CV Spelling Mishaps

Here at Euro London we applaud Kent’s mystery spelling superhero, dubbed ‘Grammar Man’ in a recent article. Ok, so he may have a loose grasp of capital letters but his campaign to correct the bad spelling and grammar of Kent’s graffiti is nothing less than admirable. On a similar theme, and following on from our [...]

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What better reason to learn French – to win the X Factor of course!

When we came across this story at Euro London, we couldn’t help but read on. A British student winning the French X Factor?! It sounds absurd, but Matthew Raymond-Barker touched the European nation’s hearts with his renditions of pop classics in the native language. Although admitting being less than perfect at the language when he [...]

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The complete guide to INTERVIEWS

An important part of the service at Euro London is preparing our candidates for the interview process – a prospect that strikes fear into many and leaves others running for the door! By talking candidates through possible interview questions, as well as giving them tips on how to make a positive impression, we aim to [...]

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What could your language degree do for you?

This article will be part of a series of blogs focusing on language graduate employment. Here at Euro London, we often encounter students who are unaware of the career opportunities available to language graduates – with many perceiving translation or teaching as the only options to utilise their language skill. We aim to dispell this [...]

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5 easy ways to make sure your language skills don’t go rusty

If you’re a multilingual jobseeker, your language skills are your bread and butter. In a competitive market, particularly with many bilingual and multilingual graduates out of work, it’s important that, if you’re not a native speaker of your chosen language, you keep your skills as honed as possible. With that in mind, we’ve come up [...]

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The top five reasons to learn a second language

With English fast becoming a global language, and certainly the language of business, many people have taken on the attitude that it’s unnecessary to learn a second language. After all, if everyone speaks English, who needs to make the effort? Here at Euro London Appointments, we seriously disagree! We are always talking about how language [...]

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So you want to be a pharmacist?

Here is the next post in our ‘so you want to be a…’ series. Hope you find it useful! What does the role entail? This role that we recruited for recently was a Wholesale Licenser/Pharmacist, which required someone to work for a Japanese pharmaceutical company and trade medicines from suppliers in Europe to the UK [...]

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So you want to be a poker customer services representative?

You may have seen our recent post explaining that we are going to be profiling a range of the different jobs you can do with languages here on our blog. Our first one was on life as a football researcher followed by life as a video games tester. Here is the third one – carry [...]

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Sprechen Sie Deutsch?

This year’s series of ‘The Apprentice’ is in full swing, and as the candidates disappear each week, the tasks get that much harder. Last week’s show saw the remaining candidates flown to Hamburg to try their luck at inventing and selling two new flavours of crisps.  So how did they get on in Germany? Synergy, [...]

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So you want to be a video games tester?

We hope you found our first blog post on life as a football researcher interesting and that it sheds some light on the kind of exciting opportunities that languages can offer. Here is the second one – carry on reading to find out about life as a video games tester. What does the role entail? [...]

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