Perhaps what the Indian jobseeker who is looking for a job abroad does not know – phoren is not only that which is far but also sometimes even next door or, maybe even just fifty kilometers away.
But how to apply?
Ever since our Netas advocated the popularization of local lingos, our neighborhoods turned firang.
The job market has turned a corner. The future promises that the language factor will become the most crucial factor in the success of job hunting. However brilliant your education, what will count is who shares your language across the table.
A generation ago life was much easier. Good English was essential. Now, tell me how multilingual can we be? Considering all the mother tongues and father tongues of India, it would be quite a linguistic feat to master even a few.
Broken sentences is forgivable if you are asking directions to the toilet, in Swahili, in Africa, but try speaking broken Malayalam or even Hindi at an interview to the interviewer who is fluent in the language and you can guess who gets the job - considering the population, competition there will always be quite a number.
And forget about using sign language…unless, you are very sure that the other guy is proficient in it too.
Language is a serious issue in the job market. Competition will ensure that, in the future,India’s multilingualism will flower into a forest and every one will be carrying a language translation guide on their mobiles. But the jobs will be won only by those who will be so lucky as to not need to use it. The value of such luck is debatable; after all lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
As the language problem spreads, many jobseekers are resorting to keywords that are successful on the internet but fail to work elsewhere.
However profound; but conversations like – “You placement consultant – me Jobseeker” or “Hello, you have job, me want job” – will definitely not help.
But for starters what has a chance of working is – “You wait, I go and get my translator”.
Copyright © 2011,Lima Sehgal
Republication or dissemination of the contents of this article are expressly prohibited without the written consent of the publishers of Jobnet magazine & the Author
But how to apply?
Ever since our Netas advocated the popularization of local lingos, our neighborhoods turned firang.
The job market has turned a corner. The future promises that the language factor will become the most crucial factor in the success of job hunting. However brilliant your education, what will count is who shares your language across the table.
A generation ago life was much easier. Good English was essential. Now, tell me how multilingual can we be? Considering all the mother tongues and father tongues of India, it would be quite a linguistic feat to master even a few.
Broken sentences is forgivable if you are asking directions to the toilet, in Swahili, in Africa, but try speaking broken Malayalam or even Hindi at an interview to the interviewer who is fluent in the language and you can guess who gets the job - considering the population, competition there will always be quite a number.
And forget about using sign language…unless, you are very sure that the other guy is proficient in it too.
Language is a serious issue in the job market. Competition will ensure that, in the future,India’s multilingualism will flower into a forest and every one will be carrying a language translation guide on their mobiles. But the jobs will be won only by those who will be so lucky as to not need to use it. The value of such luck is debatable; after all lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
As the language problem spreads, many jobseekers are resorting to keywords that are successful on the internet but fail to work elsewhere.
However profound; but conversations like – “You placement consultant – me Jobseeker” or “Hello, you have job, me want job” – will definitely not help.
But for starters what has a chance of working is – “You wait, I go and get my translator”.
Copyright © 2011,Lima Sehgal
Republication or dissemination of the contents of this article are expressly prohibited without the written consent of the publishers of Jobnet magazine & the Author
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