Hong Kong and Singapore are emerging as increasingly attractive destinations for British job-seekers, mostly because they have established themselves as centres for economic growth and stability. However, in order to be recruited there, job applicants need to have an important consideration in mind - the rising demand for speaking Mandarin language as an important prerequisite for getting a job, especially in the banking sector.
According to Mark O’Reilly, managing director of recruitment firm Astbury Marsden for Asia Pacific, some 40% of banking jobs available in the financial centres require knowledge of Mandarin and the proportion is set to rise further. The reason for this lies in the growing numbers and importance of Chinese clients - both corporate and private.
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