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Finally, a year spent studying overseas will demonstrate initiative, and fluency in an extra language will be very appealing to employers.
John Karras, director of graduate and Web-based career services at DeVry University in Chicago, calls the years between jobs the "trade-off factors" or "value added," when a job seeker can develop extra assets like international travel, fluency in a foreign language, advanced degrees or strong technical or computer skills.
Fluency in the public language, like fluency in a second language, can be achieved with enough practice.
Fluency in a foreign language could also lead to a job overseas.
Some aspire to loftier goals such as scientific prowess, fluency in a foreign language and a rough grasp of history.
Patty achieved fluency in French while in college, enjoying not just the pleasures of real-world fluency in a foreign language but also appreciating the perspective that speaking French gave her upon her knowledge of English.
Tip: Fluency in a second language can increase pay (the Secret Service adds a recruiting bonus of 25 percent of salary for it).
The three-generation pattern has already stripped so many Americans of what would be a valuable skill; native fluency in a foreign language.
And so does fluency in a foreign language.
Fluency in a foreign language is another important part of communication skills.
Gap year students fortunate enough to travel or pursue an opportunity in a different country have greater global awareness and often develop fluency in a foreign language.
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