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Language Works

November 19 @ 5:00 pm 6:30 pm

9/10 U.S. employers rely on employees with language skills other than English.

56% of U.S. employers say their demand for employees with language skills other than English will increase in the next 5 years.*

Even a few semesters of language learning can provide opportunities, within your job search and beyond. Learn

  • how language skills can benefit all career paths
  • how language study develops skills most valued by employers
  • how best to present language skills on your resume and in interviews
  • about internship and study abroad opportunities on campus
  • about careers in interpreting and translation

and more!

Drop-in event: come for a few minutes or the whole event. Refreshments provided!

Questions?

Presented by World Languages and Cultures, a C21 collaboratory, in partnership with the Center for Student Experience and Talent and the American Sign Language/English Interpreting Program, the Department of Global Studies, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and Translation and Interpreting Studies

*Source: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2019

Language Works Flyer

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.