Studying abroad no doubt ticks all three boxes.
So why were they banned?
By dive deeper, Haynes wants students to articulate exactly how their study abroad experiences translate to tangible skills.
Chris Haynes greets students and faculty during an education abroad fair at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg on November 6, 2018. Haynes encourages students to talk about how study abroad translates into tangible experiences. Chris Zuppa/The Penny Hoarder
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Here are the biggest benefits of studying abroad.
And I think its going to continue to grow.
In October 2017, the IIE releaseda comprehensive study that examined the employability of 4,500 study abroad alumni.
But she wanted to put that assumption to the test with empirical research.
There is an association between studying abroad and positive career outcomes, she said.
But thats not the whole picture.
In 2013, Google conducted an experiment on its own hiring and promotion practices.
And according to Farrugias research, study abroad alumni reported huge increases in those exact skills.
In her research, she defines these skills as the most desired by 21st century employers.
In terms of career trajectory, those soft skills also happen to bewhat makes a good manager.
Besides the cognitive, spatial, problem-solving and metalinguistic benefits of learning a second language, its also practical.
Bilingual workers earn 5% to 20% more than their English-only counterparts, according toSalary.com.
Studying abroad for an academic year had the strongest impact on foreign language and communication skills.
As the job market continues to globalize, experience with different cultures is at a premium.
(Hire me!)
What better way to stand out on a resume or in an interview?
Those bonds are often overt goals of international education programs.
For example, faculty-led programs are a growing trend at USF and campuses across the nation.
The best way is to inject your international experience in answers to common interview questions.
Those are ripe for study-abroad anecdotes.
It gives you those concrete examples that interviewers are looking for, Shouse said.
Youre able to talk specifically about an experience and how you learned from it.
So yes, studying abroad is amazing and awesome and life-changing.
But at the end of the day, it will also help you land a job.
Were not doing it just to send students to Spain, Haynes said.
Were trying to prepare them for the workforce.
Adam Hardy is staff writer at The Penny Hoarder.
He studied abroad as a low-income, first-generation college student.
Read hisfull bio, or say hi on Twitter@hardyjournalism.
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