English has become a dominant global language, with over a billion speakers worldwide and projections of two billion speakers within a decade. As the language of globalization, business, politics, technology, and more, English proficiency is important for participating on the world stage and is often necessary for certain fields and occupations. However, with the large number of non-native English speakers seeking international jobs, there is increased competition for English as a second language speakers. In the long run, multilingual skills may provide graduates a competitive advantage in global business over monolingual English speakers. Employers benefit from hiring multilingual non-native English speakers for their international communication needs.