At Linguistica Recruitment, we work with leading employers in a wide and diverse range of sectors to bring you the very best bilingual job opportunities. In this article, we’re going to give you a better idea of the industry sectors most commonly on the lookout for bilingual employees, as well as the kind of bilingual job roles they regularly fill.
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Banking
There is an ever-increasing number of cross border opportunities in the banking sector, which means investment professionals with language skills are in high demand.
Potential employers include: global investment banks, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital companies.
Looking for: Bilingual professionals in business development, relationship management, client services, risk management, researchers, desk assistants and more.
Customer Services
With more UK businesses than ever before choosing to expand their products and services abroad, there is a growing need for bilingual customer services professionals to support these overseas sales. To ensure client satisfaction, customer services now need to be handled in the language of the customer, regardless of where the business is based.
Potential employers include: Everything from multinational and blue chip organisations to family run businesses that have expanded their offering to foreign markets online. This can include companies in telecommunications, healthcare, software, travel, financial services and many more.
Looking for: Everything from call centre agents and managers to import/export administrators, customer service agents, sales administrators and supply chain specialists.
Marketing, PR and Communications
This is one of the sectors that has seen the biggest change following the advent of the internet. To stay ahead of the competition, firms must now make the most of the opportunities available to them both offline and online to communicate with their customers.
Potential employers include: The number of firms looking to capitalise on the opportunities the internet presents is huge. Everything from SMEs to industries as diverse as banking, advertising, media, travel and healthcare are looking for bilingual individuals with the skills to help them market their products and services abroad.
Looking for: There is a wide range of bilingual job roles available, with companies recruiting everything from marketing account executives and media planners, to event organisers and corporate communications professionals.
Research and Market Research
It has always been extremely important for businesses to be knowledgeable about the markets they operate in, whether that is here in the UK or abroad. Market intelligence is crucial to making the decisions that shape the future of the business, such as which new products to develop and the best markets to expand into.
Potential employers include: All businesses can benefit from knowing more about their markets, but it is the banking and financial, I.T., telecommunications and pharmaceutical sectors that hire bilingual employees the most.
Looking for: Bilingual research professionals at all levels are in high demand. This includes everything from temporary telephone interviewers and telemarketers, to market researchers, research consultants, research analysts, report writers and more.
How can we help?
These are just a few of the sectors we work with and a small sample of the bilingual job roles we fill across the south coast of England. For more information about how we help candidates and clients find their bilingual employment match, please get in touch with our team today. Call 02392 987 765 or email: info@linguistica-recruitment.com.