Theme: Career Readiness
In our increasingly connected world, employers are seeking individuals who not only bring the hard skills required of the job, but other critical skills, including collaboration, communication, digital literacy, foreign language proficiency, awareness of diverse perspectives, and civic and global engagement. How does virtual exchange prepare young people for the 21st century workforce? What transferable skills are cultivated by sharing experiences and learning with peers around the world? How can we amplify virtual exchange as a tool for professional success in an exciting and engaging way?
For this Breakouts campaign, we invited contributions that illustrate virtual exchange as a tool to promote career readiness in a way that is understandable and inspiring.
Learning Today to Lead Tomorrow: Building Virtual Exchanges that Propel Career Readiness Webinar
When speaking about the value of virtual exchange, we often point to its role in building critical soft and hard skills for an increasingly global workforce. How do virtual exchange programs achieve this, though? Hear from virtual exchange practitioners on how they designed programs with workforce readiness as a guiding principle, as well as from a virtual exchange alumna on how she was prepared to thrive in her career and life. Watch the recording here.
Published Content
- Global Competence and the 21st Century Workforce: A Case for Virtual Exchange | Read
- Contributed by Heather Singmaster and Verónica Vázquez Ugalde, Digital Promise
- Unlock Your Mind With Virtual Exchange | Read
- How Does Virtual Exchange Impact Career Readiness? | Watch
- Virtual Exchange Develops Competencies Valued in the Global Workplace | Learn
- Contributed by SUNY Empire State University
- Five Facts About the Global Robotics Exchange and Career Readiness | Learn
- Contributed by Global Ties KC
- HIVER Alumni Feature, Merna Moataz | Watch
- Contributed by the Institute of International Education
- Linking Virtual Exchange to Career Readiness | Explore
- Contributed by the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Center for Global Engagement and the Center for Career Development and Academic Exploration
- Global Solutions and Career Readiness (Facilitators) | Watch
- HIVER Participant Testimonials | Read
- Contributed by the Institute of International Education
- Creating Career Readiness Skills in Virtual Exchange | Read
- Contributed by World Learning’s The Experiment Digital
- Future Educators for Inclusion Testimonial | Read
- Contributed by Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
- Your Cell Phone and Virtual Exchange | Watch
- Contributed by Jawhar Ben Slama
- HIVER Alumni Feature, Mariam Ahmed | Watch
- Contributed by the Institute of International Education
- Global Solutions and Career Readiness (Students) | Watch
- Newly Acquired Skills for the Workforce | Explore
- Contributed by AFS Intercultural Programs
- Career Readiness the Ukraine Youth Action Network | Watch
- Contributed by MapWorks Learning
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