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Global Skills

What does it take to succeed in another country?

If you've ever had to repair something, you know it's best to have the right tool for the job. In the business world, your tools are your skills. If you're working in Bangkok or Buenos Aires, do you have the necessary tools? Domain knowledge (specific technical or professional know how), interpersonal skills, and knowing the native language will certainly come in handy. Let's take a look at what skills should be in the tool kit of the global professional.

Paris

"Learn a language. The experience will give you the cultural skills to get around a country with a foreign tongue. Also, having learned one foreign language will make it easier to learn key phrases in another."

— Dinah Danforth,
    New York to Paris


Core Global Career Skills

  • Domain knowledge
  • Multiple language skills
  • Advanced group/team work skills
  • Communication skills (verbal & nonverbal)
Core Global Career Skills
  • Personal initiative and self leadership
  • Learning and problem solving skills
  • Flexibility and patience
  • Cross-cultural competence (knowledge, awareness, sensitivity, adaptability, appreciation)

Global Profile Toolkit