To be held for the first time in the MENA Region

Dubai - January 9th, 2011: CariZMa, a renowned Dubai based business consultancy and training solutions provider, today announced a partnership with The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a leading global organization for talent management and new economy leadership. CariZMa and HCI will join forces to provide globally recognized Talent Management training programs to the MENA region. The programs will take place over three events in Quarters 1, 2, and 4 of 2011. The events will focus on responding to the human capital challenges in the MENA region.

"Talent is the only sustainable advantage in a global knowledge economy," says David Forman, Chief Learning Officer of HCI. "Creativity makes the difference. Planning, spotting, developing, and retaining talent are key to perdurable success. With CariZMa'sregional expertise and training excellence, we will bring to the region the latest training programs. Our programs have a proven success track record."

HCI provides a globally recognized human capital management training and accreditation. Microsoft, NASA, J.P Morgan, and Google are among over 200 organizations that benefited from HCI education and certification.

In Quarter 1, 2011, CariZMa and HCI will deliver the Human Capital Strategist (HCS) certificationprogram. The program, held in Dubai, focuses on mastering talent management and responding to the challenges and complex paradigms of human capital management in the MENA region.

In Quarter 2, 2011, the partnership will deliver the Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) certification program. The program, held in London, focuses on aligning human capital with the strategic objectives of the business. It also presents techniques and tools to help organizations understand and solve some of the most pressing challenges to businesses in the MENA region.

In Quarter 4, 2011, the partnership will deliver the Master SWP & HCS certification program. The program, held in Sharm El Sheikh, provides advanced talent management training that integrates tailored practical exercises. The program is available for candidates who successfully completed either or both HCS and SWP programs.

"Our talent management training programs comes in the right time for our customers," says Khalil Jaouni, Chairman of CariZMa. "With studies showing that more than 54% of the region's employers are expanding their workforce in 2011, Talent management is predicted to take center stage. The pressing challenge is aligning Human Capital with the organization's strategic goals."

"Organizations have a wealth of talent at their disposal, Not only in their capacity to hire, but also in their existing human capital," Says Mohamed ElSaadany, Partner and General Manager of CariZMa. "Our training programs aim to provide our customers with the tools and measures with which they can spot and develop the potential of their existing workforce and identify the gaps they need to fill externally."

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The Human Capital Institute (Washington, DC, USA):
HCI is the global association for talent management and new economy leadership, and a clearinghouse for best practices and new ideas. Our network of expert practitioners, Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 corporations, government agencies, global consultants and business schools contribute a stream of constantly-evolving information, the best of which is organized, analyzed and shared with members through HCI communities, research, education and events.HCI Education is the only comprehensive curriculum for strategic talent management and leadership. HCI's certification and designation programs are recognized worldwide for defining excellence, and set the bar for strategic and practical expertise. (www.hci.org).

About CariZMa:
CariZMa FZ LLC is a Dubai based company that was established in 2003 with the goal of providing business consulting and training solutions focused solely on Customer Interaction management including call center and all face-to-face retail management.  Our vision is to be the leading Relationship Innovation service provider in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, offering value-added consulting, learning, solutions and outsourcing services, leveraging our primary assets of quality people, knowledge capital, and network of partners.  We are a niche and agile company, and we prefer to remain this way to be able to respond quickly to our customer needs and provide them with impeccable service. 100% of our clients are through referrals.CariZMa has established partnerships and offers certified programs with leading firms such as The Call Center School (USA), and the University of Akron - Fisher Institute for Professional Selling (USA), The Human Capital Institute (USA), among others.  Clients include 10 of the largest 15 companies in the GCC region.

For more information, please contact:
CariZMa FZ LLC
Knowledge Village Building 13 Office F-13
P.O. Box 1721 - Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Tel: +97143913669 E-mail:info@carizma.net
Website: www.carizma.net

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