DID YOU KNOW? NATIONALLY, ONLY ABOUT 10% OF U.S. STUDENTS STUDY ABROAD DURING THEIR UNDERGRADUATE CAREER.
IN DOING SO, YOU HAVE SET YOURSELF APART.
It's easy to describe your experience abroad as life-changing, enlightening, and awesome - but what does that all mean? How can you eloquently translate those experiences for your professional future? How could you ever sufficiently explain it all within a job interview, on a resume, or in preparation for a career in an increasingly global workforce?
That's why we are here to help! Defining, understanding, and articulating your international experience is an important process as you return from abroad, whether it was a semester in France, service trip to Jamaica, or summer internship in China. Below, you will find our Returnee Toolkit document, along with other helpful resources and information, to help you through this return process and discover ways to utilize, strengthen, and incorporate your experience abroad for your future.
Strategies to get involved and stay global on-campus
Defined career-related skills and qualities gained from your time abroad
Tips on including your international experience in a resume and cover letter
Advice on how to talk about your experience abroad in an interview
Ways to feature and highlight what you have done abroad on social media platforms
Further opportunities to gain additional international experience - while at Siena and post-grad
on-campus resources and events
Visit the Center for International Programs to learn how you could get involved with the Study Abroad Club and International Student Association on campus, collaborate and attend events to encourage students to go abroad, present about research or work you completed abroad, or go abroad again through short-term or postgraduate programs
Stop by the Career and Internship Center office to speak with a Career Counselor about identifying the skills you gained abroad and discovering careers connected to your interests. Be sure also check out CIC's YouTube channel for videos on marketing your international experience and building a study abroad elevator speech!
Student Guide to Study Abroad and Career Development - Developed by the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS), this guide provides a framework to understand the value of your study abroad experience for your career development
EVOLVE Conference 2018
On Saturday, November 3, 2018, Siena hosted the third-annual EVOLVE: The Study Abroad Returnee Conference, where students from eight different institutions came together to refocus the lens through which they viewed their international experiences. With student-led presentations, engaging sessions to professionalize their experiences abroad, and a riveting opening by keynote speaker and NOMADNESS Travel Tribe founder and CEO, Evita Robinson, the conference was a huge success!
DID YOU KNOW? NATIONALLY, ONLY ABOUT 10% OF U.S. STUDENTS STUDY ABROAD DURING THEIR UNDERGRADUATE CAREER.