A recent report by the World Economic Forum suggests that over the next four years 75 million current jobs may be replaced by machine. However, that doesn’t mean that there won’t be more opportunities. In that same report, the WEF predicted that over 130 million jobs could be created over that same period of time.
International education is thriving in Canada and Global Experiences is thrilled to be part of it.
We work hard to give university students and young professionals across Canada the chance to intern abroad. We continuously build upon partnerships with Canadian universities to share the value and accessibility of these experiential learning opportunities. Read on to see how 2019 is set to be one of the biggest years for international education in Canada.
Global Experiences has received prestigious awards and recognition for our efforts to offer international education experiences to students and young professionals in 12 cities around the world.
Announced on January 16th, 2019, GoAbroad named Global Experiences one of the Top Rated Intern Abroad Organizations of 2018 based on reviews from past participants. Simultaneously, Go Overseas congratulated us on their community selecting Global Experiences as one of the Overall Top Internship Abroad Providers of 2018!
Lead by example. Model the results you expect. Just as successful CEOs and leaders of corporations cultivate their missions and strategic plans towards company goals, successful University Presidents also lead by modeling the kinds of bold leadership that inspires students on their campus.
Global Experiences staff (Emily Merson, Melissa Buerkett-Vivian, Alex Paisner, Kevin Pickett and Carri Orrison) were thrilled to attend the NAFSA conference in sunny San Diego and contribute to the internationalization of higher education conversation. To kick start us Tuesday morning, GE hosted a coffee break. If you missed it, please contact Carri to receive your travel mug and tell us where in the world you’d like to go.
We love the Clifton StrengthsFinder Assessment. We’ve mentioned it in a few posts, we provide it to all of our participants, and we even divided them into the Divergent factions. You know that we love the assessment, but we haven’t told you why we think it’s important for people to be aware of their natural talents.
Here at Global Experiences, we're incredibly excited about our recent partnership with charity: water for the month of September. charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries. All of our program application fees in September will go directly to their September campaign to provide a better future to the rural area of Orissa, India.
Global Experiences focuses on helping college students and young professionals get a competitive edge through an international internship program experience. Every week we speak to hundreds of people starting out in their career and we think a lot about what advice to give and how to provide people with the best experience possible. Our goal isn’t just landing a job, it is helping our Alum have happy and successful lives, in the broadest sense.
