Are you internationalizing your on-campus experience? Take this quiz to find out if you’re maximizing your international potential!
Congratulations! You are extremely engaged in international activities and are undoubtedly building valuable cross-cultural communication skills, in addition to management and networking skills. You actively seek out projects and situations that will help you build a global perspective and you’re sensitive to a variety of cross-cultural differences. If you keep up the good work, you’ll have a strong network of international contacts by the time you start looking for a job or international placement.
You’re very involved in international activities and are well on your way to building a high degree of cross-cultural understanding. Your outgoing nature and willingness to interact with people from a variety of backgrounds will serve you well both at home and abroad. Don’t hesitate to start taking on increased levels of responsibility when it comes to research teams and student groups. Building management skills will give you a real boost when it comes to the international job search. Finally, keep expanding your social and professional network to make the absolute most of every opportunity presented. We wish you the best!
You have some degree of international involvement and you’re poised to start building a wide variety of skills. Up to this point you’ve been in the research and planning phase – interested in networking, learning languages and becoming “cross-culturally active,” but only occasionally acting on your impulses. Don’t hold back any longer! The sooner you begin engaging with the international community, either on campus or abroad, the sooner you will begin building invaluable and personally enriching cross-cultural skills, and open the door to the prospect of an international job.
Up until this point, you haven’t been particularly engaged in international events and initiatives. You’re comfortable on your home turf and sometimes find it hard to see the benefit of reaching out and networking, or doing extra work to build cross-cultural skills. Try to see cross-cultural activities as an opportunity to learn new things and build extremely valuable career skills. Internationally-oriented activities look great on your resume, and people with cross-cultural skills are more in demand than ever. Consider at least one cross-cultural strategy – whether it’s language learning, joining an international buddy program (where students North American universities act as mentors for incoming international students, helping them adjust to their new host culture), or spending time abroad – we promise you won’t regret it!
