http://blog.brazencareerist.com/2014/10/22/learning-languages-makes-appealing-job-candidate/ Personal development meets professional aspiration Tue, 04 Nov 2014 15:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 http://blog.brazencareerist.com/2014/10/22/learning-languages-makes-appealing-job-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-41752 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 23:38:00 +0000 http://blog.brazencareerist.com/?p=17577#comment-41752 It certainly can’t hurt, but don’t think foreign language skills are anymore important than other skills or solid work experience. I work in HR in China and I’ve met so many recent graduates with foreign language skills – including Americans who speak fluent Mandarin – and they find it tough to land decent jobs. English is the world’s lingua franca and nearly everyone working in China in a management position or above speaks English. My point is that language is simply a tool, not a means to an end.

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