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An offer from the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training

Your profession: Business economist (Trade and Technical School) - Foreign/Commercial language (m/f)

Professional activities

Business economists specialising in foreign/commercial languages process commercial transactions resulting from the foreign contacts of companies with international business relationships. They generally work as administrators, department secretaries, secretaries to the board of management or as team assistants in companies based in Germany or abroad.

Fields of work

Business economists specialising in foreign or commercial languages work in almost all sectors of the economy, for example,

  • in major industrial and commercial companies
  • in foreign companies
  • in legal offices and corporate consultancies
  • in institutes
  • in embassies
  • in small-scale companies

Regulation

This profession is not regulated in Germany.

The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).