Career Savvy: Going Global

As American companies continue to expand their international markets, your unique insight, experience, and interest in international affairs, events, culture, and politics enhance your application to the global workplace.

We suggest you add a new category, "International Experience," to your resume. Place the category just below "Education" in the top half of your resume. In this new category, you might include and briefly describe your:

• study-abroad experience
• knowledge of another language (e.g., whether you are proficient, conversational, somewhat conversational, etc.)
• travel-abroad experience
• internship or work experience abroad
• interest in and tracking of international news, events, policy, etc.
• membership in international and related organizations, such as the World Affairs Council of Dallas
• related coursework, e.g., International Economics, Government and Politics of East Asia, Global Issues and Development, Global Society, Culture Change and Globalization, International Advertising, Japanese Economy, any foreign literature or language courses, etc.

In addition, establishing an international network can help pave the way for you to excel as an employee with a multinational organization.

Good luck!

Written by Troy Behrens, Executive Director of the Hegi Family Career Development Center