PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN GLOBAL TRADE & E-BUSINESS TESTIMONIALS
Feedback from Graduated students
"Austin, I would like to thank you for all your help during this time. I really enjoyed doing the Professional Diploma in Global Trade and e-Businesss; the experienced lecturers from industry, gave us great insights into industry developments. It was also very helpful the different successful entrepreneurs you brought time to time to gave us real life experience too. The course gave me the necessary skills to improve my career. I got a job in an Import/Export company". Gustavo Gomez (Graduate 2007)
"Austin, having a background in Languages and Businesses I decided to pursue more specialized studies in the International trade area. In a competitive, globalized and ever- changing society. The Professional Diploma provides you with a precise and practical formation in International Trade and E-Business. This course has a high level of teaching andis in itself one large time management exercise in the sense that you have to combine both practical and theoretical classes with home assignments and also have to work both independently or as part of a team. So I can firmly say that this course prepares you for the current market place requirements. Many thanks for your support to you and your fellow lecturers whom I have benefited from all your experience". Antonio Jesús Rodríguez (Graduate 2007)
"Travelling abroad is said to broaden one`s mind, through new experiences and learning from people of different cultures. During the time I was living in Ireland I had also the opportunity to develop my skills whilst gaining academic qualifications, thanks to Export Edge Training and especially Austin and his team of excellent lectures. Thanks a lot for the support and encouragement offered during the course, I can say it was not only a nice a experience but also really helpful in order to gain and develop my skills in the trading field, study cases and assignments that cover the practical day to day of this business , thanks again and keep doing this great work!!". Monica Gonzalez Primo (Graduate 2007)
"Dicen que viajar abre la mente, al conocer y aprender de otras culturas.Y esto mismo me paso a mi, durante el tiempo que vivi en Irlanda. Me gustaria agradecer a Export Edge y muy en especial a Austin y su gran equipo de profesores por su buen trabajo, gracias por el apoyo y motivación brindada durante el curso. Ha sido muy grata experiencia el conoceros y realmente me ha servido para perfeccionar mis conocimientos en el mundo del Comercio Internacional, acercandonos casos tan practicos como el dia a dia en este negocio. Continuar asi y mucha suerte!!". Monica G. Primo
"From my point of view I could say that the Professional Diploma in Global trade and e-business is a practical course as it is based in the individual and team work to solve cases in relation to international law and finance like letters of credit, trade and customs like requirements to exports, duties and taxes among other issues concerning the global trade. The daily work during the course is essential to achieve good results at the exams. I appreciated the advice from our lecturers from industry who have helped us by explaining and revising each of the cases that we had to solve. They provided us with practical and professional insights to face real cases in the world of export/importation. The industries need people that are prepared for global changes, a new generation familiar with the Globalization and able to work with the new requirements of the European Union. The Professional Diploma helped me to get involved in the global trade and to be able to work in an ambitious European Union." Clara Martinez (Graduate 2007)
Feedback from Marion O'Connell, Professional Diploma Graduate "I am due to start with Accenture in about a months time, based in London and I'm really looking forward to it. Believe it or not, but the two modules I did on the course, namely BIS and E-Business were a great help when doing the interviews. I start as a business analyst and then after two years, I should move on to consultancy level. There are lots of training and good learning opportunities so hopefully it will all work out. So thanks again Austin for your help and good luck with all the work."
Feedback from Domenico Sileo, HP, Professional Diploma Graduate "Graduating in 2005 from the Professional Diploma by Export Edge was instrumental in my gaining a full scholarship offered by Simest to a Bocconi/Sapienza 'Masters in Financial & Business Analyst' in Rome. Simest is the national financial body promoting internationalisation of Italian companies. On top of that, joining the Professional Diploma meant meeting new international friends that I value to the highest degree."
“Lecturers from Export Edge combined theory with brilliant case studies. I can say that the tuition and encouragement that I received in Business Information Systems and e-Business were a great help to me in achieving a strategic position with Google, the world Information Search leader, not to mention a top award from the Institute”. Sarah Ewing, Google (Professional Diploma Graduate)
Feedback from Ana Drake, Professional Diploma Graduate 2005: ''Doing the Export Edge Professional Diploma in International Trade and e-Business was a very good experience to me. I benefited from experienced lecturers, who gave us practical knowledge of industry developments and helped us on research assignments and subject exam preparation. The Professional Diploma course work has also helped me to improve my management skills. This course prompted me to further my qualifications and to apply for grants of International Trade of the Spanish organisation, IGAPE...."
Feedback from organizers
Last years graduates received their Diploma Scrolls at Ernst & Young headquarters in Dublin. E&Y partner, Jim Somers, President of the Institute, emphasised to the professional diploma graduates “it is you who will play a pivotal role in Ireland’s increasingly international market”.
John
Whelan, CEO of the Irish Exporters Association and the Institute thanked
industry sponsors for their support and prizes given to top graduates and
their recognition of graduates contribution to the continued success of
Irish global business.
“We not only teach students technical knowledge, but also help them to excel in management skills,” said Austin Rutledge, Managing Director, Export Edge Business College. “Our dedicated lecturers set assignments for students to work in teams to develop problem solving skills and brainstorm solutions. Each team member completes research assignments and drafts solutions to share amongst their group with the purpose of compiling reports for class review. Our experience has been that those students who work together to prepare answers to assignments, achieve best results in final exams”
Export Edge Professional Diploma students have graduated every year with highest honours since this programme commenced” according to Rutledge, whose graduates have been working in a wide spectrum of organizations including Allergan, AMO, AIB, Bank of Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Exel, Google, HP, IBM, IDB, IDL, Ingersoll Rand, KPMG, Microsoft, Oracle, Pfizer, PwC, Wyeth & Xilinx, plus many other companies who have succeeded in Global Markets."
"This fully participative Professional Diploma course in Global Trade & E-Business caters for leading developments in Ireland’s export development strategies. Topics covered over the year include practical developments in Exporting, Customs, Financial, e-Business, Marketing and Supply Chain efficiencies, to name but a few."
