[ID:0849]Many skills are desirable for working overseas. The following are the top five skills, based on interviews with recruiters and participants. They and are drawn from direct experience.
Your goal when applying to work abroad is to prove that you are (or can become) competent in a multicultural environment, since you already possess the professional and technical knowledge to do the job at hand.
Adapting and Coping Skills
The ability to adapt to new cultural living and working conditions is critical for the 50+ worker abroad. This is the number one skill most often mentioned by the recruiters I have spoken with. It forms the basis for your success or failure.
The first step in assessing your adaptability is recognizing and evaluating the way you adjust to change in your daily life in your home country. Do you feel comfortable being flexible and adaptable? Think back on your experience to instances when you successfully managed to tolerate the ambiguity in your work. You know yourself better than anyone else, so trust your own feelings....
