At times HR executives of globalized companies face the challenge of recruiting multi-lingual staff for their companies and need to test their language skills.
What to do?
Normally, if we are talking about regular languages it's quite simple: have one of our HR staff interview the candidate in the language in question. It's a common process and the results are generally good.
However, what if proficiency in the language is essential (e.g. Sales Executive for Latin America or even Asia)?
In these cases, outsourcing the language assessment seems to be the right call. Nowadays many companies offer the services of native speakers to interview candidates by phone or in person and provide the company with a more accurate projection of who the right candidate is.
This is just another stage in the recruiting process and companies rest assured that candidates are evaluated by professionals.
If we use an HR professional for assessing candidates' potential and skills, why not using a language professional to assess their language skills? This would lead us to better results while reducing our total cost of hiring.
What to do?
Normally, if we are talking about regular languages it's quite simple: have one of our HR staff interview the candidate in the language in question. It's a common process and the results are generally good.
However, what if proficiency in the language is essential (e.g. Sales Executive for Latin America or even Asia)?
In these cases, outsourcing the language assessment seems to be the right call. Nowadays many companies offer the services of native speakers to interview candidates by phone or in person and provide the company with a more accurate projection of who the right candidate is.
This is just another stage in the recruiting process and companies rest assured that candidates are evaluated by professionals.
If we use an HR professional for assessing candidates' potential and skills, why not using a language professional to assess their language skills? This would lead us to better results while reducing our total cost of hiring.
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