Unlocking Professional Opportunities for Bilingual Individuals
Discover the cognitive benefits, innovative capacity enhancement, and career advantages of being bilingual. Explore how bilingualism can lead to higher earnings and increased demand in the job market. Enhance your cultural empathy and open-mindedness through language learning, and learn why bilingual workers are sought after in various industries. Find out how knowing a second language can delay Alzheimer's disease symptoms and boost social initiative. Take a closer look at the rising demand for bilingual workers and the multitude of online job opportunities available for individuals with bilingual skills.
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Professional opportunities for bilinguals 10/21/2022
Introduction My name s Adel Alrai From Syria and Turkey Arabic, English, Turkish A researcher and a doctorate student in Aerospace Engineering
Outline of the session Advantages of being bilingual on individual level Advantages of being bilingual in your career Q&A
Learning another language is a challenge to the mind Delay the onset of Alzheimer s disease symptoms. Cultural Empathy (e.g. Tries to understand other people s behavior and Pays attention to the emotions of others) Open-mindedness (e.g. Finds other religions interesting and has a feeling for what is appropriate in another culture) Social Initiative (e.g. be social active, takes the lead) Cognitive control (e.g. the ability to act according to goals and resist interference)
Innovative capacity: ability to produce innovative and useful ideas. The average scores of bilingual and monolingual groups on the invariant and generative and innovative capacities, N = 71.
Fun Fact Spanish is the most popular second language to learn in the US, with learn Spanish being searched for online 75,300 times a month!
Facts The demand for bilingual workers is rising. Employers are increasingly looking for workers who can speak Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic. Bilingual employees typically earn $1.22 to $2.33 more per hour than monolingual employees
Online Jobs Number of online job listings for workers with bilingual skills in specific language
Demand for bilingual skills is not limited to one end of the skills spectrum but instead is spread across the economy as a whole e.g. cashiers, janitors e.g. web developers and lawyers Change in share of jobs targeting bilingual workers, 2010-2015
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