Internship testimonials

KENTS CAVERN

Internships offered: Marketing, Finance, Hotel & Catering

'Kents Cavern has been working with the Training Partnership for over 4 years. Over this time the communication and support from the Training Partnership has been excellent.

Our staff enjoy learning about new cultures and traditions from the students home country.

All the students we have worked with have been hard working, and keen to learn the language and the way a UK business operates.

The standard of work, from research, admin, and customer service has always been very high from the students.'

James Hull
General Operations Manager 

'Great scheme. We enjoy having these students. They are always well presented and enthusiastic.'
Nick Powe (Kents Cavern, Torquay)

TORBAY LANGUAGE CENTRE

Internships offered: Tourism, Marketing, Administration

'We have been working with the Training Partnership for some time now and have had much success with all the placements we have taken during that time.

They have always met the requirements of both the placement person and ourselves and I have always found the whole concept so straightforward and hassle free.

We have had some wonderful people come to us from the partnership and all have said how beneficial the experience has been for them to be able to come to us to develop the future career.

The staff are always very friendly and so helpful whenever you call and nothing is ever to much trouble for them.

I hope we can continue working with them for many years to come and we arealready in the process of looking for placements for them to provide for 2005.'

Simon Nelson, Head of Leisure Torbay Language Centre

TLH LEISURE RESORT

Internships offered: Administration, Catering, Leisure

'We have worked with the Training Partnership for many years. Over the past 12 months our dealings with the Training Partnership have increased and we have had over 50 students work with us.

We have provided paid work placements in our restaurants and housekeeping, and unpaid placements in our receptions and administration departments.

Without exception we have been impressed with all the students that the Training Partnership have provided. Their overall work ethic has been excellent and this is demonstrated by good timekeeping, good attendance, smart appearance and great levels of customer service.

The Training Partnership themselves are professional in their approach and have developed a good understanding of the needs of our business. Everyone I liase with at the Training Partnership is friendly, approachable and efficient.

As a result of which, working with the Training Partnership has become a major part of our recruitment and employment strategy.'

Yours faithfully,
Gary Brenton, Personnel and Development Manager

BABBACOMBE MODEL VILLAGE

Internships offered: Tourism, Administration

'Over the past few years we have been very pleased with the service and support provided by The Training Partnership.
All the students who have worked with us to date have been very committed and professional. For this reason we look forward to a continued working relationship with The Training Partnership.'

Mike Rhodes - Assistant General Manager

SEAFARE PRODUCTS LTD

Internships offered: Laboratory, Administration, Marketing

'On behalf of Nigel, Pete and myself, I should like to take the opportunity to say how much we value the input of the students that you have in place. The students have made use of their scientific and technical knowledge and have shown interest in both our company and in British culture.
We look forward to continuing with our partnership in the future.'

Julie Banahan, Technical Manager - Consultant

JOB CENTRE PLUS

Internships offered: Marketing

'Torquay Jobcentre Plus is part of the Department of Work and Pensions and is part of a nationwide network of governmentoffices with the aim of helping unemployed people find work. Via The Training Partnership, we have been involved in The Leonardo da Vinci Programme for about five years and have provided internships for students from Spain, France, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Romania and Poland. We are committed to the principles of the Leonardo programme and our own staff have found it to be a very rewarding experience to have the opportunity to work alongside students from so many European countries.'

Tony Casey (Placement Supervisor)

STAGECOACH BUS

Internships offered: Administration

'As a company we have had an excellent relationship with The Training Partnership since its inception, when it was then known as IPPS. In the beginning it was to supply their students with discounted bus passes to enable them to travel easily to their Internships.

We have, as a company taken their students on work placements and have found them to be keen and willing to learn. The back up support from The Training Partnership has been first class, right from the initial enquiry for the student placement and through their stay with us and their final day. This is supported by questionnaires to see if the students were happy, if we were happy, and if they had any problems. This process was always dealt with in a friendly and efficient manner.

So in summary I would not hesitate to recommend The Training Partnership to anyone wishing to place overseas students in work experience in the UK, with a friendly, out going and caring company.'

