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ERASMUS
Making the Most of Your Experience Abroad
UCC Careers Service
Year Abroad - Objectives Why are you going?
– To develop your Language Skills– To experience a Culture– Adventure
What will you gain from the year?– Fluency– Cultural knowledge & experiences– New network of Friends/Colleagues – Independence
How will you apply your experiences when you return?– New study techniques– New outlook on your course
Long-term benefit– Career Development
Outputs of ERASMUS
Personality
Openness
Self-confiden
ce
Problem-solving ability
Maturity
Sociability
TeamworkCultural
Awareness
Erasmus & Employment
Job Market is an International one: competing with Irish graduates & highly qualified graduates from other countries.
Demonstrating that you have lived, studied and worked in another environment enables you to compete more effectively.
“The value of a student’s international experience goes beyond purely the acquisition of language – it lies in the ability to see business and personal issues from other than your own cultural perspective.” Charles Macleod, Head of UK Resourcing, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Erasmus & Employment
The Erasmus Experience will give you many new transferableskills for future employment and for future studies…
You will gain different insights and outlooks on life – employers value awareness
You will learn new independence – employers value independent thinking
Living in another European country will give you life skills which cannot be taught and which may take others much longer to acquire - employers value maturity
Studying in another European country encourages a flexible approach to learning and working - employers value adaptability
Comparison of Mobile & Non-Mobile Graduates by Employers
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Foreign language proficiency
Knowledge/ understanding of international differences
Ability to work with people from different culturalbackgrounds
Professional knowledge of other countries
Adaptability
Initiative
Getting personally involved
Assertiveness, decisiveness, persistence
Analytical competences
Problem-solving ability
Planning, co-ordinating, organising
Graduates without internationalexperienceGraduates with international experience
International Centre for Higher Education Research, 2006
Erasmus & Employment
Door-opener
Basic requirem
entSignal for motivated
and engaged students
Nice to have
Necessary in a
globalised world
Screening
factor
Impact of ERASMUS on Obtaining their First Job
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Obtaining your first job
ALL SUBJ ECTS Social SciencesBusiness Studies Engineering, technologyOther HumanitiesMedical Sciences Mathematics, Nat. Science
International Centre for Higher Education Research, 2006
Making the Most of Your Time
Don’t stay in Erasmus Groups all the time
Conversation Exchange Sessions
Media: Television, Radio & Newspapers
Join Clubs & Societies
Travel in your host country
Part-time Work
Wide World of Wide World of OpportunitiesOpportunities
Network with employers
Visit recruitment agencies/websites
Visit the University’s Careers Service
Investigate Postgraduate opportunities & funding
Investigate Commission re: stage and administrative positions
Returning to UCC
Your Final Year
Be Prepared!
Planning for 2011/12
Update your CV with your Erasmus Experience & results
Milk Round : October ’11 – March ‘12
Graduate Recruitment Fair: October 2011
Postgraduate Studies Exhibition: February 2012
Drop in Service
All details available on Careers Service Website:
www.ucc.ie/careers
Career Strategy
ERASMUS
ENJOY!
