Philippines' Global Workers Top Business English Index

Okay, here’s the deal: the Philippines trumps the rest of the world—or so it seems—in Business English proficiency in the workplace. We even nosed out the US, UK, Canada and Australia—all native English-speaking countries!

GlobalEnglish recently published their 2012 Business English Index and we—or our global workers—scored 7.11. That means we can hold ourselves well in any virtual or real-world business meetings, actively contribute in any enterprise debates or deliberations, and do intricate tasks (like creating presentations or negotiating contracts).

(A 1.0 rating means you can read and talk English in simple questions and statements but, to a certain degree, can’t speak or grasp basic business information during phone calls. A 10.0 score means you’re at par with a native English speaker in interactions and collaborations in the workplace.)

So why the premium on Business English?

A Birthday Soliloquy

Me: Great news!

Myself: What?

Me: It’s our 41st birthday today!

I: What’s awesome with that? We’re another year older. OLDER! Don’t you get the concept of getting old yet?

Myself: Yeah, like our-feet’s-nearing-the-point-when-it-gets-buried-six-feet-under kind of old. And I don’t mean the getting-stuck-in-one-helluva-bog kind of buried.

Me: C’mon, gurls. It means we’re grown up. Remember, we always said, “When I grow up I’ll be a…” when we were younger?

Myself: Newsflash, gurl. We’ve been there long before now. We’re grown up.