A more promising career awaits you when you stay abroad!
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The opportunities abroad are endless and make you
better equipped than people that have never lived abroad.
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As per a study conducted by the British
Council, it has been proven that successful expats owe their success greatly to
the fact that they have lived abroad and this has helped them to gain
confidence and adaptability towards new situations, making them more dynamic.
With globalization happening at a major
pace, people are living across different countries and are working, thereby
having a confluence of cultures. To sustain in such environments, they will
need a certain skill set, which is usually obtained when they are in new
places.
To attain this type of skill set, the best
possible way is to start residing in a country like Spain that is not your native country.
You can look for employment opportunities in different countries, check if
universities offer exchange programs or by solely shifting to a new country
altogether. This will give you the required atmosphere which will sharpen your
social skills to a great extent and will also offer you an experience which you
would not be familiar about if you reside in your native country.
Based on the survey conducted by The
British Council on the residents of UK, a few were expats, natives and
immigrants from various places and the end result indicated that over 80% of
the total people who had lived abroad had a greater level of confidence while
they had to deal with a new situation and with people who had not lived abroad
previously, the confidence level stood at 70%.
People who resided abroad had a 26% of them
who were confident in conversing in a foreign language while the local residents
had only 10% of them who could talk confidently.
Nearly 50% of the people who had resided
abroad had indicated that their experience of staying in a foreign country
helped them in several skills such as innovation, development, research and
product improvement as it got them out of their comfort zone, due to which they
were able to perform better and had improved confidence.
Even when people who had international
exposure applied for jobs, there was a 60% significance given to expats and
people who have stayed abroad. Due to this, the salaries offered to them are
also higher and hence, their career progress is also great.
With the study, The British Council also
recommended that more emphasis should be laid within UK for its people to spend
more time either working or studying abroad in Spain, due to which they will have
benefits in their career.
