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Traduzido por Newton Campos (Título original: Spain has 4 of world's best 100 MBA programs)

Londres, Jan 28 (EFE) - Quatro escolas de negócios espanholas estão entre as 100 melhores escolas do mundo de acordo com o último relatório anual de MBA's publicado nesta segunda-feira pelo jornal Financial Times.

No ranking deste ano, além do IE Business School, classificado como a 8ª principal escola do mundo, estão os programas do Iese Business School, 11ª posição, Esade Business School, 21ª posição e Eada, que ficou na 95ª posição.

No topo do ranking, tal como nos últimos 3 anos, ficou a escola de negócios Wharton da Universidade da Pensilvânia, seguida pela London Business School, Columbia Business School, Stanford University's Graduate Business School e Harvard Business School.

Na Europa, o IE ficou com a 3ª colocação, enquanto o Iese ficou na 5ª, Esade em 9ª e Eada na 25ª.

O IE foi classificado como a melhor escola de negócios do mundo na área de Comportamento Organizacional (Organizational Behavior) e como a segunda melhor no campo de Responsabilidade Social (CSR Corporate Social Responsibility).

Outras áreas nas quais o IE ficou classificado como uma das 10 melhores escolas do mundo foram Empreendedorismo (5ª), International Business (6ª), Economia (7ª), Tecnologia da Informação (8ª), Estratégia (9ª) e Marketing (9ª).

O Iese por sua vez, ficou como uma das 10 melhores em Salários em Consultoria (7ª) e em General Management (10ª).

O Esade também conseguiu entrar na lista das 10 melhores do mundo em duas categorias: Responsabilidade Social (6ª) e Marketing (8ª).

Os alunos formados pelo IE - 93% destes encontraram trabalho em menos de 3 meses após o término do programa - recebem uma média salarial anual de 124.600,00 dólares (84.578,00 euros).

Os alunos formados pelas quatro escolas de negócio espanholas viram seus salários aumentar entre 200% e 250% com relação aos seus salários antes do MBA.

Além disso, 36% dos alunos formados pelo IE são mulheres, enquanto 28% dos ex-alunos do Iese são mulheres, 34% dos formados pelo Esade e 40% dos formados pela Eada são mulheres.

Entre as escolas espanholas a Eada tem a maior porcentagem de alunos estrangeiros com 9&% de seus alunos vindo de fora da Espanha.

Ela é seguida pelo Esade, com 82%, Iese com 80% e IE com 75%.

O Esade se destaca de seus competidores locais e internacionais por requerer que seus alunos falem dois idiomas estrangeiros além do idioma usado em sala de aula. EFE

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Esta é uma notícia giro, sobre networking, do site CNN Money em parceria com a revista Fortune.

Five months of networking, still no new job
You're doing all the right things to land a great position, but aren't getting anywhere. What's wrong?
By Anne Fisher, FORTUNE senior writer
May 17, 2006

(FORTUNE) - Dear Annie: Is it really true that senior-management jobs are more often found through networking than by any other means? I'm skeptical, because it just isn't working for me. I'm in charge of international marketing for a division of a large global company. In the aftermath of a merger last year, my job is less interesting than it used to be. I'm ready to move on, and since January I've been doing everything the networking experts recommend: going to conferences, heading up a trade-group committee, getting in touch with former colleagues and other acquaintances to hear the scuttlebutt about possible openings, etc. But so far, nada. What do you think?
-Net Zero

Dear NZ: I think you haven't given it enough time yet. Five months may seem like forever when you're anxious to make a change, but networking your way into a senior-management position may take longer.

A few statistics: ExecuNet, a career-services network for executives earning $100,000 a year or more, reported in its latest annual survey of the senior-management job market that 70% of human-resources chiefs say they rely heavily on referrals and other networking contacts to find candidates for executive job openings, which are almost never advertised anywhere (on job boards, for instance).

