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| Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4252 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes  Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian | Message 81 of 86 18 June 2013 at 4:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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There are places here where they actually give you an instant raise for some languages. I think Stockmann department store in Helsinki gives you like 5% more per month for every language they approve of on their required level.
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6596 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 82 of 86 18 June 2013 at 9:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've heard this too :) I think it applies to the whole chain.
But for me this also means I run into Russian-speaking salespeople too often :P 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5846 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 83 of 86 24 June 2013 at 8:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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When I was applying for jobs, I put all the languages on my CV:
>>> in which I could actively speak and write! I didn't mention the languages with only passive skills or any A1/A2 - levels. Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 24 June 2013 at 8:21pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Jenne:) Tetraglot Newbie Netherlands polyglotquest.wordpr Joined 4466 days ago 38 posts - 56 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, French Studies: Norwegian | Message 84 of 86 25 June 2013 at 4:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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I do put all my languages on my CV, but I always make sure to specify my level for each one carefully. I have certificates for English and French, which I mention in a separate section called "certificates". Here, I mention which certificate I have obtained and the CEFR level. I think this approach is most trustworthy, as it prevents me from giving wrong impressions (the message this section sends is very straightforward) and it allows an employer to find out more specific information on what the levels mean. With regard to Norwegian and German (for which I have not obtained certificates, yet), I indicate that I have learned them under the heading "other compentencies". Here, I am slightly more vague (e.g. using terms such as intermediate), but I do specify my skills. I never say I can speak German, for instance, as I have not had the opportunity to practice it much. I can read it quite fluently, however, so I do mention this skill. I do not put skills on my CV when I am not sure I would be able to demonstrate them, if asked during an interview. Edited by Jenne:) on 25 June 2013 at 4:38pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5129 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 85 of 86 25 June 2013 at 9:02pm | IP Logged | ||
It's been a long time since I've actually filled out an employment application, but the generic forms at least used to have a scale of 1-5 on each competency (reading, writing, speaking, listening - although "listening" was listed as "understanding" or something like it). If I needed to, that's probably what I'd slap on the bottom of my CV, at least for the US. R. == 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4908 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 86 of 86 14 September 2013 at 6:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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My brother applied for a position with Lufthansa in the USA. They flew a group of suitable candidates to Frankfurt for a weekend of interviews in both German and English. The weekend began with a personality test in English. What I found most interesting is that they gave what he said was a nearly identical test at the end of the weekend, but this time it was in German. I think they thought that if you could twist the results of a personality test in your favour in one language, it wouldn't work in two.
Anyway... he got the job and still works for them nearly 20 years later! 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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