72% of UK trade is with countries that don’t have English as their first language. However, one in 5 exporting companies say that they are losing business because of language and cultural barriers. Indeed customers addressed in their own language are three times more likely to buy from you. In spite of this over 80% of UK export managers cannot even conduct a basic business meeting in a foreign language!
The reliance on your customers being able to speak English is at best a gamble at worst arrogant. The old adage being if you’re selling “you do it in their language” if you’re buying then “it’s in your language”.
Beardshaw Murray take the time and effort to fully understand your exact needs and detailed requirements before finding the person that suits those needs.
It may be that a highly technical position needs to focus on that experience first and language skills second. In that instance someone who is not necessarily a native speaker but is bilingual enough to conduct the necessary business would be suitable. Or if language skills come first then a native speaker might suit you better.
- Native and Bilingual
- Temporary
- Interim
- Permanent
We have a comprehensive database of bilingual personnel available at short notice to cover temporary or interim positions and a wide reach to find the most suitable candidates for permanent positions. We can even place people temporarily within your organisation to handle complex document translations that not only need excellent language skills
but a thorough understanding of the subject matter.
So whatever your language requirements we’re sure we’ll be able to help.