Doing all the right things, as you have been, puts you out ahead of most of your competition. The ExecuNet poll shows that, while 84% of senior managers agree that broad networks of personal and professional contacts are crucial to success, just 19% say their own networks are in "excellent" or "very good" shape.

"Networking is time-consuming," says ExecuNet president Mark Anderson. "But sooner or later, the payoff will be there, and probably when you least expect it."

Anderson recommends that everyone - not just people who are currently seeking a new job - spend at least one hour a week getting to know peers at other companies, going to work-related social events, or even meeting new people through volunteer work.

"Over the course of a year, just one hour a week adds up to a full workweek of effort, and you'll be amazed at how many new connections you've made," he says.

Anderson speaks from experience. Some years ago a friend from an old job told him about ExecuNet, and he started looking into it. Later the same year, Anderson went to a Stanford alumni luncheon and got to chatting with ExecuNet CEO Dave Opton. The two hit it off, and Opton eventually hired Anderson.

"I got this job through two different networking events that were six months apart. It's not always quick," he notes.

"People tend to attribute a promotion, or a great move to another company, to luck, or to being 'in the right place at the right time.' But far more often, it's the result of networking," Anderson adds. "The more people know who you are and what you're good at, the 'luckier' you're likely to be." So hang in there.

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NEXT GENERATION TOEFL
By Christa Hansen

The next generation TOEFL, also known as TOEFL iBT, will be officially introduced in the United States as a secured testing instrument for admissions decisions in September 2005. It will be phased in other parts of the world, starting October 2005, with Canada, Germany, France and Italy, and elsewhere in 2006. This latest version of the TOEFL exam offers a number of innovative changes that make it considerably different from the paper-based TOEFL (PBT) or the computer-based TOEFL (CBT). One of the most notable changes is that the iBT is a test of academic English, rather than a general English test, that reflects the language used in college and university settings with tasks that require test takers to integrate and synthesize information in order to communicate effectively. This major change is designed to provide better information about a test taker’s ability to communicate effectively in an academic setting.

Another noteworthy change in the TOEFL iBT is the inclusion of an oral component. All iBT test takers will be assessed on their speaking skills. While this change cannot assure schools that students have the requisite speaking skills for academic success, it will provide some degree of quantification of this skill. It is anticipated that the speaking scores could be used by university graduate departments in place of the Test of Spoken English.

Unlike the current TOEFL versions, the iBT will assess performance in four skill areas: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. There will no longer be a Structure/Written Expression section. Many of the tasks require test takers to synthesize information in order to respond. For example, test takers will read and take notes and/or listen and take notes in order to complete some of the speaking and writing tasks. Yes, test takers will be allowed, even encouraged, to take notes as they read and listen. Note taking not only facilitates the integration of information from the different media, but it also simulates the demands of the academic setting, thereby reinforcing the importance of the academic skill of note taking.

In addition to the above described major format changes, the new iBT will undergo a delivery mode change—it will be delivered via the Internet at secured sites around the world. Exams will be offered on a regular schedule rather than on-demand like the current CBT. All test takers will have to keyboard their written responses since handwritten essays will no longer be accepted. Spoken responses will be recorded over the Web. Although this is a computer-delivered exam, it is not a computer-adaptive exam. Test takers taking the same form will see the same questions. All of these changes in format also require changes in the scoring and score reports. Five scores will be reported on the iBT score reports:

Total score: 0-120
Reading: 0-30
Listening: 0-30
Speaking: 0-30
Writing: 0-30

For more detailed information on setting new score standards, including comparisons between current CBT and PBT scores and the new iBT scores, see www.ets.org/toefl/nextgen/scorereport.html. NAFSA conference attendees will also be able to learn more about the standard-setting procedure at the Wednesday 9:15 Setting Scores for the Next Generation TOEFL Test session. Before coming to this presentat ion, par t i c i pant s should vi s i t www.ets.org/toefl/nextgen/scorereport.html and become familiar with the scoring information provided there.

Christa Hansen is director of the American English Institute at the University of Oregon.