Is international experience only important for international business and diplomacy jobs?
My parents can’t figure out why I should go abroad to get international experience when I am majoring in American history and have no intention of working overseas in the future. I would just like to go abroad for the experience, but need to convince my parents that it will help me in my career. Male, 22, San Francisco, California ANSWER: In the near future, a large portion of US-based jobs will require international experience. With each year internet technologies move us further and further towards a new global economy, and students in all fields are going to have better job prospects if they have international skills when they graduate. Almost every profession will soon require workers to have global career skills. With the increasing strength and reach of the global economy, every size of business is being transformed – from large international corporations to small local firms. Employers of all sizes are purchasing goods and services from around the world, and they are asking empl
