Multilingual skills are hot

In my first post I forgot to mention that I speak about a 100 languages. Well, that is of course exaggerated, but I do have skills in English, Swedish, Norwegian and Spanish, actively and passively . And I understand German.
So, when browsing through the endless lists of job postings on websites, and not finding one that spoke to me in terms of interests and educational level, I decided this morning to check out the job postings that especially mention Swedish (and/or Norwegian) language requirements.
I bumped into various postings on multilingual recruitment websites, and one of them I found attractive. So I called the company (again, no names), and nicely enough an HR employee called me back.
My language combination was appreciated by the employee, who requested a mail with my CV.
Done and sent! Feeling accomplished right now. And content about the availability of such postings. On Monday I'll check those multilingual sites again. Who knows what catches my eyes, meets my interests, and 'pleases' the (candidate searching) companies!

Apparently, there are many mulitilingual people living in the NLs, according to an EU research conducted in 2013. See the article on the IamExpat website for more information: http://www.iamexpat.nl/read-and-discuss/expat-page/news/dutch-among-most-multilingual-in-europe.

Luckily, my strange language combination is not often heard of. And I can always learn the scripting/programming languages php and python in addition! :-)
(Image is borrowed from socialsignal.com)