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Profile
of respondents
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Languages
at Work 2002
A global
survey by www.languageadvantage.com
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Profile
of respondents
585
visitors to languageadvantage.com filled in the survey from 15 September
until 15 November 2002.
You
work in over 50 countries.
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Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Canada, China, Denmark,
Dominican Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana,
Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan,
Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Namibia, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal,
South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, UK,
Ukraine, USA, Vietnam, Wales, Yugoslavia
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You
speak and communicate in over 90 languages.
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Afrikaans,
American Sign Language, Arabic, Bahasa Malaysian, Bangla,
Basque, Belorussian, Breton, British Sign Language, Bulgarian,
Cantonese, Catalan, Chinese, Chinese dialect, Croatian, Czech,
Danish, Dendi, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Fanti,
Farsi, Finnish, Finnish Sign Language, Flemish, Fon, Foochow,
French, French Sign Language, Fulani, Ga, Gaelic, German,
Greek, Gujurati, Gun, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hokkien, Hungarian,
Icelandic, Idoma, Indonesian, International Sign Language,
Irish, Irish Sign Language, Italian, Japanese, Kinyarwanda,
Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lingala, Lithuanian, Maaslands, Macedonian,
Makaton, Malay, Maltese, Maltese Sign Language, Mandarin,
Maori, Marathi, Mina, Nepali, Norwegian, Oshiwambo, Polish,
Portuguese, Portuguese Gestual Sign Language, Punjabi, Romanian,
Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish,
Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German,Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish,
Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Wolof, Yoruba
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Just
over 30% of you work in business and 30% of you work in education.
About 15% of you work for government organisations and about 10%
of you work in the languages sector. Others did not state their
sector of work.
You work in hundreds of different roles within these organisations,
showing that languages are important in practically every job, from
a barrister, to a custody officer, to a doctor, to a geophysical
analyst, to a safety manager.
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Account
Assistant, Administrative Assistant, Architect, Area Manager,
Art Director, Banker, Barrister, Biomedical Scientist, Brand
Development Manager, Chairman, Chef,
Chief Executive Officer
(CEO), Chief Finance Officer (CFO), Chief Technologist, Civil
Servant, Commissioning Editor, Communications Manager, Computer
Analyst, Consultant, Counsellor, Course Coordinator, Credit
Analyst, Custody Officer, Customer Advisor, Data Researcher,
Design Director, Director, Director General, Director of Marketing,
Director of Studies, Director of Training, Diversity Officer,
Doctor, Editor, Education Advisor, Engineer, European &
International Officer, Export Sales Manager, Family Therapist,
Finance Assistant, Finance Officer, Financial Analyst, Flight
Attendant, Business Founder, Fraud Detection Analyst, Freelance,
Project Assistant, Geophysical Analyst, Graduate Trainee,
Head of Department of New Projects, Head of International
Communication, Head of International Relations, Head of Policy
& Product Development, Housing Officer, Information Officer,
International Coordinator, International Project Manager,
International Relations Manager, Interpreter, IT consultant,
IT security officer, IT trainer, Lecturer, Legal Proofreader,
Legal Secretary, Librarian, Manager, Managing Director, Managing
Partner, Marketing Manager, MEP, Minister, Nanny, Nurse, Nursery
Nurse, Office Manager, Online Marketing Manager, Owner, PA,
Paralegal, Partner, Patent Attorney, Planning Officer, Police
Officer, Postgraduate student, Postman, President, Principal,
Producer, Production Manager, Professor, Programme Manager,
Project co-ordinator, Project Manager, Promoter, Proprietor,
Receptionist, Recruitment Consultant, Registrar, Researcher,
Risk Manager, Security Manager, Safety Manager, Sales Director,
Sales Manager, Scientist, Secretary, Secretary General, Shop
Assistant, Social Worker, Software Analyst, Solicitor, Strategy
Manager, Student, Supervisor, Systems Architect, Teacher,
Tour Guide, Trainer, Translator, Tutor, Training Manager,
Vice Principal, Web Marketing Specialist, Webmaster
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About
60% of respondents were female and 40% male.
The
age profile is typical:
| Age
category |
%
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| 18
and under |
1%
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| 19
- 24 |
10%
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| 25
- 34 |
32%
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| 35
- 44 |
25%
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| 45
- 54 |
18%
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| 55
- 64 |
9%
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| 65
and over |
1%
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| Other |
4%
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The
educational profile is as follows:
| Education |
%
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| left
before or college to 18 |
7%
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| university
undergraduate degree |
31%
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| university
postgraduate degree |
39%
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| professional
qualifications |
15%
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| MBA |
5%
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| Other |
5%
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