When applying your resume to a certain vacancy, the curriculum is usually reviewed and structured to make it much more attractive to the human resources department. It is often thought that meeting the experience requirements demanded by a company is enough to become part of a work team in a certain area.
However, currently, many vacancies for technicians and professionals require a second languageto, if hired, be able to exercise the position. That is where the question arises abouthow important it is to know a language other than Spanishto be part of a company that provides guarantees and job stability.
Constantly, the vacancies that offer attractive salaries for an applicant are those that require an advanced level or total command of the language required (English, Portuguese, German, among others) and many times without having the respective certification the applications are made. If selected, there may be shortcomings in the interview that prevent hiring and employment relationship.
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According to Page Group, a specialized recruitment company for professionals worldwide, “taking into account the demands of a more globalized world, which implies greater international mobility of positions between countries, a growing contact with people from different places simultaneously and frequent displacements from the local to the regional, the mastery of the second language increases its importance exponentially for professional competitiveness. , the increase of opportunities in the labor field and the approach to more global perspectives”.
In Colombia, the languages that companies most demand to hire an applicant are English and Portuguese. “English continues to be the second language par excellence within Colombian professionals, since even in the world it is considered as the official global language and is transversal to most countries, it is a standard language. Also, Portuguese is another language that has been gaining great relevance in Latin America, especially because Brazil represents a very important market for the region. The mastery of this language becomes a plus for professionals on the continent.”
For her part, María Reina, Expert in Innovation and Human Talent Management, affirms that “today all companies require English and it is not just a plus. You have to know how to write it and speak it. There is also something important and that is that you should not lie in the middle of an interview; If there is no mastery of a second language, you have to sayit and if it is necessary to train to be part of the company to which you want to link”.
Based on the above and added to technical and soft skills, in the midst of the reactivation that has been taking place at the national level, organizations will seek hybrid talents, with the aim of forming a competitive team for the performance of the functions of the position to which the person is linked.