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Today’s job market is desperate for graduates\u00a0who speak\u00a0multiple languages.<\/p>\nToday’s job market is desperate for graduates\u00a0who speak\u00a0multiple languages.<\/p>\n
\u201cLanguages are always good for us,\u201d says Julia McDonald, head of talent acquisition for EMEA at\u00a0Infosys<\/a>. English is the company\u2019s common language, \u201cbut our clients often want people that can speak their local language,\u201d Julia says.<\/p>\n Mark Davies, employer relations manager at London\u2019s\u00a0Imperial College Business School<\/a>, says there is growing demand for multilingual European language speakers at companies including BP,\u00a0GE<\/a>, Johnson & Johnson, and GSK, which have operations in emerging markets. \u201cIn a business world that is more internationally-connected,\u201d says the HULT MBA student, \u201cit is mandatory when building an executive career to be able to deal with different cultures.\u201d<\/p>\n Nearly two-thirds of businesses in the UK want to recruit staff with foreign language skills. A survey by the business lobby group the CBI and education company Pearson found European languages are the most sought after: French (50%); German (49%); and Spanish (44%). Not speaking multiple languages could be a barrier to promotion, according to the British Academy\u2019s Born Global research.<\/p>\n \u201cWe normally say English is a given, and another international language is required to be considered for international roles,\u201d says Wendy Sleat, executive recruitment manager at\u00a0Admiral<\/a>, the FTSE 100 insurance group.<\/p>\n She adds: \u201cWe\u2019re an international company so we need people who can work overseas and that people working at multinational US companies can add value and distinguish themselves by being multilingual \u2014 \u201cpossibly increasing their chances for global positions or leadership roles\u201d.<\/p>\n
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\nAndr\u00e9 Alcalde, an executive at\u00a0Lojas Renner<\/a>, Brazil\u2019s largest fast-fashion retailer, speaks English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.<\/p>\n