Advantages of having bilingual sales jobs & bilingual company representatives

September 8, 2010

Example 2 – Food distributor having a bilingual sales representative in ‘Little Italy’, in the Latino community, or in the Irish or German community

If the company offers specialty products, those products can be sold better to the specific community by an Italian, Hispanic, Irish or a German person.   Why?  Because the bilingual person understands the product, they might have used the product themselves – all of their lives – and can answer the questions to the client.  Also, if you are a believer of a product and or a service, you can sell it.  In the end, the company can benefit by hiring a bilingual and multi-cultural employee to service that community.  There may be better relationships – and oftentimes – better relationships equal better sales for a company.

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  • 1. evaristo gonzales  |  October 6, 2010 at 7:03 am

    how do i add more job experiences to my profile

  • 2. Mylene Duffy  |  October 7, 2010 at 4:30 pm

    Mr. Gonzales – Thanks for your question. You add more job experiences as the years go by, and you acquire more experience in the various jobs and fields.

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Mylene Duffy is the founder of the Bilingual Job Fair. She has hired many professionals over the course of her career, and is an advocate for bilingual employment. Mylene did not speak English when she came to live in the States in the early 80’s. She took an intensive English course and enrolled at Syracuse University, where she graduated with a degree in communications. She is now proud to be fully bilingual in English and Spanish.

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