Do you think that being bilingual/multilingual will increase your chances of employment? Why do you think so?

Many thanks for the invitation.

 

For sure it will increase my chances of employment because I will help more than 1 employee. I will communicate with more than 1 employee. I will fill forms of more than 1 employee. Imagine you are filling a family visit visa form, many employees of the company will come to you for help. Imagine that you have an international business trip. You can communicate fluently and easily with any country brand and will have an opportunity to work as a franchisee to multi-national brands or agencies.  You will have the chance to prepare multi-national company profile, contracts, agreements, policies, etc.  Take an example European Union. If you see their law (canon), it is written with the member languages. 

Yes...Because you will be able to communicate with different people speaking different languages,read different languages and even teach other people and get paid for that

I have to admit I didn't think that being bilingual is going to increase the chance of getting emplyed. however, after getting a job and seeing how most Saudi employees struggle with English it totally changed my perspective. Not only will being bilingual increase the chances of getting employed, it will also make you stand out among your coworkers.

Having multi languages is always plus and expand the knowledge and understanding of an item or an idea. Certainly the answer is yes.

Yes, if you are targeting a job outside your country. Because being bilingual/multilingual makes you a easy person to work with especially in a multinational environment. It will be easy not just for you but also for your workmates to communicate well and effective if you share the same language. So being bilingual or multilingual can be a plus factor for a company to hire you.

Yes. I think it increase the chances for getting better jobs offers. I work in KSA for a law firm and we have a lot of clients who work in KSA but do not know Arabic. So finding someone who speaks their language and understand their situation and needs is very useful.