Foreign language fluencies on resume

[shootingstar]

Well, do you state any foreign language fluenceis on your work resume?

I haven't done that in past 20 years. I've learned not to --even though my mother tongue is Chinese.. I am not in the position at work to interpret /translate for anyone (outside my family) to assist for health care/emergency situations, counselling, etc. ..though I have been approached for on-spot intrepetation in the workplace.


And over the years, when I have reviewed resumes for hiring staff, when I see multiple language fluencies on a resume..it makes me wonder..seriously. I honestly have not met that many people with good language fluencies beyond 2 languages. Meaning the capability to hold and understand a sustained conversation with some decent grammar, with another person for over an hr.

And those whom I've known, who genuinely can speak, read and write more than 2 languages, are impressive.

ANd I'm curious do many employees in your workplace speak non-English language often on the job? My current workplace is quite different, even English is official language...we have alot of ex-pats (workers with work visas) who talk alot in Filipino, German, Serbian, Spanish and Polish amongst themselves. In some cases, they don't understand English, so there has to be a primary translator for safety training, etc.