Studying Abroad is one of the enriching experiences for the students but the reality comes into play when they have to go all out to face the hardcore task of searching an ideal job. So there comes the need for an impressive resume and this international degree adds on spice and become the selling point for the students. These international degrees on the resume along with the skills, experiences and qualities will make the difference and they stand out from the entire lot in the following manner –
Qualities of adaptability:
While study in abroad you have to come out of your comfort zone, be extremely adjusting and compromising to the new environment of classroom, people their culture, customs. The employers value this quality and prefer people since this would come handy while tackling new job role adjusting to a whole new faces of staff as well as clients, their behavior and attitudes.
Developing communication skills and hence new contacts
Communicating with the local people in their language other than English is a challenging task and gives an opportunity to learn more a new language. Even if it is English it calls for a great sensitivity since one still have to face a lot of problems in communicating with people of different caste and community, understand the body language and their ascent. You have to learn their vocabulary and learn the skills of interacting through body language and expressions to make them understand. As you become more comfortable, conversant, it will help building in new friends and contacts and create a network for you. This impresses the employers who have a strong international presence with offices and their clients at various locations and expects their candidates to travel a lot to bring in more business.
Becoming more independent:
When you start living alone and manage your daily routine work and expenses, you become more disciplined and imbibe in you the sense of responsibility and confidence to face new challenges. Not only this they even gain the experience from different part time jobs or internships they opt while pursuing their studies. The employer even prefers candidates with this past experiences and who takes up the onus in tough times and shows the confidence in making quick decisions favorable for the company even without wasting a minute. Sajjan Agarwal, job consultant who owns his own consultancy firm says “Employers are seeking candidates with study abroad experience owing to their versatility, open mindedness, flexibility, strategic and independent thinking as well as multilingual and cross cultural skills.
Broad and innovative thought process
Internationals students have their own broad perspective of the world economy and their issues. They put themselves in other shoes and have a better understanding of the situations due to the diverse experience they gather during their entire semester. Employers have started realizing the importance of study abroad graduates due to their innovative and understanding thought process.
These unique qualities are mostly sought after, highlight an individual amongst the crowd.