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Relating Your International
Experience In Resumes
and Interviews
On your resume,
include your
semester or year of education abroad in with your university
education. Specify that it was a study abroad and state the
school and country. If you have international work abroad
experience,
volunteer abroad experience, or an internship abroad, include it in the
relevant section of your resume.
Resume
Example 1
You should
include your study abroad experience in the Education section of
your resume. Consider writing foreign terms in English such as
Universite d'Angers as University of Angers.
B.S. IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, May 2006
Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, VA
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GPA: 3.0
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Senior Project: Design a wind and solar power generation system
for the Philippines
STUDY ABROAD, International Student Exchange Program,
Fall 2004 - Spring 2005
University of Angers, Angers, France
- Studied classical music and French
- Enrolled in a French-speaking curriculum
- Examined the effects of classical music listening
on the motor coordination of a geriatric population as a
independent research project
Resume Example 2
You will gain many skills abroad
that others may gain during work experience at home. Consider
including your academic study abroad experience again under a
category called Experience.
STUDY ABROAD, International Student Exchange Program,
Fall 2004 - Spring 2005
University of Angers, Angers, France
- Adapted quickly to the French academic system and
culture
- Lead a multicultural team in classical music
research project
- Learned to easily establish rapport with people
with different values and cultural norms
Resume Example 3
Include international work
experience
SOFTWARE
DESIGN INTERN, Brisbane City Council
Brisbane,
Australia, Summer 2004
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Identified software/system anomalies
- Executed software validation tests
Skills
Establish
rapport quickly
Function
with a high level of ambiguity
Achieve
goals despite obstacles
Take
initiative and risks
Time
management skills
Identify
problems and utilize available resources to solve problems
Accept
responsibility
Communicate
despite barriers
Handle
difficult situations
Learn
quickly
Handle
stress
Cope with
rejection
Adapt to new
environments
Learn
through listening and observing
Understand
an organization's culture
Understanding of global interdependence
Lead others
in formal and/or informal groups
Conduct
research despite language and culture differences
Qualities
Increased
awareness
Self-reliant
High-energy/enthusiastiasm
Appreciative
of diversity
Sensitive to
other cultural values, norms, and communication patterns
Flexible/adaptable
Tolerant of
differences
Open to new
ideas and practices
Empathetic
toward other perspectives
Assertive/self-confident
Increased
self-knowledge
Inquisitive
Independent
Sense of
humor
Take
initiative
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