How important is English at the workplace?

Vicky Tan, Co-Founder , GuruLab

23-Jun-22 12:00

How important is English at the workplace?

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According to the Malaysian Employers Federation's 2021 salary study involving executives and non-executives, it was found that English is among the top five job skills that employers look for. How important is English at the workplace? We discuss with Vicky Tan, Co-Founder of GuruLab.

Image Credit: Feng Yu, Shutterstock

Produced by: Lily Chai

Presented by: Richard Bradbury, Freda Liu

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Categories: the workplace, managing, government, culture

Tags: english language, job opportunity, english proficiency, language, workplace,

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