Ningbo enterprises clamoring for minority language talents

With the expansion of global trade, the advertisements from Ningbo foreign trade companies and cross-border e-commerce enterprises asking for minority language talents, for example, the professionals of Portuguese, Persian and Spanish, are abundant in the recruitment websites. Obviously, minority language talents are becoming increasingly sought-after.

Salary ranging from 2000 RMB to 10000 RMB a month

Located in Fugang e-commerce zone, Ningbo Ainfox Network Technology Co. Limited embraces cross-border commerce as main routine business. Its general director Jiang Xiong says that they are yearning for minority language personnel mastering German, French, Russian and Spanish.

He thinks that talented people of this stripe are badly needed because the goal of the best consumer experience cannot be achieved without the help of language professionals to expand special market. But he also says that currently it is not easy to find the minority language experts in Ningbo due to the inadequate source of students. Consequently, enterprises can only employ the graduates from the designated language schools in other cities.

Besides, the leader of Great Tao Information Technology Group, Wang Wei says that Arabic language talents are in greater demand as a result of their newly-established branch in Dubai. We hope these talented people can meet the requirements of clients in Dubai market since our business is global .

After researching though the main recruitment websites, correspondents find that the salary for these talents in foreign trade companies varies from 2000 RMB to 10000 RMB per month.

Talents proficient in English and other small languages are more popular.

How is the situation of the minority language personnel in foreign trade companies? A Ms. Zeng said My major in college is English and I started to work after graduation in 2010. I began to attend Spanish class in 2012. And Spanish is quite useful to expand market in southern America.

At present, she is working in a foreign trade company and managing a wide range of businesses. In her work, she finds that grasping one more foreign language makes her more competent in the sector.

An HR of a cross-border e-commerce corporation in Ningbo says that when they are recruiting, they prefer the talents who are versed in English as well as some minority language. When participating in e-commerce business, these people are more capable compared with those who know only one foreign language, and they also have a plenty of room to grow .

The four hottest minority languages

In Ningbo, the most popular minority languages are German, Japanese, Spanish and Italian.

As long as you are interested in it, no extra technique is required. said Mr. Zhou, a marketing staff member of Ningbo Oufeng training center. The income of these employees is generally higher than the English talents. After all, many can speak English now. However, with the strengthening ties with Europe and Japan, market requirement for minority language talents is growing larger. A high pay for them, basically between 8000 RMB to 10000 RMB, is not surprising.

Mr. Zhou says that with the great demand for talents, many firms organize their staff to attend classes in training center. About 800 people get trained in 2016, most of whom are from foreign trade companies and multinational companies. Those who learn German and Japanese primarily join manufacturing companies while most of the French and Spanish learners land jobs in foreign trade enterprises.

LINK:	http://en.nbwh.gov.cn/art/2017/3/6/art_1325_94475.html...
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