Is It Time to Reassess Your Team’s Language Skills?
Language skills don’t stay static, and neither should your language assessments. As teams grow, roles change, and employees use their language skills in new ways, reassessing proficiency helps ensure your organization has the right level of support in place. A language assessment provides a clear, objective snapshot of where employees are today, not where they were years ago.
Reassessing language skills can help your organization:
- Confirm employees still meet required proficiency levels for their roles
- Identify improvements gained through experience, training, or immersion
- Uncover gaps that may impact communication, compliance, or customer service
- Make informed decisions about training, staffing, and language support needs
Our language assessments are practical, reliable, and focused on real-word workplace communication. Whether you’re validating current skills, reassessing long-term employees, or planning for future language needs, the results give you clear, actionable insight.
Top 5 Reasons to Reassess Employees Language Skills
- Roles change even when job titles don’t
- An employee who once used a second language occasionally may now be communication daily with clients, patients, or the public. A reassessment helps confirm they have the proficiency needed to handle increased responsibility confidently and accurately.
- Language skills improve (or decline) with use
- Employees who regularly use another language often gain fluency over time, while those who rarely use it may lose confidence or accuracy. Assessments provide an objective measure so managers aren’t relying on assumptions.
- Compliance and quality depend on accurate communication
- In regulated environments, such as healthcare, legal, education, or government, miscommunication can lead to risk. Language assessments help ensure employees meet required proficiency levels for their roles and support compliance efforts.
- Training decisions should be data-driven
- Assessment results highlight where targeted language training would be most effective. For example. an employee may be strong conversationally but struggle with formal or technical terminology. This is something a test can clearly identify.
- Reassessment supports fair and informed staffing decisions
- When assigning bilingual duties, promotions, or additional responsibilities, assessments ensure decisions are based on verified skills rather than self-reporting alone.
CETRA Language Solutions provides language services to businesses and institutions around the world, including translation, foreign language and sign language interpretation, in-language coding, transcription, language assessments, and more. Its global network of professional linguists, and dedicated staff in Pennsylvania, California, and Ireland provide professional, responsive service that saves clients time, simplifies the process and makes working with CETRA a pleasure. CETRA is ISO 9001 certified for quality management.
We’re committed to delivering secure, reliable, and innovative language solutions that help our clients meet their goals confidently and compliantly.
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