Through our partners we help you and your loved ones integrate smoothly into Bucharest life, by providing support in several areas: finding the right home, finding the right educational institution for your children or providing recruitment/ career advice for the partner.

Cultural Introduction Courses tailored to your specific needs, giving you a glimpse of Romanian history, culture, literature and even more, provided by our cultural historical expert Dr. Bogdan Popa.

For more information please contact us at tours@citycompass.ro.

City Compass: Your Personal Assistance Angel and City-Guide

We understand that people often need personalized assistance in order to get the most out of their stay in Bucharest. This is why we offer one-on-one service.

If you need help with a particularly challenging aspect of the city (translation during a shopping-trip, verbal communication with Romanian authorities…), this City Compass service provides customers with reliable assistance for difficult situations.

(English language)

For any other information about the personal assistance please contact our colleague Andreea at andreea@citycompass.ro.

Romanian language lesson of the week on Romania Business Insider

• Romanian language lesson: Phonetic alternations in verbs in the Present

• Romanian language lesson: Neuter nouns. Forming the plural

• Romanian language lesson: Feminine nouns. Forming the plural

• Romanian language lesson: Masculine nouns in Romanian; Plural endings

• Romanian language lesson: Definite and indefinite article in Romanian

• Romanian language lesson: The verb “to like” in Romanian

• Romanian language lesson: Special phrases in Romanian

• Romanian language: Present Indicative of the verbs in “-i / -î” (4th conjugation)

• Romanian language lesson: The Present Indicative of the verbs in “e” (3rd conjugation)

• Romanian language lesson: The Present Indicative of the verbs in -ea (2nd conjugation)

• Romanian language lesson: The Present Indicative of the verbs in -a (1st conjugation)

• Romanian language lesson: Daily activities (Activități zilnice)

• Romanian language lesson: Reflexive verbs (Verbele reflexive)

• Romanian language lesson: Countries, nationalities and languages

• Romanian language lesson of the week: The cardinal numeral (numeralul cardinal)

• Romanian language lesson of the week: What time is it? (Cât este ceasul?)

• Romanian language lesson of the week: The fruits and the vegetables (Fructele și legumele)

• Romanian language lesson of the week: Adverbs and adverbial phrases (Adverbe și expresii adverbiale)

• Romanian language lesson of the week: La librarie (At the bookshop)

• Romanian language lesson of the week: The seasons, the months and the days of the week

• Romanian language lesson of the week: The adjectives (adjectivele)

• Romanian lesson of the week: to speak, to leave, to take

• Romanian lesson of the week: Transportation information

• Romanian lesson of the week: The personal pronouns and the verbs “to be” and “to have”

• Romanian lesson of the week: Vacation plans (planuri de vacanță)

• Romanian lesson of the week: Let’s introduce ourselves!

• Romanian lesson of the week: Usual phrases

http://www.romania-insider.com/romanian-language-lesson-daily-activities-activitati-zilnice/25729/

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City Compass Newsletter, November 16 – 30, 2011
City Compass Newsletter, November 1 – 15, 2011

Welcome to Bucharest: Introductory Coaching

Available as 1-to-1 coaching, or for groups of up to 13 people
In this workshop we offer you a general guide for living in Bucharest. By combining our personal experiences with interviews from other expatriates, we have tailored this workshop specifically to the kind of information that foreigners need upon their arrival.

The information is aimed at making participants “feel at home” in Bucharest.

This half-day workshop run by an experienced trainer with extensive intercultural experience in Romanian and abroad covers all the different aspects of life in Bucharest and allows us to answer individual questions and provide you with information tailored to your personal needs.

Key insights:

• Common myths about Romania and foreigners in Romania;
• Survival strategies and hints for the expat;
• Organising your daily life in Bucharest;
• Key facts about Romanian Economics;
• Key facts about Romanian society;
• Info on Romanian culture.

Duration: 4 hours

Language: English or German

For a presentation of the Welcome to Bucharest Workshop please click here
For any other information about this workshop please contact us at tours@citycompass.ro.

Getting Things Done in Romania: Business Coaching

Available as 1-to-1 coaching, or for groups of up to 13 people  

 Duration: 8 hours

Language: English

With this workshop we prepare you for your professional tasks while doing business in Romania. We want to ensure that you get an idea about Romanian business culture and that you are able to handle difficult situations with Romanian colleagues and partners. This workshop is customized to your special needs and carried out by trainers with broad intercultural business experience.

Key insights:

• Understanding the import of relationship-focused behaviour vs. deal-focused behaviour
• Da vs. Nu: The real meaning of ‘yes’ and ‘no’ in Romania
• Negotiation: Understanding the impact of Romanian culture on negotiation
• Romanian Business Etiquette: How to avoid the most common mistakes
• Non-verbal Communication: Learn to recognize subtle gestures, their meaning and impact
• Presentations: Adapting your skills to your local audience
• Leadership: Learn what keeps Romanian employees engaged
• Salary Negotiation: Practical and legal aspects
• Romanian Educational System: An overview

To request more information about this workshop please contact our colleague Andreea at: tours@citycompass.ro.

From our own experience adaption to Bucharest and Romania can be a challenging issue. There might be things that you are not able to solve or that might reduce quality of life.
But why do you need to go through unpleasant experiences, lose time and money if you can get professional support?

In this workshop we offer you a general guide for living in Bucharest. By combining our personal experiences with interviews from other expatriates, we have tailored this workshop specifically to the kind of information that foreigners need upon their arrival.
The information is aimed at making participants “feel at home” in Bucharest.

This half-day workshop run by an experienced trainer with extensive intercultural experience in Romania and abroad covers all the different aspects of life in Bucharest and allows us to answer individual questions and provide you with information tailored to your personal needs.

What you will get

• Answers and solutions for your issues;

• Survival strategies and hints for the expat;

• Organising your daily life in Bucharest

• Key facts about Romanian Economics;

• Key facts about Romanian society;

• Info on Romanian culture.

What people say about our workshops

“An excellent introduction for new visitors to Romania. I was made to feel very welcome and it is clear these guys know what they are talking about – Recommended!”

Simon Wagner, Prospectiuni SA

“Congratulations to the team of City Compass on this new workshop offer – I have been working in Romania for 2 years now and found the presentations and discussions very helpful.’’

Andreas Heyde, General Manager of Webasto Romania Trading SRL

For any other information and registration, please contact us at events@citycompass.ro.