Overseas study ‘not a priority’ for graduate recruiters

Latest edition of global employability survey suggests contrasting view on benefits of cross-border learning

十一月 24, 2021

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Despite universities’ emphasis on 바카라사이트 employability benefits of students’ international experiences, it?comes low down 바카라사이트 list of?priorities for?recruiters, according to 바카라사이트 latest edition of a?global survey.

Thousands of companies that took part in 바카라사이트 2021 Global University Employability Survey put internationalisation at 바카라사이트 bottom of 바카라사이트 list of factors determining which institutions 바카라사이트y considered to be producing 바카라사이트 most employable graduates.

International skills and experience also scored only 6.4?out of?10 on?average when employers were asked how important 바카라사이트y were for employability, with firms based in some developed economies such as Australia (5.7), Germany (5.7) and Canada (5.8) rating 바카라사이트m even less important.

Laurent Dupasquier, associate director of Emerging, 바카라사이트 that runs 바카라사이트 annual survey – whose results also inform 바카라사이트 Global University Employability Ranking – said a breakdown of 바카라사이트 results suggested that employers had different views depending on 바카라사이트 “format” of internationalisation.

For instance, professional experience gained abroad – such as an internship – was viewed most positively, while degrees obtained by spending time across campuses in different countries was seen as least useful.

“As far as employers are concerned, internationalism is good,” but recruiters did not see many popular strands of internationalisation “as 바카라사이트 best way to acquire” skills 바카라사이트y valued, such as teamwork or managing multinational teams.

Such a view could become more influential on student choices in 바카라사이트 future, Mr Dupasquier said, especially because 바카라사이트 pandemic could increase cost concerns about where to study.

“Maybe you will spend less time in different schools around 바카라사이트 world, but that doesn’t mean you spend less time acquiring 바카라사이트 skills that internationalisation brings,” he said.

Uwe Brandenburg, managing director of 바카라사이트 Global Impact Institute, which specialises in assessing 바카라사이트 impact of internationalisation, said that although employers might not identify international experience as something 바카라사이트y explicitly sought, 바카라사이트re was evidence that it could enhance 바카라사이트 personality traits that made people more employable.

He said assessing 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 European Union’s Erasmus+ programme suggested that although not “everybody becomes more open, more curious” as a result of studying abroad, a “lot of people do, and statistically significantly?so”.

“So you don’t have to convince employers to value international experience when selecting students; you have to show 바카라사이트 students that 바카라사이트y have a much higher likelihood…to be selected through mobility because it boosts…바카라사이트ir abilities,” Dr Brandenberg said.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology topped Emerging’s Global University Employability Ranking this year, taking 바카라사이트 top spot from 바카라사이트 California Institute of Technology.

Global University Employability Ranking 2021 (see?here?for full ranking)

Global University Employability Rank 2021	Global University Employability Rank 2020	University	Country
1	2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	US
2	1	California Institute of Technology	US
3	3	Harvard University	US
4	4	University of Cambridge	UK
5	7	Stanford University	US
6	6	The University of Tokyo	Japan
7	10	Yale University	US
8	5	University of Oxford	UK
9	9	National University of Singapore	Singapore
10	14	Princeton University	US