Starting a business in a foreign place comes with barriers of different time zones, cultures, and languages. Finding common ground for the employee you hire abroad is important. One way to do that is through being cognizant of language barriers and actively working to overcome them. Below we teach you how to overcome language barriers in the workplace.
Globalization has made the world a smaller place. Technology has allowed people to connect from different parts of the world and people are exposed to cultures, lifestyles, and social norms that are unique from their own. Many companies now are becoming multinational and multicultural. With so many kinds of people working together, it is inevitable that things can get lost in translation. For example, your company may operate in English but is contracted with a Vietnamese company. Don’t let miscommunication get in the way of the workflow. Read on for five tips to overcoming language barriers in the workplace.
Offer Language Classes
What better way to overcoming a language barrier than actually learning the language? When you use employee outsourcing often times your employees are locals in the country you are expanding to. Allowing your non-native speaking employees to learn some basic language requirements may be the difference betwee