Of course, companies increasingly need multi-lingual employees. But look for « multicultural » to be the recruitment buzzword of the coming decade.

According to recruitment expert Kyung H. Yoon, Founder & CEO of Talent Age Associates, multicultural employees are worth their weight in gold – or more – in the current and future job market.

In a video presentation from the Forbes.com YouTube channel, Ms. Yoon explains how her business finds « innovative, creative and multi-cultural talent » for globally-minded companies.

As Yoon sees it, business will never again be « business as usual. » Technology and globalization are continuing to make sweeping changes, and the best employees will be those who are prepared to react quickly to an ever-changing economy.

Successful managers of the future will be multilingual as well as lifelong learners. A multicultural background, whether through family origins or through life experiences, will be an added bonus – and even a necessity for certain positions.

To tackle projects requiring high levels of creativity, Ms. Yoon believes in the concept of “T-shaped people,” or pairing employees from wildly disparate backgrounds, for example literature and science.

Ms. Yoon has a fascinating vision of the job market of the not-so-distant future, where the traditional “career” concept will be replaced by a series of projects.

I highly recommend taking a look at the 5-minute video “Hunting Multicultural Talents to manage a big revolution in business.” It could lead you to look at your own profession in a different manner.

Betty Carlson

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