For those with excellent English skills, you will have an advantage when looking for jobs with ‘huge’ salaries.
Nowadays, English has become an important and popular language. Good English will help you find a suitable job, satisfying employers. Being good at English, you can confidently communicate with native speakers, can travel all over the world and find many opportunities for personal development.
The demand for people who can speak more than one language has doubled in recent years. Even if English is not required, it is a valuable skill that sets you apart from many other potential competitors. Knowing English also helps you easily get promoted at work.
Here are 5 careers that good English speakers can refer to and choose from. These are all future developments.
1. FLIGHT STAFF
Flight attendant is the dream job of many young people who love to explore the world. This industry has many preferential policies, is exposed to many different cultures and has high income compared to other industries. This is the reason that many young people want to become a flight attendant. In particular, airlines often prioritize candidates who are proficient in more than one foreign language.
To become a flight attendant, you need to hone your English skills, especially speaking skills. (Illustration)
The language requirements of this industry are very high, you must be good at communicating in English to be able to communicate with international guests. In addition, a flight attendant needs to meet the criteria of appearance, health, ability to withstand pressure, ability to handle situations …
Normally, a flight attendant’s salary includes basic salary, hourly salary and other allowances and allowances. In Vietnam, the average salary of flight attendants is between 22-30 million VND/month.
2. TRANSLER – INTERPRER
Being fluent in a foreign language other than your mother tongue will give you a wide range of career options. You will have the opportunity to be promoted at work, to work with foreign companies with high income. One of the professions related to English that you can refer to is the translation – interpreting for foreign companies.
The job of this profession is also quite simple for those who are fluent in English. That is translation – translating documents, documents, seminars… from Vietnamese to English and vice versa. In addition, translators and interpreters must cultivate more specialized and specialized terms to do their jobs well.
The income level of the profession of translator – interpreter is from 8 to 25 million/month. In particular, you can attend many seminars and events during the day if you can arrange the time. Of course, you will increase your income significantly.
3. TRAVEL GUIDE ONLY
For young people who love to travel and explore international cultures, this is definitely one of the ideal careers. Not only develop language skills, as a tour guide, you can also learn improvisation skills, communication skills, communication in English, broadening your knowledge of history and geography. . The profession also helps you understand more about international culture through foreign tourists.
Besides language skills being the most important, tour guides need to have many other abilities such as: improvisation, time arrangement, negotiation ability, good health, etc. Due to strict requirements for this profession, the remuneration of tour guides is quite high. If you are enthusiastic, funny and make your guests feel comfortable, you can get a bonus.
The average income as a tour guide ranges from 10 to 18 million VND/month , not to mention the money that guests give extra support if they work well. On holidays, the guide will receive more tours, the income can be up to 30 million VND/month.
4. HOTEL ADMINISTRATION
Many large restaurants and hotels, especially located in city centers, will target international tourists. Therefore, they require employees to have basic English communication skills or higher. It will be a plus if you have previous experience working in the field of hotel management.
People working in this industry need to have a high sense of responsibility and a careful and meticulous working style. The salary of a hotel administrator is from 7 to 12 million VND/month; management level from 15-25 million VND/month.
5. WORK AT NGOs/INTERNATIONAL GROUPS
With good English, you can work at NGOs to help communities in need. In particular, many non-profit organizations often invest funds in cultural exchange programs. Thanks to that, you can find yourself the opportunity to go abroad.
In addition, foreign organizations and national corporations such as: Coca Cola, Unilever, Big4… desperately need human resources who have good English ability. Besides, when working for foreign corporations, you will receive a very high salary.
According to the salary survey of 473 companies in Vietnam published by the human resource consulting firm Mercer, the pay gap between domestic and foreign enterprises is still high at 30%.
Source: CafeF
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