Ten Jobs You Didn't Know You Could Do With A Foreign Language

[Francis Hult]

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TEN JOBS YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD DO WITH A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

 

Ask any secondary school student what sort of job they think they could do if they spoke a foreign language and most will answer 'teacher', or 'translator'. However, a recent project undertaken by Euro London Appointments, a multi-lingual recruitment specialist, with students from Lambeth Academy, a secondary school which has had Government funding to become a specialist language academy, has highlighted an interesting array of potential career options.

 

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* VIDEO GAMES TESTER - Playing video games to test that the games say the right words in the right language when they need to!

* PRIVATE JET SALES EXECUTIVE - Selling private jets or fractional ownership of a private jet to high net worth individuals throughout Europe.

* FOOTBALL ANALYST - Watching and analysing the latest European football matches and producing reports on the failures and successes of the team. These are passed onto traders to aid investors in betting more successfully.

* INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENT MANAGER - Working for a large international company to help colleagues relocate from country to country. You organise a place to live, schooling if there are any children involved, removals etc.

 

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