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Will going abroad for your first job increase your chances for jobs back home?

I'm planning on going abroad for my first job. It will be a teaching job and I don't have any serious career ideas. I don't know what job I would be working if I stay home instead so I'm assuming staying or leaving won't makeba huge difference in what I care about, unless I find something before my first job. I can think of ways that going abroad can be seen as good and bad. I do not know which side respectable employers willl side with. #working-abroad #employment- #overseas

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Susan’s Answer

I work for a global company who values highly international experience. In fact, that is a key experience we look for in candidates. Therefore, I'd say it would be wise to take advantage of the teaching opportunity - even if only for a year or 2. You never know where it might lead and you will certainly have an edge on your return if you then look for employment in a global company.
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Carolina’s Answer

Hi Leah, very exciting you're looking into working abroad not only for the professional experience you will gain but also personal development & enrichment this experience may bring. In terms of whether it will increase chances for more jobs back home, this could help not only because you would be checking off "work experience in a different country" but by what you accomplish there. Working abroad will give you awareness & knowledge of how diversity (eg. cultural differences, mindset, working model, training, etc..) drive a specific output/target and the advantage for you as a foreigner is you get to identify and process how these differences can come together for a greater good.

As a side note, one common theme is to try to live the same life you know in your home country in a foreign country. Don't change who you are, but do allow yourself to continue learning from a "new world" (even when you think you already know), allow yourself to submerge into the culture, and always always be respectful of these differences.

Regardless of where you work, remember to always maximize that experience as much as you can (besides your day-in / day-out work). This is very important. Best of luck!!
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