31-08-10: Our CEO, Corinne, is NSW finalist in the Telstra Business Women's Awards 2010!
02-11-09: Polyglot wins the 2009 Australian National Multicultural Marketing Awards, as well as the Export category!!
A Sydney company which has turned Australia's culturally diverse workforce into a major export earner has won this year's National Multicultural Marketing Awards.
The directors of Polyglot Australia were presented with their prestigious award at a gala dinner tonight in Sydney hosted by the NSW Minister for Citizenship, Virginia Judge.
The National Multicultural Marketing Awards have been conducted by for the last twenty years and have unearthed winners from across multinational business, government and community sectors.
The company's award submission told the judges: "Polyglot's entire business model and strategy is based on promoting, and turning into an asset, the multiculturalism of Australian society. We are what we sell."
The company describes itself as: "A boutique human resources consultancy specialising in multicultural resourcing and consulting to assist companies in their international expansion - be it Australian companies expanding overseas or foreign companies investing in Australia."
The Chair of the Commission, Stepan Kerkyasharian, said tonight: "Polyglot is a classic winner of the Multicultural Marketing Awards because it does what we wanted to achieve - to tell the whole country and the world that we are a richer, smarter and more successful country because we have the added strength of cultural diversity as a major asset."
Polyglot also won the Export Category of tonight's Awards.
http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au/Awards__and__Sponsorships/multicultural_marketing_awards
07-09-09: Great news for Australian and French students
Click on the link below to read the press release from the French Embassy in Canberra:
07-09-09: Polyglot once again finalist at the Sydney Business Awards. All thanks to its clients and partners. Thank you!
23-05-09: Polyglot in "La Tribune"”
The French magazine "La Tribune" just published an article about Polyglot.
Click on the link below to read the French article:
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18-05-09: Interview with Corinne Bot at “Radio France Internationale”
The international radio station “Radio France Internationale” just broadcasted an interview with Corinne Bot.
The interview is about chances for European companies, setting up their own business in Australia. Furthermore, Corinne talks about the advantageous geographical position of Australia as a springboard to Asia.
If you would like to listen to the interview, just click here:
23-03-09: Polyglot watched by 2.1 million people in France.
France 2, a main French TV station, chose the topic “Australie : le pays de la chance ?” in their show “un oeil sur la planète” recently. It had a record audience of 2.1 million people.
Corinne and Gérald Bot gave an interview about the pros and cons of living in Australia.
To see the program (in French only), click:
You’ll find the interview at 1h17.
23-03-09: Cross-cultural training : How much difference does it really make?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/01/24/rcross_ed3_.ph
03-12-08: One stop shop solution – start up a business in Australia, simply and inexpensively
Service provider Polyglot Group offers support for foreign companies to successfully start doing business in Australia. The new outsourcing solution includes: business visa, portage, human resources and payroll. As part of Polyglot’s portfolio, the solution provides client support, cross-cultural and multilingual training, translation and interpreting services.
The one stop shop principle is a cost effective and time saving solution for foreign companies wanting to expand into the Asia Pacific region. Companies benefit from Polyglot’s 15 years accumulated know-how and understanding of the Australian market as well as the country and its people.
The financial crisis is having a lesser impact on the Australian market in comparison to other international markets; therefore setting up operations here is most profitable at present. The Australian market has been in the black for six years and, despite the financial crisis, economic growth of two percent is forecast. More importantly, the decreasing value of the Australian Dollar has made it really cheap to invest in Australia, either by setting up an office or by acquiring an existing business.
Founded in 1995 by French-born Corinne Bot, Polyglot offers a unique concept of multilingual and multicultural Human Resources and Business solutions as well as services to companies expanding overseas. Polyglot is present Australia-wide, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and has a partnership in New Caledonia.
25-11-08: Polyglot offers Foreign companies a hosting solution to provide a successful set up in Australia
With a 13 year record of helping Foreign companies establish in Australia, Polyglot has developed an innovative, practical and efficient hosting solution to start up a business in Australia. This hosting solution is a very cost-effective start up option for foreignn companies, looking for a step-by-step approach.
The Company Hosting Solution includes the provision of a modern and multicultural workplace in a dynamic working environment close to Sydney’s Central Business District. More importantly, it includes professional coaching and management of the company representative by experienced Polyglot directors as well as an opportunity to network in nearly every industry, giving quicker sales results in Australia.
Many European companies hesitate when it comes to exporting to Australia, because of the perceived high cost, lack of information on the market or long distances. Polyglot has come up with this innovative and pragmatic approach in order to make the Australian market more attractive for foreign businesses, offering help and advice at each step of setting up operations. Establishing a business in Australia is also an ideal springboard into the Asian market.
Australia offers a strong market potential to a wide range of foreign companies. The market is stable, has a low unemployment rate and can be rapidly profitable compared to other markets in Asia Pacific (Japan, China,…). Australian consumers appreciate innovative products and services and are willing to pay for them”, says Gérald Bot, Director Polyglot Group.
Founded in 1995 by French-born Corinne Bot, Polyglot offers a unique concept of multilingual and multicultural Human Resources and Business solutions as well as services to companies expanding overseas. Polyglot is present Australia-wide, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and has a partnership in New Caledonia.
