Career Integration Resources

Student Experience

Connor studied and interned in Sydney, Australia. He documented his thoughts before, during, and after from preparation for living and working abroad to how to incorporate the professional experience when looking for a job in the US.

Career Integration:  Reviewing the Impact of Experience Abroad on Employment I and II

University of Minnesota Career Integration Presentations

• University of Minnesota Career Integration presentations
• 2014 Career Integration Conference presentations and resources
• 2016 Career Integration Conference presentations and resources

Advising Resources for Students 

• Career Readiness Student Guide, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota

• Getting the Most from Your Experience Abroad Presentation (pdf) 

• Unpacking Your Study Abroad Experience

• INFOGRAPHIC: The ROI of Studying Abroad  

• AIFS Student Guide to Study Abroad and Career Development (pdf)

• CET career-focused blog

• CEA Global Career Development program (pdf)

• Enhance Your Overseas Experience

• Career Benefits of Study Abroad, IES

• Returnee Resources, Northwestern

• Program Selection Advising Workbook (pdf)

• Buchholz, Ron. “Unpacking Your Study Abroad Experience.” Career Spotlight. University of Wisconsin- Whitewater. 5 March 2012. Web. 12 April 2012.

• Gradel, Kim. “Using Your International Experience to Get a Job.” IIE Passport. Web. 12 April 2012.

• “How to Market Your International Experience: Cover Letters, Resumes, and Interviewing Tips.” Office of International Affairs. Ohio State University, n.d.Web. 12 April 2012

• Larsson, Kimberly. “Packaging Your International Experience.” Abroad View (Fall 2008): n.pag. Web. 12 April 2012.

• Olga. “Top 10 Reasons to Do an International Internship.” GoinGlobal Blog. 11 August 2009. Web. 12 April 2012.

Research

• Impact of Study Abroad on Career Development (pdf)

• The Benefits of Study Abroad: New Study Confirms Significant Gains

• IES Abroad:Recent College Graduates Survey 2012 (pdf)

• An Exploration of the Demand for Study Overseas from American Students and Employers

• The University of Minnesota Career Development Network in Impact of Education Abroad on Career Development (pdf)

• Hidden Competences

• IZA World of Labor - University study abroad and graduates’ employability

• Dwyer, Mary M., and Courtney K. Peters. “The Benefits of Study Abroad: New Study Confirms Significant Gains.” Transitions Abroad. April 2004. Web. Summer 2012.

• Preston, Kendra. “The Impact of Studying Abroad on Recent College Graduates’ Careers: 2006-11 Graduates.” IES Abroad Recent Graduates Survey. May 2012. Web. Summer 2012.

 Campus Internationalization 

• As Overseas Internships Grow, So Do Challenges for College Officials 

• The Impact of Study Abroad on Business Students’ Career Goals

• Johnson, Martha. “The University of Minnesota Career Development Network.” Impact of Education Abroad on Career Development, vol. 1. American Institute for Foreign Study (n.p.): 21-22. Web.

• Moe, Kevin. “The Impact of Education Abroad on Undergraduate Students.” Carlson School Magazine (Spring 2012): 24-25. Print.

• The Role of Career Counselors in Global Education

• Study Abroad Career Plan: A Guide for Advising Students (pdf)

• Tillman, Martin. “AIFS Student Guide to Study Abroad and Career Development.” American Institute for Foreign Study, 2011. Web.

• Yaji, Satomi. “The Role Of Career Counselors in Global Education.” Career Convergence Web Magazine.National Career Development Association, 1 October 2005. Web. Summer 2012.

• Zernike, Kate. “Making College ‘Relevant.’” New York Times. 3 January 2010. Web. Summer 2012.

• Study Abroad Increases Professional Job Prospects Never More So Than in Times of Crises

• College Learning for the New Global Century (pdf)

• Braskamp, Larry A. “Internationalizing a Campus: A Framework for Assessing Its Progress.” Journal of College & Character 10.7 (November 2009): 1-8. De Gruyter. Web. Summer 2012.

• “College Learning for the New Global Century.” Liberal Education and America’s Promise. Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2008. Web. Summer 2012.

• Making College "Relevant"

 Employers and Employability

• Multilingual People Make Better Employees

• Employers Like Students and Recent Grads with International Experience

• QS Global Employer Survey Report 2011, How Employers Value an International Study Experience (pdf)

• Be a Better Manager: Live Abroad 

• Translating Study Abroad Experiences for Workplace Competencies (pdf)

• Employer Attitudes toward Study Abroad (pdf)

• Global CEO: Overseas Experience Is Becoming a Must on Top Executives’ Résumés according to This Year’s Route to the Top

• Study Abroad’s New Focus Is Job Skills

• The Right Tool for the Job (pdf)

• Intercultural Skills in the Workplace

• Bohrer, Isabel Eva. “Study Abroad Increases Professional Job Prospects Never More So Than in Times of Crisis.” Transitions Abroad. 15 June 2012. Web. Summer 2012.

• Coleman, John, and Bill George. “Enhance Your Overseas Experience.” HBR Blog Network. Harvard Business Review. 6 March 2012. Web. 16 July 2012.

• “Does Studying Abroad Help When Finding a Job?” Amerispan.com. Amerispan Study Abroad. 2012. Web. 16 July 2012.

• Fischer, Karin. “Study Abroad’s New Focus Is Job Skills: Colleges Strive to Translate Students’ Experience for Employers.” The Chronicle of Higher Education. 17 October 2010. Web. Summer 2012.

• Gardner, Philip, Inge Steglitz, and Linda Gross. “Translating Study Abroad Experiences for Workplace Competencies.” Peer Review 11.4 (2009): 19-21. ProQuest.Web. Summer 2012.

• Martin, Justin. “Global CEO: Overseas Experience Is Becoming a Must on Top Executives’ Résumés according to This Year’s Route to the Top.” Chief Executive Vol. 195 (2004): n.pag. Web. Summer 2012.

• Molony, John, Ben Sowter, and Davina Potts. “How Employers Value an International Study Experience.” QS Global Employer Survey Report 2011. Quacquarelli Symonds Intelligence Unit. 2011. Web. 16 July 2012.

• Nemergut, Lacey. “Go Abroad, Get Hired: Corporate Recruiters Value Study Abroad Experience.”Boston.com. 18 February 2012. Web. 16 July 2012.

• Saraf, Mira. “Employers Like Students and Recent Grads with International Experience.” TalentEgg. 5 April 2010. Web. 12 April 2012.

• Swedberg, Jamie. “An International Education: Global Study at the MBA Level Can Offer Big Rewards.”TwinCities Business (October 2012): 82-85. Print.

• Tillman, Martin.  "Employer Perspectives on International Education." SAGE Handbook on International Higher Education, Sage Publications.  

• Tillman, Martin.  “The Right Tool for the Job.” International Educator 14.4 (2005): 4-7. Web.

• Trooboff, Stevan, Michael Vande Berg, and Jack Rayman. “Employer Attitudes toward Study Abroad.”Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad 15. Fall (2007): 17-33. Web.

• An International Education: Global Study at the MBA Level Can Offer Big Rewards