Tuesday 15 July 2014

Recruiters in UK look for French speaking staff

Learning a second language is very important according to the recent global trends. Now-a-days many reputed companies and organizations look for people who are well-conversant in French, German and Spanish owning to their use on the global business communication.


According to the reports from hrmasia.com, almost 2/3rd of the companies all over the United Kingdom keen to employ foreign language expert staff. Among the foreign languages, French ranks as the most sought for language after Spanish and Mandarin. China and Latin America are leading in economic growth which is pushing ambitious firms to take up professionals with language skills in order to venture into global markets.


 As per the 2014 report of the educational publisher Pearson and CBI (Confederation of British Industries), 41% of the 291 firms in United Kingdom felt the necessity of hiring foreign language experts for their business. The report highlighted that French, Spanish and German were the most desirable languages but along with these, Mandarin and Arabic were also in demand. Couple of years back, about a quarter of firms had reported that they sought employees who were familiar with Mandarin as a second language. This figure increased to 31% in the year 2014. Among the languages, the steepest increase was seen regarding the usage of Portuguese language experts. It is evident that foreign language skills are in huge demand in global firms. Hence, learning above mentioned languages is sure going to give you a leap in your profession.

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