Language proficiency is key to finding employment, according to Randstad

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For  Randstad , a multinational employment agency, language knowledge increases professionals' chances of finding a job by 37%. In this way, being able to work in a different language is the ability that most increases job opportunities. downloadThus, 26% of current offers in the labor market require knowledge of a foreign language, with English being the most in demand. Other languages ​​in demand by companies are French, German or, in recent years, Chinese and Arabic, motivated mainly by international trade and the commitment to the internationalization of companies. In the case of management or responsibility profiles, the importance of languages ​​is much higher than other profiles in general.

In this case, Randstad  estimates that 70% of positions with responsibility and managerial profiles require candidates to be able to carry out their activity in another language. When the situation is analyzed from the point of view of Singapore Phone Number List the candidates, Randstad 's analysis reveals that 57% of professionals in Spain claim to have knowledge of English. However, the percentages vary when the level of each of them is analyzed. In this sense, 33.7% of professionals affirm that they are bilingual or have a high level of English, while 44% affirm that they have a medium level, and the remaining 22.3% consider that they have a basic knowledge from language. International mobility, one of the most effective tools to increase your employability, is directly related to your ability to carry out your activity in various languages.



For this reason, both the European Union and the countries have implemented education policies aimed at helping professionals increase their knowledge of languages. Half of Europe's secondary school students currently learn two or more foreign languages ​​(50.3%). However, in the case of Spain this percentage drops to 24.6%, at the level of Italy. Countries such as Finland, the Czech Republic, France or Luxembourg have rates above 94% in all cases. On the opposite side, below Spain and Italy, are Ireland (7.6%), Portugal (5.3%), the United Kingdom (4.4%) and Greece (3.5%).