• Language and intercultural skills remain undervalued in many labour markets, despite their growing importance in globalised and multicultural work environments.
• Many students encounter difficulty in articulating the value and the potential power of their language skills effectively.
• Educational curricula often fails to connect language learning with employment.
• Employers increasingly seek employees who can combine disciplinary knowledge with language and intercultural competences, flexibility and a global outlook.

Our project addresses these challenges by providing an Online Employability for Languages Module and an Employability Skills Mapping Tool to support students and to encourage institutions to align curricula to meet new and emergent market demands.

• Students — especially those with core or dual language competences, who want to understand how language learning can serve as a competitive advantage in their career paths.
• Academic Staff & Educators — who wish to integrate employability thinking into language and intercultural programmes and make learning outcomes more transparent.
• Career Services & University Administration — interested in guidance tools for counselling, skill recognition and curriculum development.
• Employers & External Partners — who wish to recognise and recruit graduates with language, intercultural and transferable competences and contribute to shaping curricula to meet labour market needs.
   

• We adopt a holistic view of employability — seeing language learning not merely as language acquisition, but as a source of human, social, cultural, identity and psychological capital.
• We believe in co-creation and collaboration — engaging with students, educators, career consultants and employers to ensure relevance and impact.
• We aim for practical application — aligning academic experience with tangible skills, competences and career opportunities.
• We promote plurilingualism, mobility, diversity, inclusion and global engagement — helping graduates to thrive in international and multicultural environments.
   

We welcome contributions from all users — students, academic staff, career service professionals, employers and alumni. If you wish to learn more or collaborate, contact us or follow our updates.
 

Are you studying a language, learning one as an additional skill or do you have language competences from your personal background? This platform helps you explore how your language skills are valuable for your future career.

How to use the tools:

• Use the mapping tool to explore the value of your language skills.
• Try the online modules (5 themes, approx. 20 min. each) — do one, more or all.
• Complete activities on your own, in a group or together with a career advisor.
• Follow-up with suggested career-focused exercises.

Also relevant for:

• International students
• Alumni thinking about a career shift
• Anyone wanting to use their languages more professionally

Do you support students with language backgrounds? This resource helps you to guide students in recognising and promoting the full employability potential of their language skills.

How to use:

• As part of individual counselling
• In group workshops, webinars or training
• As stand-alone student resources or follow-up material
   

Do you want to better understand the value of graduates with language and intercultural skills — from formal education and/or personal experience?

How to use:

• Explore the mapping tool to see how languages contribute to key graduate strengths
• Understand how multilingual graduates can adapt, collaborate and succeed in diverse workplaces
   

Language Departments, Language Centres, International Offices

This platform offers you tools to:

• Make learning outcomes more transparent and employment-relevant
• Support curriculum development and student guidance
• Foster student reflection and career thinking

How to use:

• Integrate selected activities into courses or language programmes
• Use as a resource in career education initiatives
• Collaborate and liaise with career services and/or partner universities