29-09-08: Latest interview of Polyglot's MD on Tivipro (in French!)
http://www.tivipro.tv/chaine_sshome.php?id=6799&cat=14
25-09-08: Even the Chief Economist at Austrade says it: Languages are important!
21-09-08: Most recent linguistic & crosscultural laugh!
08-08-08: Polyglot is Finalist in the 2008 Sydney Business Awards!
Thank you very much to all our Clients, Candidates, Subcontractors and Suppliers, who voted for us!
03-07-08: New resource available to our candidates, free of charge!
Following our very successful French guide, our English-speaking candidates have now access to a guide in English about how to write their Australian resume. We will very shortly have the same guide available in Spanish and German.
Both French and English versions of the guide to the Australian CV are on our page "Hints & Tips".
Go to page "Hints & Tips" in Your Career section.
24-04-08: New useful website for our French clients and candidates
By Sylvain Peuch, who did the "Tour du Monde des Entrepreneurs francais", un centre de ressources et d'informations à destination de ceux qui s'intéressent à la création et au développement d'affaires à l'international.
http://www.entrepreneursfrancais.com/oc-anie/corinne-gerald-sydney-australie.html
15-03-08: Polyglot babies 'more tolerant'
As read in "The Australian"!
Learning languages is good for you, but it seems that it is also good for society at large !
29-02-08: Straight from the UNESCO Courier: 2008 - International Year of Languages.
"The first instrument of a people's genius is its language," said the French writer Stendhal. Literacy, learning, social integration.Everything transits through language, which embodies national, cultural and sometimes religious identity for each person. It constitutes one of the fundamental dimensions of a human being. Yet specialists estimate that within only a few generations, more than half of the 7,000 languages spoken in the world face extinction, because they are not represented in government, education and the media. For this reason, the United Nations had declared 2008 the International Year of Languages, to be launched by UNESCO on 21 February, International Mother Language Day. For more info, go to:
Of particular interest: "Languages and immigration: bilingualism is an asset."
13-02-08: An article that never made it to our website when it was published. Better late than never!
As we do regularly, we participated in the August 2007 newsletter of the French Trade Commissions in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific region. Follow the link to read the article (in French only, sorry!).
12-02-08: New resource available to our candidates, free of charge!
Our French candidates have now access to a guide in French about how to write their Australian resume. We will very shortly have the same guide available in English and German.
Trouvez votre guide du CV Australien, en francais! Gratuit, sur notre page "Hints & Tips".
Go to page "Hints & Tips" in Your Career section.
31-01-08: Another good "cross-linguistic" laugh picked by our Brisbane team on the net ! If that doesn't show you why you need Polyglot !!
15-01-08: "S'implanter en toute securite".
CCI Info, magazine de la CCI de Noumea / Nouvelle-Caledonie
no. 156, Decembre 2007 - page 8.
"Invest safely in Australia"
click on the link below to view the french article.
12-11-07: Polyglot's new Company Hosting service in Australia is recognised and supported by the French government.
UBIFRANCE, the French government's agency for the promotion of exports and internationalisation of French companies, has officially recognised Polyglot's latest service.
Based on Polyglot's experience of the last 12 years, assisting large groups and SMEs establishing in Australia, this service is squarely aimed at assisting companies to invest and set up base in Australia. It allows companies that are new to the Australian market, to send a representative on long term missions, who will be hosted in Polyglot's office and coached by the Polyglot team.
12-11-07: Polyglot sponsors the second Canadian film festival in Australia.
Late November 2007, the second festival of Canadian film is taking place in Sydney. Polyglot is proud to once again be a Corporate partner of this event, organised by a talented multilingual team on behalf of an "officially bilingual" country.
06-07-07: Make time for a good crosscultural and linguistic laugh! This firm is not a client of ours !!
01-06-07: Polyglot QLD is recognised at Brisbane Lord Mayor's Multicultural Business Awards Dinner 2007.
On the night of 1st of June 2007, at the Lord Mayor's Multicultural Business Awards dinner in Brisbane, Polyglot's Queensland team, led by Eric Ortolan, was recognised and honored as a business that enhances Brisbane through its promotion of individual cultures and languages as assets in the workplace. This recognition was for the work done since establishing the Polyglot Queensland office.
05-04-07: Polyglot on panel of experts at Ubifrance "ANZ markets" conference, at French Senate, Palais du Luxembourg, Paris.
On the 5th of April 2007, Polyglot was guest-speaker at the "ANZ markets" seminar organised by Ubifrance and the French Senate for French investors with a view towards Australia and NZ. Corinne & Gerald Bot, as well as Joel Hakim, participated in the event, and gave their time and expertise to assist the French companies present. See link below (in French only).
The detailed outcome of the panel discussion can be found at:
17-01-07: Polyglot is Finalist of Multicultural Awards 2006.
On the 21st of November 2006, at the annual Multicultural Awards dinner in Sydney, presided by the NSW Premier Morris Iemma, Polyglot was honored as Finalist in the Small Business category. This recognition was for the work done in relation to the 2006 Census.
