The unemployment rate in the Hispanic population has recently risen to almost 10 percent in the United States. However, there are sectors of the community that are defying this downward trend due to the recession.
For instance, there is currently a need for bilingual courtroom interpreters and translators to assist non-English speaking defendants, litigants, and witnesses communicate in American courtrooms.
Carlos Sanchez, a manager with Saludos.com, a Hispanic-bilingual job site said, "Here's an opportunity where somebody could make $300 a day." Sanchez has also seen openings for bilingual nurses, social workers, paralegals, along with FBI and CIA jobs.
In the courtroom-interpreter field, there is a shortage of talented courtroom interpreters, especially in states such as California. There is also a shortage of money to pay such talent. Nonetheless, this is a particularly good time for individuals to start going to school to get the required education for fields in which interpreters and translators are now in demand.
09 February 2009
