Companies where Spanish would be a plus for IT?

[Anonymous]

This may be a long shot, but I want to help DH find a new job--he's an IT engineer, lots of experience. Could there be companies out there where Spanish would be a big plus?

[Anonymous]

Anybody? Pretty please? Or just say that this is a pipe dream if it is. DH's company is about to go under and we have a newborn.

[Anonymous]

I am fully bilingual, but in my experience IT really focuses on core job requirements and an additional language would not give an applicant any edge. If your husband is competitive in his area, he should just look for a job in a boring, traditional ways - networking, job boards, LinkedIn, Craigslist, and networking again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am fully bilingual, but in my experience IT really focuses on core job requirements and an additional language would not give an applicant any edge. If your husband is competitive in his area, he should just look for a job in a boring, traditional ways - networking, job boards, LinkedIn, Craigslist, and networking again.

I'd agree with this, in general, but there may be companies where being bilingual is an advantage even in IT. For example, Spanish/Central Am./South Am. companies that have a meaningful presence in the US, or vice versa. If there are a lot of Spanish speakers in the company, then being bilingual can be an advantage.

Here's Hispanic Business magazine's Top 40 companies for Hispanics: http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/top40companies/

Here's a 2009 study from Columbia University of the top Mexican Multinationals: http://www.vcc.columbia.edu/projects/documents/EMGP-Mexico-Report-Final-09Dec09.pdf

I'm sure you can find similar lists for other countries/regions.

If your husband is not American, the World Bank and the IMF are more prone to hiring non-Americans.

Your husband needs to look in all the traditional places for job postings, but cross-reference the postings with the lists of companies where there is a significant corporate presence in a Spanish-speaking country.

[Anonymous]

What type of IT does he do?

[Anonymous]

Accenture - the non-Federal division.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your husband needs to look in all the traditional places for job postings, but cross-reference the postings with the lists of companies where there is a significant corporate presence in a Spanish-speaking country.

And network among his compatriots!

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much! This is all very helpful. I am in a completelyl different field, so I am little help. He is in networking. Thank you again!! So far, networking among compatriots has been hard because there are precious few here.