Chris Diggle (Travel Shop Manager)

GOSS INNOVATIONS

Internships offered: Engineering, Marketing, Administration

'Goss Innovations Ltd - Engineering Design Consultants UK - has been very happy with the excellent standard of engineering students that have been placed with us by The Training Partnership during 2005. Our experience of The Training Partnership has found that it offers a very professional and caring service, for both students and our business requirements.'

Lesley Goss, Managing Director Goss Innovations Ltd

JOB SHOP RECRUITMENT SW LTD

Internships offered: Human Resources, Personnel, Administration, Hotel & Catering

'As a leading local Recruitment Agency we have worked with The Training Partnership since May 2004. Jayne, Elaine and the team have provided us with high calibre students for work assignments in many industrial sectors throughout Torbay and South Hams.

All assignments were carried out to a high standard, timekeeping, appearance and attendance were excellent and met with our clients service level agreement.

The Training Partnership team are professional in their approach and have an excellent understanding of the nature of our business and I look forward to a long standing working relationship.'

Susan Hughes Cert RP, Branch Manager (Paignton)

THE WORD... ON JOBS Magazine

Internships offered: Marketing, Finance, Administration

'At The Word On Jobs we feel that we have benefited greatly from working with The Training Partnership Ltd. They have provided us with internship students and given us the opportunity to train some wonderful young individuals from all over Europe, students who have come to Britain to broaden their skills and English levels by taking part in a practical experience in our company.

We feel privileged to have met so many enthusiastic, talented and hard working young people, some of whom have brought a very high degree of work related skills to our company. We have never experienced anything, but a courteous and professional attitude from any of the students that have been placed with us and therefore we thoroughly recommend The Training Partnership Limited to other companies.'

Rebecca Marks (Editor)

APPLE FM - radio station

Internships offered: Journalism, Administration

'I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your hard work to ensure a second successful year of co-working with both you and your students. The Training Partnership have provided us with a diversity of talented students from around the EU to participate in out broadcasting training courses. We look forward to continuing our partnership with you in 2006.'

Jack Knowlson (Managing Director)

MOTO

Internships offered: Hotel & Catering, Personnel, Administration

'This is a second successful year of partnership between our two organisations.

During this year we have placed 18 students as Customer Assistants across the estate working for up to two months. A further one student was placed for 3 months working as a Personnel Assistant.

Why does this work for Moto?

Here in Exeter we have the most seasonally trading Motorway Service Area in the Country. This means that we require up to an extra 40 to 50 staff during the summer Holidays. We recruit the people we need through various ways and one way is with the help of The Training Partnership.

Why is this good for the students?

Here at Moto we have many customer facing jobs for the summer. This gives the students plenty of opportunity to practice their English safe in the knowledge that many of their friends are available to lend a hand if they start to struggle.

As always the quality of the students has always been excellent. They are always willing to work and join in with everything that is happening at Moto. Without exception their attendance and punctuality was without reproach. For our part we always ensure that the students are only given duties commensurate with their command of the English language enabling them to completetasks successfully. Some of the students have received commendations for their customer service through our Mystery Shopper programme.

So once again a great result for Moto Hospitality and we look forward to next year anticipating another great partnership.'

Jonathan Beecher (Personnel and Training Officer)

ACTION STATIONERS

Internships offered: Marketing, Finance, Administration, IT Support

'I have been dealing with The Training Partnership for a few years now and have been taking on students of various nationalities for work experience.

I have always found the service and quality of the students supplied by The Training Partnership to of a very high level and very professional. The students are well informed and know what is expected of them. They always seem to be happy and well looked after by the company and I look forward to dealing with them again in the foreseeable future.

Wishing everyone at The Training Partnership all the best.'

Peter Layland (Proprietor) ACTION STATIONERS

BELOW DECKS

Internships offered: Leisure, Hotel & catering

'We have used the support provided by the Training Partnership for many years in our high class café/bistro businesses. Invariably their students, who have arrived from all around the world, have been intelligent, polite and resourceful. We would not hesitate to recommend Jayne and her staff to any business.'

Mr. John Seaton (Former Proprietor of Below Decks, Torquay & Former Chief of Police)