In what job areas, would strong language & intercultural skills be considered an asset?
As international trade and overseas operations increase, competent global communication skills are becoming increasingly relevent. All job functions- Sales & Marketing, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, IT, R&D, Engineering, Customer Service etc. -have been affected by this trend. An employee can be interacting with a foreign client or with a co-worker in another geographic region and encounter language and/or intercultural barriers. Such barriers will deter performances of both the employee and the company if these communication issues are not addressed. 4.3.
