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| oceankyle Newbie United States Joined 5240 days ago 28 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* | Message 9 of 34 09 April 2011 at 1:19am | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks for the responses guys. I can actually do A2, so I think I'm gonna get it. I'm not
applying for jobs that require Spanish so I just mean it as a way to spice up the Resume. I am also motivated by a test date so it will increase my rate of study. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| deej87 Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4983 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (classical) | Message 10 of 34 16 April 2011 at 7:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
out of curiosity what test are you taking and where? 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 11 of 34 17 April 2011 at 7:08am | IP Logged | |||||
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Of course you can mention an A1 - language diploma in your CV, but it will have no practical value for getting a job because such a low language level is not an asset for finding work. If you want to qualify for jobs you should at least reach the B1 - level of your foreign language. I only use my foreign languages English and Dutch for work for which I have both diplomas on a C1 - level.
Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 17 April 2011 at 12:07pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Splog Diglot Senior Member Czech Republic anthonylauder.c Joined 5668 days ago 1062 posts - 3263 votes Speaks: English*, Czech Studies: Mandarin | Message 12 of 34 17 April 2011 at 10:44am | IP Logged | |||||
In some countries it would help. For example, to get a long-term residency permit in the Czech republic, by law you now need to have at least A1 proficiency in Czech. Showing this on your CV/Resume will tell a potential employer he is not wasting his time in interviewing you. Of course, it would not be expected with A1 certification that you could use the language in your work; it is merely for getting over a legal hurdle. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| oceankyle Newbie United States Joined 5240 days ago 28 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* | Message 13 of 34 19 April 2011 at 3:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
I ended up saving my money and waiting a few months till I can get on the B level. But this is the website I was going to sign up through: http://diplomas.cervantes.es/index.jsp 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Emily232 Newbie Ireland Joined 5050 days ago 19 posts - 29 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 14 of 34 20 April 2011 at 2:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
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At A1 level I think it might be better to simply state your ability as beginner. It shows the employer that you are starting to learn a new language. If they are not familiar with the rating system (which they might not be if the main service of the company isn't language related) they A1 could confuse them. For example if someone has no background knowledge and they read A1 level they could just think back to school and falsely assume A1 = highest level.
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| Marc Frisch Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6664 days ago 1001 posts - 1169 votes Speaks: German*, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Persian, Tamil | Message 16 of 34 20 April 2011 at 10:36pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I don't think A1 is worth anything job-wise, even A2/B1 don't mean much. In most jobs, either you're fully functional in the language or you won't be able to use it. So I'd suggest to keep studying and take a B2/C1/C2 diploma once you get there.
To give you an example: I worked in a project in Mexico and sometimes I was the only non-native Spanish speaker in the team. However, the Mexicans all had at least a B2 level of English. When working in multi-lingual teams you often choose the working language based on the worst speaker, so in order to work in Spanish I needed to be better in Spanish than the worst English speaker among the Mexicans, i.e. at least B2. Edited by Marc Frisch on 20 April 2011 at 10:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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