Companies ignoring British graduates for jobs that need good language skills

[Francis Hult]

Times Online

 

Companies ignoring British graduates for jobs that need good language skills

 

British employers are ignoring graduates from the UK, assuming that they cannot speak foreign languages. Managers of some leading companies, in research seen by The Times, admitted that they do not consider British candidates for jobs that need another language.

 

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has received complaints from overseas businesses setting up in Britain about the lack of language skills among British graduates.

 

Full story:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7140878.ece

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