Hyderabad : After Bhubaneshwar, Vizag and Mayiladuthurai, Ma Foi Academy launched its fourth Business Partner Operations at Hyderabad today. The Academy is the career training division of Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd., India's largest HR Services provider.

Mr. Sunil Sharma (IAS), MD, State Housing Corporation Ltd., inaugurated the Academy and Prof.V.Shekhar, Head, Department of Business Management, Osmania University, Hyderabad, was the Guest of Honor.

Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd. places over 2,000 candidates across the country every month and its career training division is the backward integration of its existing business. A strong foundation in the recruitment industry gives Ma Foi first-hand knowledge about the key skill sets that employers look for in candidates as well as the areas in which jobseekers need improvement.

Ma Foi Academy offers a bouquet of programs namely CodeCraft, WordCraft, RetailCraft, SalesCraft, TechCraft and IDCraft in the IT, ITES, Retail, Sales, Tech Publishing and Training sectors. The courseware for these programs has been designed and developed to strengthen the competence of candidates in the job market.

Speaking at the launch, Mr. K Pandia Rajan, Managing Director, Ma Foi, said, "Ma Foi Academy has come to Hyderabad with the agenda of enhancing employability of candidates and propagating the GEM philosophy (Group Learning, E-Learning, Mentoring), which primarily addresses the educational institutions. Group Learning is the training program delivered to the students, E Learning is the web forum that will be available for students to interact with the other Academy members on a continuous basis, and Mentoring the candidates is the career counseling and guidance that would be provided to the student."

The Hyderabad business partner office of Ma Foi Academy will be headed by Mr. BP Padala and supported by his colleagues, along with professionals from institutions and industries.

About the programs offered :
WordCraft : Ensures commendable proficiency in spoken English, overall development of an individual, enhancing his/her employability in the BPO/ITES industry.

CodeCraft : Exclusively crafted IT program for fresh engineering graduates to transform from "college coding to professional programmers".

RetailCraft : This retail training program specially targeting graduates and matriculates to improve communication skills, understand the basics of logistics and distribution, customer care etc.,

SalesCraft : This program trains candidates who have a flair for selling. Eligibility is reasonable fluency in language (preferably bilingual) and good presentation skills. As an essentially sales coaching program, it provides tips and techniques that will interest a potential customer and lead to successful selling.

TechCraft : Mainly focusing on technical publishing by improving the communication skills, learning the basics of typesetting, training in TeX and LaTeX.

IDCraft : ID Craft is a combination of learning theories and practical skills to enable designing, developing and evaluating courseware.

Notes to Editors :
Ma Foi is a 13-year-old public limited company. Having started in 1992 at Chennai with a focus on recruitment services, Ma Foi has grown to become the largest HR services provider in India. Ma Foi is committed to offer people and people related services, enhancing the net worth of human capital. Currently Ma Foi has a presence in 8 countries through 58 offices - India, UAE, UK, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Oman and the US, and over 1334 clients including 124 Fortune 500 Companies. Ma Foi has posted revenue of Rs.122 Crores for the year ending December 2004.
For further details on Ma Foi visit www.mafoi.com

Vedior is one of the world's largest recruitment companies and is a full-service recruitment provider with a diversified portfolio of brands targeting a broad range of industry sectors. Annual sales for 2004 were €6,467 million. From its global network of offices spanning Europe, America, Australasia, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, Vedior offers temporary and permanent recruitment as well as a number of complementary employment-related services such as outplacement, HR outsourcing, payrolling and training. Vedior has a leading market position in the provision of professional/executive recruitment in sectors such as information technology, healthcare, accounting, engineering and education. In order to meet client requirements for all categories of personnel, we also have a significant global network providing administrative/secretarial and light industrial recruitment.
For further details on Vedior, visit : www.vedior.com.