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Is an A1 Language Diploma Worth Getting | ||
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| oceankyle Newbie United States Joined 5240 days ago 28 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 34 07 April 2011 at 11:10pm | IP Logged |
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For Resume Purposes?
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| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6658 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 2 of 34 08 April 2011 at 12:43am | IP Logged |
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I would not say so. If the employer understand what it is s/he will probably think it’s a bit silly to take a diploma for
the beginner leve. Study untill you can get a B2 or C1 instead. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jdmoncada Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5033 days ago 470 posts - 741 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Finnish Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 3 of 34 08 April 2011 at 1:11am | IP Logged |
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I would put it on resumes. I was thinking of possibly trying the JLPT N5 (lowest level) just to see if I could. I have seen others call it "monkey Japanese" but it's still a mark of achievement.
So for resumes And for self-satisfaction. (Maybe some like to have certificates for all different levels as they work through the ranks of fluency.) 2 persons have 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 5 of 34 08 April 2011 at 1:53am | IP Logged |
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You're in the US, I see.
Most, dare I say all employers outside of any language industry won't know what CEFR levels are. Would you feel comfortable putting "Breakthrough/Beginner Spanish" (or whatever language you're studying) on your resume? Because that's what you're conveying. R. == Edited by hrhenry on 08 April 2011 at 1:55am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| oceankyle Newbie United States Joined 5240 days ago 28 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* | Message 6 of 34 08 April 2011 at 2:08am | IP Logged |
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To me it seems like having any sort of language credential is a positive, so yea I would
be comfortable putting that. To be honest though, I'm not even a year out of college and am very inexperienced at the resume/job thing. I've had lots of jobs but just not a professional resume type thing. So I don't know if that looks good on the resume or not. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| JasonE Groupie Canada Joined 5069 days ago 54 posts - 78 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 7 of 34 08 April 2011 at 2:26am | IP Logged |
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I'm currently studying for my B2 in french, which I plan to put on my resume as I live in Canada. I'd say B1 would be
the minimum level that I would be confident in putting on a resume, and during the interview I would be sure to say that I'm continuing to study the language as well. Since testing and certification isn't free, I'd recommend waiting until in the Bs to get a certificate. Good luck! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Keilan Senior Member Canada Joined 5085 days ago 125 posts - 241 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 8 of 34 08 April 2011 at 3:11am | IP Logged |
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It depends on the job. If it's something that requires fluent Spanish, then A1 would probably just confirm to them that you're not qualified. If it's something like working in a small business where Spanish customers occasionally come and all you'd need to do is handle some simple business tasks with them, maybe A1 would be fine and would be an asset.
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