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On an individual level, anecdotal of course, I've been approached around half a dozen times over the years by people (ex-colleagues, friends of friends, people I've met at industry things) asking if I can speak a second language (specifically mandarin, sometimes other chinese) because they "really need" to hire someone who can (in a particular job area, not just for the language skills). I imagine those opportunities would only actually translate into maybe 2 job offers, but I never found out because I don't actually speak mandarin, I just have a mandarin name. But yeah, I think it definitely broadens opportunity.
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I'm all for learning languages, but how much of an issue actually is it for the UK from an economic standpoint?
From an employment perspective does it really add value? I'd really like to see some data on that point as annacdotally the multilingual people I've know have always said that it hasn't translated into an increase in salary.