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Profile of respondents
Languages at Work 2002
A global survey by www.languageadvantage.com


Languages at Work 2002: a global survey by www.languageadvantage.com

 

Rich diversity of languages spoken at home
Rich diversity of languages used at work
Loads of languages are being learnt
Loads of languages are being wasted at work
Workplaces are multilingual and multicultural
Language and cultural barriers at work
Companies are losing business due to languages
Organisations are using language services at work
Profile of respondents
Languages at Work 2002 summary

 

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.


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

 

You speak and communicate in over 90 languages.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

About 60% of respondents were female and 40% male.

 

The age profile is typical:


Age category
%
18 and under
1%
19 - 24
10%
25 - 34
32%
35 - 44
25%
45 - 54
18%
55 - 64
9%
65 and over
1%
Other
4%
   


The educational profile is as follows:


Education
%
left before or college to 18
7%
university undergraduate degree
31%
university postgraduate degree
39%
professional qualifications
15%
MBA
5%
Other
5%
   



more information

 

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