International Travel: One of the Benefits of a Global Career
Although I speak and write often about the professional benefits of working abroad, an international career also offers a great deal of fun! One of the best perks for me comes in the form of travel. During the course of my three years in Hong Kong, my husband and I managed to visit most every […]
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 MoreWomen Move Up By Moving Overseas
In honor of International Women’s Day’s 100th anniversary, Stacie Berdan celebrates the adventurous women who decided to take their career global despite the naysayers. She dispels the Top 10 common myths about women working abroad.
Read MoreBeads4Dreams: Little Bit of Global in Each of Us
Guest Blogger Susan Cannarella, an American shares her story on how she started a small non-profit making and selling jewelry made from paper beads handcrafted by women in Uganda as a means to support their families. All proceeds from the sale of this jewelry go to Kiwoko Hospital in Luwero, Uganda to benefit their HIV/AIDs program for children in the community. There’s a little bit of global in each and every one of us.
Read More7 Billion: Are You Typical
National Geographic Society’s new video on global population gives one pause; what does typical mean, especially to a self-centered nation like the US? Get prepared people: globalization – it’s not coming, it’s already here.
Read MoreCongress Should Stop Cutting Education: Foreign Language Programs Matter
As Congress moves to cut the Federal budget, our children will suffer again as Education takes another hit, including foreign language learning.
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 MoreBritain pushes for More Women to Serve on Boards
Stopping short of mandating a percentage as recent laws passed in Spain and France, due Britain is urging more boards include women.
Read MoreEuropeans Opting for b-schools Closer to Home
European MBA students are increasingly looking to attend business schools on their home continent. Cost is significantly cheaper and time shorter has led to a rise in popularity. US b-school admissions landscape is changing.
Read MoreJapanese Universities Step Up Efforts to Attract International Students
Japanese companies are hiring more global workers, and top Japanese universities are seeking more international students to better than international profile and increase global mindset on campuses.
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