In the Press
Press Clippings
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The Sunday Times
“Multilingual jobs agency has its work cut out”
As featured in the Recruiter, 2006…
Sound Bites ‘We’ve found in the past that allowing our team to participate in sporting events creates a feel-good factor in the office – giving us a real sense that we are all in this together’ – Nicole Debson, Managing Director, Appointments Bi-Language.
As featured in the Evening Standard, 2001…
Join the Foreign Legion ‘We are working in a global market and there are so many more career opportunities if you have another language. Organisations are more internationally focussed and require their staff to be as well’ – Marie Eichler, Managing Director, Appointments Bi-Language
As featured in the Evening Standard, 2001…
Put a First Foot on the Ladder ‘Keep in mind that you could be speaking to the person who could get your career on the right path. Be open-minded about the alternatives offered. Find out what exhibitors can do for you in terms of training or CV help, to check what they offer is right for you’ – Nicole Debson, Managing Director, Appointments Bi-Language.
As featured in The Graduate & Professional Recruitment Fair Newsletter, 2001…
What the exhibitors say… ‘In the past year there has been a significant rise in the number of temps, up by 50%, which means finding new ways of sourcing the quality candidates that we insist on’ – Nicole Debson, Managing Director, Appointments Bi-Language.
As featured in The Daily Mail, 2000…
Dream Job by Degrees ‘The three most valuable attributes are area “can do” attitude, technical skills, and commercial awareness. If you have those, the world is your oyster. The first job is your bedrock to build on’ Nicole Debson, Managing Director, Appointments Bi-Language.
As featured in the Interviewer, 2000…
Professional Attitudes ‘Appointments Bi-Language works across all industries mainly working with graduates with language skills, usually first or second jobbers placed in the City and central London. Ms Eichler, a director at Appointments Bi-Language, says “More people are taking up support level jobs as a way of learning the ropes. Admin/support roles add value to businesses. Many graduates use the temporary admin roles to get a foot in the door, network and test different markets”.’ Marie Eichler, Managing Director, Appointments Bi-Language.
As featured in the Recruitment International, 2001…
Appointments Bi-Language – Adding Value to International Business ‘Established in 1991 by Nicole Debson and Marie Eichler, Appointments Bi-Language is widely regarded as the premier language agency in London. With an enviable state-of-the –art search and select system. Appointments Bi-Language also maintains staff loyalty and has a great client list. Its selection procedures are tight. “We try to deliver more than our clients expect” says Nicole Debson. “All our candidates are fluent in a foreign language, as well as having top-notch technical, secretarial and computer skills.” All candidates are thoroughly screened and tested, and all languages are assessed verbally or through written translation.’
As featured in the Sunday Herald, 2000…
Another Tongue May Lick Job Rivals “If you’re eager, flexible, can speak a language and have good keyboard skills, as a secretary or PA you have got an unbeatable combination”, says Nicole Debson of Appointments Bi-Language, a London agency specialising in the recruitment of multi-lingual support staff. “Learning a language is an excellent route to a high profile job,” she added. “If you go for a job as a secretary, but they know you speak French, you instantly stand out from all the other secretaries. Having a bilingual secretary in a company can add huge kudos. It can mean the difference between picking up and losing business.”
As featured in the Herald & Post, 2000…
Appointments Bi-Language – an agency which opens the doors to the world ‘…From trawling the streets to visit every single recruitment agency and learning from biter experience, that not all recruitment agencies deliver the goods so to speak, it was so reassuring to find an agency that actually delivers what it says it will. The company is Appointments Bi-Language. I visited their office in Covent Garden to present Nicole Debson and her team with the ‘Services to Business 2000’ award…..’
As featured in Capital Matters, 2004…
Helping to make your recruitment plain sailing ‘…Appointments Bi-Language now recruits for a large number of the international companies based in and around London; finding candidates to fill positions that require specific languages and specific skills. If you are looking for high calibre candidates with first-class skills your first call should be Appointments Bi-Language’
As featured in the Financial Mail, 2001…
Let Language Skills do all the talking for you ‘….Nicole Debson, co-director of London based recruitment agency Appointments Bi-Language, says: “People with foreign languages tend to get on faster. Graduates who have done a year abroad in a commercial environment are like gold dust….’
As featured in the Times, 1999…
Better of Bilingual? ‘…demand for bilingual staff has been rapidly increased since Appointments Bi-Language started in business during the depths of the recession in 1991. “Business is now international. It is by no means necessary to be completely bilingual, but it is useful to know something of a language to make the company’s clients feel more comfortable”
As featured in the Herald & Post, 2000…
Appointments Bi-Language – an agency which opens the doors to the world From speaking to Nicole Debson and her team it was obvious that they are all passionate about their work. This makes a refreshing change to know that you are not a number, but an individual who has needs’
As featured in The Daily Mail, 2000…
Dream Jobs by Degrees ‘If you don’t want a permanent job, take temporary work. It will give you the polish you need to compete and, while there, you should network like crazy, making yourself available to everyone there’ Nicole Debson, Managing Director, Appointments Bi-Language.
As featured in the Interviewer, 2000…
‘Deplorable Monolingualism’ puts overseas graduates top ‘……If you can speak to the person you are doing business with in their language, you will be listened to first in our opinion because the relationship is already being formed….’ Marie Eichler, Managing Director, Appointments Bi-Language
As featured in The Guardian, 2001…
Office Hours ‘……the languages alone are not the passport to a good job – it now takes a combination of languages, office skills and attitude. Even if a company buys the first two, it still needs the third’ Nicole Debson, Managing Director, Appointments Bi-Language
