design and advertising company
based in Vancouver, Canada.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
"Toby Chu"
Toby Chu
Vice-Chairman, President & CEO
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:
This news release contains forward-looking
statements about CIBT Education Group Inc. and its future plans.
Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical
facts. The forward-looking statements in this news release
are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that
could cause the company's actual results or achievements to differ
materially from those expressed in or implied by forward-looking
statements. With respect to the statements in this news
release that the GCC is expected to encourage more partnerships for
the GLC platform and with respect to the future plans of the GCC,
these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without
limitation, uncertainty as to the company's ability to achieve the
goals and satisfy the assumptions of management; uncertainties as
to the demand for the services offered by the GCC; and general
economic factors and other factors that may be beyond the control
of the company. Forward-looking statements are based on the
beliefs, opinions and expectations of the company's management at
the time they are made, and CIBT does not assume any obligation to
update its forward-looking statements if those beliefs, opinions or
expectations, or other circumstances, should change.
Neither the NYSE Amex nor the Toronto Stock Exchange
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news
release.
SOURCE CIBT Education Group Inc.