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| albysky Triglot Senior Member Italy lang-8.com/1108796Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4373 days ago 287 posts - 393 votes  Speaks: Italian*, English, German | Message 1 of 6 03 December 2013 at 7:48pm | IP Logged |
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Do you think it is possible to work for companies having as a qualification only a very
good knowledge in 2 \3 languages (no university degree) certified by organizations such as cambrige esol , goethe institut etc ? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4343 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 2 of 6 03 December 2013 at 7:54pm | IP Logged |
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Italy is a touristic and cosmopolitan country, and that means that languages are always useful.
You could be a guide, with the proper training, or work for companies that deal with tourists or foreign businesses. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4129 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 3 of 6 03 December 2013 at 7:57pm | IP Logged |
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Kind of an odd question. It would obviously depend on the company, the kind of work, your work experience…
Working in a store or a restaurant that serves tourists? Sure! Languages would be a big plus! But I somehow get the impression that you're talking about something other than the service industry. And even in the service industry, a language on a resume isn't enough to get you hired. So I'd say that the answer to your question (ie. will languages with no other skills/experience/training get you a job) is almost certainly no. edited to add: I'm also certain that you have skills other than languages. You just have to figure out how to use them to get where you want to be! Edited by Stelle on 03 December 2013 at 7:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4994 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 4 of 6 04 December 2013 at 1:55am | IP Logged |
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I'm afraid not. Unless it is a job that requires little or no qualification per se. For all others, you need to have education in another field and than the languages become a powerful tool. And even though there may be some jobs requiring basically just the languages, you'll compete against people who have both the skills and a university degree in the language(s). It doesn't matter they might have worse skills than you with your internetional certificate, their title and degree just looks good.
P.S. I have already considered this option thoroughly. Unfortunately, I find so little hope in this direction of thoughts that I am staying with medicine :-( 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| albysky Triglot Senior Member Italy lang-8.com/1108796Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4373 days ago 287 posts - 393 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German | Message 5 of 6 04 December 2013 at 1:56pm | IP Logged |
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I am actually finishing my Bsc in management engineering and although it is not my
biggest passion i'll stick with it . I was just making conjectures . anyway i am not truly convinced that out there there are so many people with incredible titles and the knowledge at a high level of 2\3 languages , the combination of English ,german and russian at least C1 for instance is already pretty hard to find in my opinion . 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4994 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 6 of 6 05 December 2013 at 7:54pm | IP Logged |
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Heh, even good quality English is rarer than it should be. Some teachers at my university and faculty are teaching in English as well. It's a nightmare.
With a degree and such combination, you should have no trouble. I wish you a lot of success! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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