Bilingual Employees and the Workplace

The need for bilingual employees in the workplace continues to grow! In fact, the number of jobs aimed at bilingual workers more than doubled from 2010 to 2015. Speakers of Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish are in high demand. Understanding and speaking multiple languages is an advantage in the workplace and makes one more marketable.

The US government is currently seeking out translators, intelligence officers, and diplomats to serve in foreign embassies. Locally, law enforcement hire and pay bilinguals more because they have a better ability to investigate crimes, interview witnesses, and respond to emergencies. In the private sector, bilinguals have an advantage because multinational companies need employees who can communicate with clients who are in different parts of the world and speak different languages. Outsourcing in the technology industry has also opened up the job market for bilinguals, and it actively seeks out an international workforce that can span various countries. They are specifically looking to hire bilinguals who can communicate in highly technical and trade-specific work. With a rapidly growing healthcare industry and with 10 percent of the population speaking English as a second language, there is a constant demand for bilingual nurses, medical assistants, medical administration, and doctors. There is a wide-open road ahead for those who have an ability to speak more than one language!

For more information, please visit “Top Trending Jobs for Bilingual Speakers in 2019” and “Top 10 Careers If You Are Bilingual.”