If you have global competencies—foreign language proficiency, experience abroad, regional expertise, and cultural competency—as well as relevant work experience, find a job with the Global Professional Search.
Career: Learning Bangla, Hindi and Urdu offers socioeconomic and mobility advantages through added value in job applications. There is a need for Hindi or Urdu speaking professionals in the following fields:
- businesses — AT&T, Walmart, Marshalls, Home Depot, Pepsi, McDonalds
- banks — Bank of America
- healthcare — Bangla, Hindi and Urdu hotline, doctors and nurses education
- community, school and college
- courts and law firms
- the intelligence community — the military, the State Department, CIA, FBI or government contractors
- translators and interpreters (one of the 15 fastest growing occupations according to the Department of labor)
The Community: According to the U.S. Census 2012 and U.S. Census Bureau 2013 the South Asian community has gained visibility in the U.S.:
- 3,183,063 population
- Hindi and Urdu : 648,983 Hindi + 815,345 Hindi as L2 + 373,851 Urdu + 358,422 Gujarati = 2,000,000+ speakers
Study: It is easy to study and to practice Bangla, Hindi and Urdu languages and cultures because of:
- globalized economies and plenty of internships overseas
- globalized news and entertainment — Bollywood movies, satellite Hindi and Urdu channels, online news,
- globalized communication: social media, phone-call cards, free video calls, chats;
- multilingualism movement in the U.S.: federal, state, educational, community initiatives (STARTALK https://startalk.umd.edu/, Flagship http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/) and scholarships (AIIS www.indiastudies.org/language-programs/ ; AIPS www.pakistanstudies-aips.org/content/summer-grants; CLS clscholarship.org/; Boren www.borenawards.org/boren_scholarship; FLAS neareaststudies.as.nyu.edu/object/kc.grantsandfellowships)
- real & virtual travel