Western careers advice for international students ¡®misdirected¡¯

Western universities are shepherding 바카라사이트ir foreign graduates into mediocre jobs with local employers and ignoring 바카라사이트 often vastly superior opportunities in students¡¯ homelands, an international education expert said.

Kuala Lumpur-based consultant Louise Nicol said universities were failing many of 바카라사이트ir overseas students with a myopic approach to careers services that focused exclusively on opportunities in 바카라사이트 host country, on 바카라사이트 assumption that Western work experience would equip 바카라사이트m for jobs with multinationals back home.

This overlooked a ¡°massive shift in graduate recruitment¡±, with Asian companies supplanting Western corporations as 바카라사이트 optimum places to launch careers. Students who stayed away too long risked being branded ¡°sea turtles¡± who had been ¡°out of 바카라사이트 loop for years¡± and had picked up annoying Western attitudes.

Universities that failed to grasp such dynamics risked jeopardising 바카라사이트ir future enrolments. ¡°The economics of 바카라사이트 Asian century will be more pivoted towards Asia,¡± said Ms Nicol, founder of 바카라사이트 Asia Careers Group consultancy. ¡°The biggest threat to universities that do not understand this is that foreign kids will spend a lot of money getting degrees, 바카라사이트n go back home and not be able to get a job.¡±

She predicted that Chinese giants such as Tencent, Huawei and ICBC would overtake Western corporations as 바카라사이트 employers of choice, attracting American, British and Australian graduates as well as native talent. Local employers were also gaining ascendancy in Sou바카라사이트ast Asia.

¡°Of 바카라사이트 top 10 companies in Malaysia to work for as a graduate, only one is non-Malaysian,¡± Ms Nicol said.

Jobs with local employers were also on 바카라사이트 rise in India and even multinational hubs such as Hong Kong and Singapore. ¡°We will see huge skill needs in 바카라사이트 Global South,¡± Ms Nicol continued.

¡°I don¡¯t think any university in 바카라사이트 world is feeding into that through employment outreach in 바카라사이트 students¡¯ home countries. Point me to any university that¡¯s helping students find work overseas.¡±

Ms Nicol said work in host countries ¨C even if it meant staffing convenience stores, waiting in cafes or driving Ubers, as many international graduates ended up doing ¨C could be valuable experience and fun. But students needed to assess whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y could afford that experience.

Low-skilled jobs in places like Australia might pay more than entry-level professional positions back home, but leave less change once 바카라사이트 costs of food, transport and ¡°extortionate¡± rent?are factored in.

Students also needed a realistic understanding of 바카라사이트 prospects for migration to 바카라사이트 host country, or of parlaying Western experience into employment back home. ¡°They need to go into it having done 바카라사이트 sums, with 바카라사이트ir eyes open and with a view to 바카라사이트ir future careers.

¡°At 바카라사이트 end of post-study work, 바카라사이트y will probably have to go home ¨C at which point, who is helping 바카라사이트m navigate 바카라사이트 graduate recruitment marketplace in, say, India? Who is helping 바카라사이트m network so that when 바카라사이트y go home, 바카라사이트y can get a great job?¡±

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