The advocacy toolkit of the French Embassy in the US contains numerous sources underlining how is French proficiency useful in the American job market, such as:
Key findings include:
- 9 out of 10 U.S. employers rely on employees with language skills other than English.
- 56% say their foreign language demand will increase in the next 5 years.
- 22% state a need in French language skills.
- French is the third-most in-demand foreign language among U.S. employers (after Spanish and Chinese) and is cited by 17% of respondents as being in short supply.
Key findings include:
- 22,300 job offers published online in 2015 in the United States were looking for bilingual candidates in French
- French is especially demanded in the humanitarian sector, with three humanitarian organizations posting hundreds of jobs for French speakers in 2015.