Miami Jobs For People Who Do Not Speak Spanish? (Orlando: legal, ordinance)

[Mysterious_Mose]

So what is the market like for English teachers/profs if there is a reluctancy to learn English? Would getting any kind of job at a university in Miami require you to speak Spanish even though you are at an institution which teaches in English?

[doggiebus]

^^^No UM teaches in English. When people refer to jobs in Miami needing to know spanish they are refering to customer service related jobs, companies that customers are mostly spanish speakers, etc. Miami is 60% hispanic, many do speak english, but many prefer to speak their native tongue before using their second language (english). So it depends on the position.

[Mysterious_Mose]

Right, I guess what I was trying to say was if you were to look for ANY job at ANY university in Miami (not teaching positions), would it be required to speak Spanish?

Also, I would assume the market for English teachers anywhere in Miami would be high since there is such a high population of speakers of Spanish and other languages. But I could be wrong?

[doggiebus]

^^^It would depend, it may for someone that is a receptionist or someone in their call center for example.

As far as the market for English teachers, don't know???

[Bjorn_Ironside32]

Spanish in Pinecrest?

[flyers29]

Originally Posted by Mysterious_Mose

Right, I guess what I was trying to say was if you were to look for ANY job at ANY university in Miami (not teaching positions), would it be required to speak Spanish?

Also, I would assume the market for English teachers anywhere in Miami would be high since there is such a high population of speakers of Spanish and other languages. But I could be wrong?

Depends if you mean English teacher in the ESOL sense. Your run of the mill high school English teacher is probably the same demand as anywhere else.

[Mysterious_Mose]

Yes, I mean in the ESOL sense in the community college, EAP, or even private language school streams.

[umayreply]

Being bilingual in Florida gives you a great advantage in the job market with a higher pay. Compared to the person whose language is primarily is English, who can work just as good or better. Companies are even willing to go as far as "train bilinguals only" to do a job that English only speakers have to either have a degree for or experience in. Just like the job I currently have. They place people who are bilingual in a hire position like managment or close to it without knowledge of the business and just train them. What ever happen to the Equal Opportunity ACT?

[flyers29]

Originally Posted by umayreply

Being bilingual in Florida gives you a great advantage in the job market with a higher pay. Compared to the person whose language is primarily is English, who can work just as good or better. Companies are even willing to go as far as "train bilinguals only" to do a job that English only speakers have to either have a degree for or experience in. Just like the job I currently have. They place people who are bilingual in a hire position like managment or close to it without knowledge of the business and just train them. What ever happen to the Equal Opportunity ACT?

Well if it's necessary for the job, then not hiring someone who isn't bilingual isn't discrimination.

[Marina1686]

This is awful, since Miami still in the United States and the official country language is ENGLISH Super unfair for the white Americans that are being discriminated in their own turf. The best thing to do is to leave this city and go to a place that has a higher cultural level without the Hispanic wave. Sometimes I feel ashamed of my own people and race. Most hispanics in Miami don't want to learn the language, they beg the government for welfare and don't even want to go to school to be more more productive citizens. Whatchout for hispanic businesses, they tend to pay very very very low as we were used to be paid in our countries. Hopefully, I'll leave this city where there are no opportunities whatsoever.