German as a Career Path

If you're seriously looking for a career that can put your German language skills to use, the last thing you want to be reading on the Internet right now is some inane list that includes everything under the sun from "Teacher" to "Physician" to "Politician."

So we're placing that list in the Elsewhere category: that's where such a list can be looked for.

This despite the fact that such lists do hold a grain of truth and do get written because, yes, all those titles can be filled by those who speak German, and sometimes even enriched by the German-speakiness that such individuals bring to the job.

But it's usually just icing on the cake. At high levels, for people doing real things with real careers, nothing is lost in translation. Conferences are attended around the world and translators are in toe, sometimes when they're not even needed: the educated class of foreign countries ranging from Germany to China will be well versed in the English language. They'll speak it better than you do, as the cliche goes.

So what's the serious career that really could not exist if not founded on a knowledge of German? I'll add to the one I obliquely referred to in the above paragraph. Number Two: marketer...to Germany. The world's third largest economy with a population equal to that of California, Texas and Florida all put together, there's gold in them there gently-rounded Bavarian hills. And a need to speak the language not just fluently, but artfully. Boil things down to their essence and create viral campaigns that excite people's imaginations, whether it's YouTube hits, Campaigner® Email Marketing or good old-fashioned TV or radio spots, there is a robust and growing market in Germany, whose economy tops Europe and has true and proven staying power.