subject: Bilingual jobs enhance the overall average pay scale [print this page] Author: Wilbert Vijay Author: Wilbert Vijay
There has never been a better time to be bilingual. Even though many jobs are being lost due to the economic decline, bilingual jobs continue to see an increase in positions. With the explosion in this service industry, there have been monetary rewards as well.
Growing Need
The need for bilingual employees is at an all-time high. This is because todays marketplace via the internet allows people from Germany to buy from an American manufacturer. When this same German customer calls the customer service phone number, he has the right to interact in his native language. If there is not a customer service representative proficient in German, the customer will become frustrated. He will not only ever buy from this company. He will take the time to tell his friends and family of his unsatisfactory experience with the company. Many sales could be lost due to this one phone call. It is the price that business must pay in order to be a world presence.
Basic Economics
Economic theory states that when demand is high, supply is low. This is certainly the case with bilingual positions. There are simply too many unfulfilled positions due to the lack of qualified candidates. Suffice to say, if there is a shortage of bilingual employees, management will pay their bilingual staff more in order to retain them. Otherwise, these same employees can go work for a competitor making a considerable amount more in salary than they did at their previous job. Salaries will become higher and an overall higher pay is received by all bilingual employees as a result of the demand.
Room for Advancement
By having bilingual employees on a businesss staff, a business shows that they understand and will meet their customers needs, no matter what language they speak. This in turn will lead to higher sales when subsequent customers are given a referral by the first customer. This makes a bilingual employee a revenue generator and will be noticed by management. Possible supervisory positions may open up in different department based on the ability to speak a second language with proficiency.
