Profesia.cz: 57% of job offers in the Czech Republic require knowledge of English

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Three out of five (57%) job ads on the Czech labour portal Profesia.cz include the requirement to speak English. Candidates are most often required to master English actively. That is why young people with good language skills have better chances to find a job. Up to 43% of ads containing the requirement of knowing English require active knowledge of the language. Pre—intermediate is the second most commonly required level of English in the ads.

Proportion of job ads depending on the level of English employers require

Required level of English

Share of offers

basic

2%

pre-intermediate

10%

active

43%

expert, interpreting

2%

native language

0%

Last year, companies put the highest emphasis on the knowledge of English when looking for people to work in IT (three of the four ads), customer support, pharmaceutics, translation and interpreting and Human Resources.

Jobs by category

Share of offers

Information Technology

75%

Customer support

73%

Pharmaceutical Industry

69%

Translation and Interpreting

60%

Human Resources

58%

For young people under 25 years of age, the knowledge of English is language almost normal. With increasing age, the proportion of people speaking English declines.

Age category

Level of English

Proportion of people with a given level of English

17-24

basic

21%

pre-intermediate

31%

active

25%

expert, interpreting

1%

native language

0%

25-34

basic

20%

pre-intermediate

21%

active

19%

expert, interpreting

2%

native language

0%

35-44

basic

16%

pre-intermediate

11%

active

6%

expert, interpreting

1%

native language

0%

45-54

basic

12%

pre-intermediate

7%

active

3%

expert, interpreting

0%

native language

0%

55-99

basic

9%

pre-intermediate

6%

active

4%

expert, interpreting

1%

native language

0%

Article source Profesia.cz - a Czech job portal
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