| 2010-06-22 Russian may be useful in the EU |
Ąāņīš:
Professionals who speak Russian are needed in Europe. And it's not about the proposals from the shops in "Russian quarters" - a Russian worker may the finding for the big corporation.
Google, for example, is looking for their branch in Poland, Wrocław customer service specialist, who knows perfectly English and writes in Russian, writes the weekly "Day by Day”.
The cement giant HeidelbergCement requires the similar qualities for the candidates for the position of the human resources specialist - to attract labor from CIS countries.
Knowledge of Russian language, however, is not enough. Judging by the announcements of job openings, English is mandatory. With the same conditions the famous producer "Pemolyuksa" and of glue "Moment» - Henkel contested for the seat of the auditor of the Russian regional offices.
People with inadequate qualifications even the Russian-speaking are not expected - not every company wants to deal even with a bachelor's degree. Among the requirements: master's degree or higher, not to mention the fact that the preference in any case is given to applicants with experience.
The salary for the future russian-speaking employee is considered to be "attractive" or "competitive".
Bernadette Unterkirher, head of personnel of the Austrian holding company Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding, said that that are thousand of euros.
Trimble company, that sells GPS-systems,for example, did not hesitate to promise to the successful candidates an official car, laptop and a cell phone.
Leading expert of EURES March Trax believes that the rumors of the growing importance of Russian language in the Estonian labor market to be exaggeration: "A candidate whose native language is Estonian, still looks preferable for the employer."
She thinks that we have advantage in the hotel business.
Executive Director of Personalipunkt Extra Piret King acknowledges the fact that Estonia can now tell about the shortage of staff that understands Russian: "In the service sector preference is given to people who speak the language at least at the level of communication. Today, the 20-30-year-old do not talk Russian as good as ten years ago. "
As for the rest of Europe, the King believes that if there are firms who are interested in Russian-speaking specialists, then surely "their activities are oriented towards the CIS countries.
Source: http://www.24ru.com/
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