Learning a language is an exciting, enjoyable way to significantly enhance your career prospects, unlock new experiences and travel opportunities. Not only will having a foreign language increase your earnings potential, but it will also keep your brain active and improve your memory. You will develop a whole range of other transferable career skills that can be applied to any job or industry sector. These skills along with the ability to communicate in different languages is highly advantageous and gives you a competitive edge when applying for jobs.

Language skills open the door to a plethora of diverse career possibilities. With society becoming increasingly more cosmopolitan, the demand for language skills is soaring. Business, science and technology companies require multilingual staff to work in sales, technical support and to collaborate on global projects. Excellent opportunities exist in education, law, medicine, health, tourism and STEM. EU Institutions require translators, proofreaders, lawyer-linguists and conference interpreters. With all European languages in demand, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic are also sought after.

Check out the excellent range of Careers with Irish in arts, education, media, the EU, galleries, government, heritage and tourism. Hear from people who use languages every day in their work on Languages Connect YouTube and to find out more about how languages can future proof your career click here.