[EDLING:2273] Austrians pay a premium for native English speakers

[Francis M. Hult]

Telegraph.co.uk

Austrians pay a premium for native English speakers

Here in Austria nobody bats an eyelid when they see I have a degree from a 
redbrick university that has a good reputation at home and abroad. Nor do they 
care that I studied languages. Nor does translating my CV and adapting it to 
the local style seem necessary. If I want prospective employers to look at me 
twice I reveal my greatest talent – that my mother tongue is English.

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