> > Frank Pohlmann wrote: [ on 03:56 PM 1/30/2006 ] > > >As long as speaking foreign languages is regarded as a > >liability in the job market and for long-term career > >development, nothing will change. > > It is certainly not a liability in the Indian job market, especially > the flourishing outsourcing industry. Knowing a few European/Asian > languages is a swift ticket "up the value chain", as the beloved > phrase goes. > > Udhay >
Hello, It is precisely for that reason that my company is outsourcing a hefty portion of it's work to India. I currently work for British Gas (Centrica not BG PLC) and we are moving our non-customer facing work to various locations in India. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4686219.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4643470.stm I shall be in Noida, New Delhi from the 13th - 23rd of next month with visits to Pune and Noida in March and April. It is my first visit to India and I am very much looking forward to it. It has been a while since I have de-lurked and should explain that for the last 5 and a half years I have been employed in British Gas' IT department as a business analyst. I spend my time trying to help the company discover what it needs and not what it (some crazy manager) wants. ;-) Previously, I was a bingo hall manager. Cheers, Keith
