A trend I’ve noticed while looking at job postings. Seems like more and more require Arabic fluency. This a real trend you think or just me imagining things?

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As they should. Any senior position should be able to speak Arabic

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Haven’t seen a posting in Paris that doesn’t require French

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fine by me

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Makes sense

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That’s how it should be

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A real need too

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It becomes self fulfilling when leadership teams become mostly Arabic speakers. If there’s a mix of backgrounds no need. I find very few places outside certain government ministries or small businesses where it actually is needed.

I get a sense of Arabic speakers using it to favor people from their countries.

I’ve worked here for 10 years, only meeting Arabic was ever needed was when I dealt with MOD.

15-20% of the population speaks Arabic? How did you get that number? It’s almost definitely incorrect

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