Need for languages, marketing skills
More university graduates who can combine Asian or Arabic languages with marketing skills are needed, according to a recently released report on graduate employment. “We need to focus more on Pacific and Asian culture and introduce such languages to our universities as Korean, Arabic, Vietnamese, and Thai — none of which are offered yet,” the report said. These languages were needed because of changing patterns of trade with a shift of markets from Europe to the Middle East and the Pacific.
The report, “Graduate Employment in New Zealand — A Summary of First Destinations 1985,” is the z twelfth annual report of the sub-committee of graduate employment set up by the Vice-Chancellors’ Committee. — . This year’s report found that there were “buoyant employment opportunities for graduates. It also found that the percentage of graduates going overseas, and the proportion .of students entering the workforce immediately after completing their qualification, continued to grow.
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Press, 18 December 1985, Page 8
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