erasmus making the most of your experience abroad ucc careers service
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ERASMUS
Making the Most of Your Experience Abroad
UCC Careers Service
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Year Abroad - Objectives Why are you going?
– To develop your Language Skills– To experience a Culture– Adventure
What will you gain from the year?– Fluency– Cultural knowledge & experiences– New network of Friends/Colleagues – Independence
How will you apply your experiences when you return?– New study techniques– New outlook on your course
Long-term benefit– Career Development
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Outputs of ERASMUS
Personality
Openness
Self-confiden
ce
Problem-solving ability
Maturity
Sociability
TeamworkCultural
Awareness
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Erasmus & Employment
Job Market is an International one: competing with Irish graduates & highly qualified graduates from other countries.
Demonstrating that you have lived, studied and worked in another environment enables you to compete more effectively.
“The value of a student’s international experience goes beyond purely the acquisition of language – it lies in the ability to see business and personal issues from other than your own cultural perspective.” Charles Macleod, Head of UK Resourcing, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
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Erasmus & Employment
The Erasmus Experience will give you many new transferableskills for future employment and for future studies…
You will gain different insights and outlooks on life – employers value awareness
You will learn new independence – employers value independent thinking
Living in another European country will give you life skills which cannot be taught and which may take others much longer to acquire - employers value maturity
Studying in another European country encourages a flexible approach to learning and working - employers value adaptability
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Comparison of Mobile & Non-Mobile Graduates by Employers
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Foreign language proficiency
Knowledge/ understanding of international differences
Ability to work with people from different culturalbackgrounds
Professional knowledge of other countries
Adaptability
Initiative
Getting personally involved
Assertiveness, decisiveness, persistence
Analytical competences
Problem-solving ability
Planning, co-ordinating, organising
Graduates without internationalexperienceGraduates with international experience
International Centre for Higher Education Research, 2006
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Erasmus & Employment
Door-opener
Basic requirem
entSignal for motivated
and engaged students
Nice to have
Necessary in a
globalised world
Screening
factor
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Impact of ERASMUS on Obtaining their First Job
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Obtaining your first job
ALL SUBJ ECTS Social SciencesBusiness Studies Engineering, technologyOther HumanitiesMedical Sciences Mathematics, Nat. Science
International Centre for Higher Education Research, 2006
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Making the Most of Your Time
Don’t stay in Erasmus Groups all the time
Conversation Exchange Sessions
Media: Television, Radio & Newspapers
Join Clubs & Societies
Travel in your host country
Part-time Work
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Wide World of Wide World of OpportunitiesOpportunities
Network with employers
Visit recruitment agencies/websites
Visit the University’s Careers Service
Investigate Postgraduate opportunities & funding
Investigate Commission re: stage and administrative positions
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Returning to UCC
Your Final Year
Be Prepared!
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Planning for 2011/12
Update your CV with your Erasmus Experience & results
Milk Round : October ’11 – March ‘12
Graduate Recruitment Fair: October 2011
Postgraduate Studies Exhibition: February 2012
Drop in Service
All details available on Careers Service Website:
www.ucc.ie/careers
Career Strategy
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ERASMUS
ENJOY!