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We may have always known that foreign language skills are very influential person on the achievement of his career. But how much influence, it may not have been felt by many people. To get the picture, let us consider the following coverage.
I had attended the seminar some time ago with the theme of the Chief of Marketing and Training of SkillInstitute. Workshop participants get various information of how to determine the appropriate career early on to the tips in order to have high competitiveness in achieving the dream career. One of the interesting stories that conveyed Mr. Kurnia is about the English skills that determine the fate of a job seeker in the recruitment process.
Mr. Kurnia tells the interviews in a national company. This story actually occurred:
A qualifying applicants to the interview stage. On the appointed day, the applicant had come to the location of the interview and the interviewer are welcome to meet the team consisting of three persons. The interviewer introduced himself in English and ask questions first standard in the interview: "Tell us about yourself."
Mr. Kurnia continues the story of the applicant as he joked: Probably because the applicant was,
- English interviewer is not exactly like Caucasians, there is even a slight accent Tegal of Java,
- He was not confident with the cas-cis-cus his English,
- All interviewer brown-skinned Indonesian aka all, no bulenya, so he ventured to ask, "Mr., Mrs., approximately may not if the interview in the Indonesian language course?" The interviewer replied, "Sure, of course."
So next interview in Indonesian. The applicant must have felt relieved. However, herein lies precisely in the applicant mistake, a mistake that could be considered are common everywhere. The interview was-believe it or not, completed in just five minutes. Thereafter, the applicant shake hands with the interviewer, who was accompanied by greeting the interviewer, "Thank you for your time."
According to Mr. Kurnia, the sentence reads: "You (already confirmed) we will not call to the next stage."
Let us examine for a moment the example. This might also be able to assist you in evaluating various recruitment process that you have to pass:
- When the interviewer greet and speak in English, it is an indication that communication skills in English is essential in the job you are applying for.
- If you are applying for a job vacancy is written in English, it is also a clear sign that the English communication ability is important in such work.
- When the vacancies listed sentences such as, "Good / excellent command in English", "Able to Communicate in English fluently", "Minimum TOEFL / TOIEC score ...", it is an explicit marker, clearly, openly, that the language ability English is a necessary condition to apply to the job.
That means not just a cover letter and your CV are polished to a glossy English. In the next stage of the recruitment, English communication skills you are expected semengkilap your cover letter. And of course, your claim will be verifiable. One of them, yes, in the interview process.
Mr. Kurnia told me that he has worked with a well-known public universities in Bandung to develop Career Preparation Program. In the discussion to discuss the program, the university tells the various conditions of their careers after graduation alumni.
"Mr. Kurnia, our university also happy. Our alumni are many who work in Singapore, especially coming from an international program. Their salaries are large, about 3,000 Singapore dollars. If the current exchange rate, roughly equivalent to 24 million dollars per month. We are very proud".
Mr. Kurnia said yes. But the information was not just stop there. "But sir, we are concerned also with our alumni who work in Bandung. There were accepted to work with a small salary, only 1.5 - 2 million per month. There is also considerable, about 3 million salary per month late. Still, the gap is very large when compared with earnings of our alumni who work in Singapore, "said the university.
Intrigued, Mr. Kurnia find out about the salary range in Singapore. Former professional in the field of Pharmacy is looking for the data in the salary range of Kelly Services Singapore, which routinely conduct a salary survey of various industrial sectors around the world each year. True, as presented the university, the salary received by the alumni are in that range. Even the Singapore dollar 3000 figures included at the bottom of the salary range that is acceptable alumni, in this instance, in the field of Pharmacy.
In the example being presented, Mr. Kurnia search for data in the salary range of Pharmaceutical industry in Singapore in 2011/2012 for workers with experience of 1-3 years:
The range of salaries received by workers with experience of 1-3 years in the field of Pharmacy turns from SGD 2800 until 4500. So it is true that SGD SGD 3000 salary was included at a lower level. Potential acceptable salary was more than that.
Mr. Kurnia was proposed at the university, "Well, sir, the alumni who worked in London with the minimal salary, job application only to Singapore."
Responsibility of the university, "Yes it is, sir, the problem. Their English ... "
"From these examples, we can learn that good communication skills in English could provide additional du-wa-pu-luh-sa-tu-ju-ta-earned dollars on salaries . In terms of the quality of graduates, probably working in London and working in Singapore is no different. However, one aspect that gives a big difference to their income is the ability to communicate in a foreign language".
The ability to communicate in foreign languages, in this case English, it can be said is a condition that is not negotiable if you want to have a competitive edge in the world of professional work and career in general. With so many career opportunities that exist around us, of course we want to get the best career with earnings yield and the best facilities as well. But of course there is a price to pay: one of them is the ability to communicate in a foreign language that is adequate, even qualified.
According to Mr. Kurnia, simply: the ability to communicate in English you, if good, the price can be 21 million dollars. It was new in Singapore by early to mid-career. For higher career path or in various other countries, it could be more. So, what are you waiting? Are you interested in it? You can also listen to other interesting information in A Bachelor's Dilemma.
"Learning at a time when little like carve in stone, like the adult learning after work upon the water. When playing the guitar wearing kedongdong roots. If you want to learn first smart ".
Aqulu Qouli hada, Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
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