In the middle of our relocation, this important piece of news had almost been forgotten...
17-01-07: Polyglot sponsors the first Canadian film festival in Australia.
Late November 2006, the first festival of Canadian film took place in Sydney. It was a success by all accounts, and Polyglot was proud to be the Corporate partner of this event, organised by a talented multilingual team on behalf of an "officially bilingual" country.
20-12-06: Polyglot has moved to its new head office in Sydney.
02-10-06: Challenges Magazine
no. 46, 7 to 13 September 2006 - page 64.
"La vague ne pas manquer" by F. Thrin.
click on the link below to view the french article.
(English Translation below) "A wave worth riding"
IT specialists, engineers, etc., Australia lacks skilled labour.
The answer? The nation's government has relaxed its immigration policy.
The time is now. Moving to Australia is worth it, concludes a French native who has been living in Sydney for 17 years: There are many opportunities for a resourceful person. However, arriving with no preparation, and expecting, in between surf lessons, to find a job straight away is not the solution. Even though the rate of unemployment is very low (2% in Sydney, 4.5% in the whole country), many French people need to become more realistic.
In order to try one's luck in the Antipodes, it is necessary to start looking even before boarding the plane. A manager who is bored in France could, for example, convince his boss to send him to Australia to explore this buoyant market. It's a good way to discover a country in which smaller French organisations have a low profile, and where some sectors suffer a shortage of skilled labour. Such shortages are particularly apparent in the construction and public works sector, as well as in mining groups: the nation lacks electricians, engineers, and IT specialists.
In response to this issue, the Federal government recently relaxed its immigration policy. Nowadays, obtaining a four-year residency visa is significantly easier than it has been in the past. Furthermore, young people travelling equipped with a working-holiday visa are now able to work for up to six months. Some tax breaks, such as the non-taxation of revenue earned abroad, have also been granted to visiting foreign nationals.
"Before all else, a small French organisation needs firstly to send one or several of its employees to explore the market."
Corinne Bot has a smile on her face. In 1997, when she created her recruitment agency specialising in placing foreign workers in Australia, this mother of two was relying on the income of her husband Gerald, who was employed by a multinational corporation. Today, Madame employs Monsieur to help her manage the development of her company, which currently employs twenty people. Pragmatism and rapid development in a number of directions: Polyglot as an organisation reflects its home country - Australia: land of opportunities. Its turnover is expected to double this year, to 6.8 million Australian dollars; Corinne Bot has just signed a 1.5 million dollar contract with the Federal government, whereby her staff needed to source and recruit hundreds of individuals speaking twenty different languages for a six week project as part of the nation's census. In reality however, recruitment today represents only 60% of Polyglot's activity. The company has diversified, in particular into the field of translation services, and it manages the HR Management and payroll for a number of its clients: local or expatriate employees (visa formalities, payment of wages, etc). Grald Bot is responsible for the development of a new subsidiary called Polyglot Business Solutions: a small organisation that wants to explore the Australian market will be able to send one or several of its employees to Polyglot's future premises, located 3 minutes from the CBD. Office space and appropriate contacts as well as business coaching and assistance with networking will all be at their disposal.
The best advice to succeed in Australia is to start with Polyglot.
20-09-06: World Bank Annual Study on 175 countries
The World Bank Group and IFC run an annual study on the business environment in 175 countries.
The Doing Business database provides objectives measures of business regulations and their enforcement. The Doing Business indicators are comparable across 175 economies. They indicate the regulatory costs of business and can be used to analyse specific regulations that enhance or constrain investment, productivity, and growth.
http://www.doingbusiness.org/EconomyRankings/Default.aspx?direction=asc&sort=1
15-09-06: Tour du Monde des Entrepreneurs Francais
Une initiative originale de Sylvain Peuch, qui a voyage de part le monde pendant 1 an, pour rencontrer des entrepreneurs francais.
A unique initiative by young French entrepreneur, Sylvain Peuch, who travelled the world for 1 year, to meet and interview French entrepreneurs overseas.
click on the link below to view the french article.
Click on the link below to read "The Age & Sydney Morning Herald Employment Forecasts" for September to November 2006. This gives you an interesting overview of the labour market in Australia.
20-04-06: "Partir et Reussir a l'etranger", "Going overseas and succeeding"
Le Nouvel Observateur, no. 2163, Jeudi 20 avril 2006, p. 12,13
04-03-06: 1ere journee des Francais de l'Etranger
La 1re journee des Francais de l'Etranger a eu lieue le samedi 4 mars 2006 au Palais du Luxembourg. Corinne Bot, invitee par les organisateurs, a participe aux tables rondes, puis pris la parole au Senat. Voir lien VIDEO cliquer pour voir la video . Avancer la video a la 24eme minute si vous voulez viter les discours d'ouverture . Ecouter le lien AUDIO cliquer pour ecouter la bande son
The 1st French living Overseas conference took place on Saturday 4th of March 2006 at the French Senate in Paris. Corinne Bot, invited by the organizers, participated in the debate. See Video link: click to watch video. Go straight to 24th minute of the video. Listen to the Audio link: click to listen to audio
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