F2F Class Notes (Tibo)

roleplay about weekly reporting

be more careful about the tense you use

Last week in China for HR part we have some meetings with different vendors to confirm which one we need to use.
And today I have meet with 2 vendors and I think I have the decision but I must communication with my manager and our GM to confirm which one to use.

another part is about our value workshop. I know from global wise you have designed a program but it is in preparation period and I want to know more about this program .

I think I want to prefer DDI, It is a very experienced company in the LND field and it service a lot of top luxury brands like LVMH ….
I think the advantage of them is about the designing capability about a whole picture

I want to work DDI in May because for our company we have a lot of business pressure under the pandemic and I must find a solution to help our top management team to work together.

I think the challenge is they cannot fully understand our practical business problems. They need time to work with me to find out some scenarios and then based on these scenarios we will design some programs.

We have 5 new employees to join us but unfortunately there are 2 staff leaving us.
For now the most urgent recruitment issue is to help our merchandising team to find a qualified planner.
We will work with headhunters.
They leave this company for their personal issue because we are totally new so overtime is common. Maybe it is the trigger to them to leave.
we even didn’t have the specific process.

Last week in China for the HR part we had some meetings with different vendors to confirm / decide which one we will use.
And today I met with 2 vendors and I think I have a decision but I must communicate with my manager and our GM to confirm which one to use. / to get the final decision.

Another part is about / I would also like to talk about our value workshop. I know from the global side you have designed a program but it is (still) in preparation period/stage and I want/would like to know more about this program . / I also heard about a value workshop that you are designing, would you mind telling me more about it?

I think I prefer / I believe DDI would be the best choice for our company , It is a very experienced company in the L&D field and it services a lot of top luxury brands like LVMH ….  / it is very experienced and understand the luxury field because they already work with LVMH….

I think that as a company with experience with the luxury field they are able to design programs that reflect our real needs and will benefit us

I want to work DDI in May because for our company we have a lot of business pressure under the pandemic and I must quickly find a solution to help our top management team (to) work together.

I think the challenge is they cannot fully understand our practical business problems. They need time to work with me to find out some scenarios / to develop some scenarios and then based on these scenarios we will design some/ the programs.

We have 5 new employees who joined us  / 5 new people joined us but unfortunately there are 2 (people) who left us. / who resigned.
For now the most urgent recruitment issue is to help our merchandising team to find a qualified planner.

We will work with headhunters.
They said they left this company for personal issues.
I believe that because we are totally new working overtime is common and some dislike this / right now working overtime is normal but it shouldn’t be / right now working overtime is the norm

maybe it was the trigger (n) which made them leave / Maybe it triggered (v) their decision to leave
we don’t even have a specific process.

Vocabulary

norm (n) 规范 ／ social behavior
Bringing some wine when you are invited to someone’s house is the norm

headhunter (n) companies who find employees for you
We contacted a headhunter and asked them to find a new manager for us

to resign (v) leave one job based on your own choice
I decided to resign to have more time for my family

resignation (n) (re zig nation)
He gave the resignation letter to my boss.

to lay off (v) : let go of some employees
We had to lay off 10 people because of the pandemic

lay off (n)
Nike announced the lay off plan for 1,000 employees nationwide / nationally

to fire (v) : let people go because of a professional fault
We had to fire Tom because he was always late in the morning

wide (adj) broad / large
the road in Pudong is wide
My scope of work is wide, I take care of many things ….

narrow (adj) small / not wide
Some old roads in Puxi are narrow

communication (n)
Communication in English is difficult

to communicate (v)
We communicate by emails

global (adj) international
The pandemic is a global problem

Grammar

N+wide : with a scope taking into account N -> turns into an adj

China launched a nationwide pandemic program (for the whole country)
There is a citywide crackdown on VPN usage (for the whole city)
Coca Cola is a brand that is known worldwide (adj)

Pronunciation

pressure （n) 压力

pleasure (n) 快乐

cooperate  (co o operate )
we will cooperate on this subject