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Absolutely, you should. If you are bilingual and expected to use both languages in your role, you should be paid more. Believe me, they will use you more than you think if you speak two languages.
See if they offer a bump in pay for bilingual skills first. If you are in an area where there is a non-English-speaking presence, it could absolutely help.
It depends on the language and the percentage of patients that speak it. Like German for example; if only one patient a month comes in that speaks German, likely no. At most they will only give you $0.50-$1.00 if it’s a common language. My suggestion would be negotiate for more AFTER your first year of work and use commonality as leverage. “I utilize my bilingual skills daily” would be leverage. It tends to rub employers/hiring managers (like me) to negotiate as a new grad bc although you may be bilingual, you have 0 experience, so you don’t really have anything worth negotiating especially if someone else already working there is also bilingual. Food for thought
If two were equal ode hire the bilingual one. If one had experience, I’d hire the one with more experience than the bilingual one. Most people see bilingual as valuable, but it’s only valuable if they are credentialed in medical interpreting. Being bilingual, is worthless unless they can legally communicate it.
Definitely! Being bilingual is a great asset. Mention it when you negotiate! Exciting times ahead!