Job search is another language

Employers are coming up short in their efforts to find workers with ability to speak German, French, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian.

That’s according to the recruitment website, Jobs.ie, which has also found an increase in demand for roles requiring workers with ability to communicate in Portuguese, Polish, Norwegian, Korean and Chinese.

But General Manager of Jobs.ie Chris Paye said that the decline in CAO points for language courses could signal a poor uptake of course places and a shortage of skilled workers to fill these roles.

“In today’s competitive jobs market, an extra language competency can often be the key differentiator between you and another eligible candidate,” he said.

Of the total language roles posted on the Jobs.ie website since the beginning of 2019, 29% of those require workers with the ability to communicate in German, followed by French (22%), Dutch (13%), Italian (6%), and Spanish (6%).

A rise can be seen in the number of jobs requiring non-European languages, such as Korean (+2,050% on 2018) and Chinese (+40% on 2018).

Indeed, jobs requiring a foreign language competency made up almost 4% of total job postings on the site.

But the recent CAO results charted a decline in the points required for language courses, with UCD seeing points drop across its Modern Languages and Global Languages courses by 12 and 59 points respectively. Points for Applied Languages in UL also decreased, falling from 430 to 404.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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