GSE Job Profiles: Accurate language skill profiling for hiring and upskilling

English is an essential skill for many roles. But it's not a one-size-fits-all skill. Different roles require different levels of proficiency.

If your goal is to hire or develop the right talent, accurately defining the English skills needed can help you make more impactful recommendations and drive better business outcomes, faster. 
 
Global Scale of English (GSE) Job Profiles, powered by Pearson's GSE and Faethm by Pearson, is the first and only tool mapping specific English skills to job roles, helping you specify proficiency needs, benchmark candidates and identify skill gaps. 

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30%

of the employee’s first-year earnings is the cost to a business of a bad hire.1

85%

of employees say English is important for work.2

94%

of employees would stay at their company longer if it invested in their career development.3

How GSE Job Profiles can help your organization

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Hire role-fit talent

Use the role-specific insights to set language skill benchmarks, then evaluate candidates’ skills using a language assessment that reports on the GSE, such as Versant by Pearson.  

English tests for businesses

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Future-proof your workforce

Assess employees’ language skills to identify skills gaps and make targeted, role-specific language learning recommendations to support their career development. 

English learning for businesses

Verified, unbeatable language skill insights

Combining the GSE framework for Professional English with the Faethm by Pearson database, GSE Job Profiles is validated by industry experts and provides trusted English skill benchmarks for nearly 1,400 roles.

How we developed the GSE Job Profiles

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Other useful resources

Find out more about the innovative language skills framework and workforce data that supports the GSE Job Profiles.

GSE for HR professionals     Faethm by Pearson

Discover the English language skills your workforce really needs

Get in touch with your trusted language expert to explore the GSE Job Profiles for roles within your organization.



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 Sources

1. Business.com: How to handle a bad hire, 2022
2. Survey of 5,000 speakers of English as a second or additional language from across the globe, conducted by PSB Insights and Pearson, 2023
3. LinkedIn: 9 Benefits of Employee Development, 2024