Career Counseling POV from an On-campus Expert
By Guest Blogger Brian Hirsch, Director of Career Services for Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. It is always great to talk to students who have an understanding of the inter-connectedness of the world into which they will graduate. I often get comments, sometimes thrown out rather casually, that students are interested in international work […]
Read MoreGo Global! Due Out this Summer
My next book, Go Global! Launching an International Career Here or Abroad, is a little late due to some technical difficulties (that’s what happens when you’re a trailblazer!) but it should hit the app store and eBook shelves this summer — just in time for students to take a copy with them as they head […]
Read MoreWhy Teaching English in a “Small Town” is the Best Way to Launch Your Career in China
Guest Blogger Leslie Forman describes why teaching English in China is the best way to launch your job in China.
Read MoreGo Global! Don’t Underestimate Foreign Language Learning
Beth Cubanski writes about the important role foreign language learning has played in her life so far and her exchange student experience while still in high school. She’s currently a freshman at American U in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreLearning About the World through MUN
Guest blogger Kelly Crissy shares her Model United Nations experience over the past two years, including how it has helped her begin to understand the need for proper preparation for working cross-culturally.
Read MoreMBA Programs Must Deliver Grads Ready for Global Careers or Lose Out to Competition
Originally appeared on Huffington Post on Feb. 15. Although business schools aspire to deliver global MBAs to students, it seems the vast majority are falling short in actual achievement. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) released a report last week titled “The Globalization of Managements Education: Changing International Structures, Adaptive Strategies, and […]
Read More10 Ways to Increase Your Chances of Going Global
I give a fair number of speeches and participate in many career conferences and panels across the country — both on campuses and within organizations — and almost always the question comes up: What can I do to increase my odds of being sent on a global assignment? The answer is: Many things of course, […]
Read MoreCareer Journal: Where to Look for Jobs in 2011 (in India)?
Wall Street Journal’s India Real Time notes that in 2011, Indian companies are ramping up hiring to sustain their rapid growth. Industries include construction & real estate, pharmaceuticals, education, manufacturing and retail.
Read MoreGraduates’ jobs gloom bodes ill for Japan recovery
Unemployment remains at record-highs in Japan for new graduates, which does not bode well for the country overall as the tradition of hiring new workers as retiring workers go upsets the economic apple cart.
Read MoreA Broadening Horizon
Study abroad matters and although it’s expensive, there are ways to make it work — and new places to go such as China, India and South Africa.
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