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Study: The Most Marketable Second Languages For Job Seekers
A new study revealed that learning a second language can positively impact your professional opportunities and earning potential.
Preply analyzed 600 job postings from Indeed.com using the words “bilingual” and “multilingual” to learn which languages are most desired by employers.
Findings:
Spanish is the most marketable language by far, with 76% of all job postings analyzed requesting the language.
Spanish was followed by Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), and French (including French Canadian).
The jobs that most often require a second language:
Customer service representative
Call center representative
Interpreter.
The industries that most often request a second language:
Pharmaceutical/medical
Finance
Sales
Education
Technology
The majority of jobs that prefer or require a second language were remote.
![Marketable Languages That Get You Hired [Infographic]](https://confessionsoftheprofessions.com/wp-content/uploads/media/2021/12/modern-languages-scaled.jpg "Marketable Languages That Get You Hired [Infographic]")
