Travelers: The best job candidates

…Yes, you travel in order to enjoy yourself by exploring foreign cultures …with everything that entails. However, in the process, you learn – it’s an education, really. You learn about the foreign culture itself, you learn about yourself as well as about other (foreign) people and ways of living. Moreover, you learn about your own culture – in general, you simply acquire perspective. As a result I argue that traveling builds character, which is why I believe travelers make good job candidates.

With a constant need for adventure in foreign cultures, travelers are obviously good communicators that do not set themselves limitations – on the contrary. As such, we have a lot to offer a work place – even if we have gaps in our resumes filled by traveling or periods of saving for traveling:

1. We live to explore and acquire knowledge
2. We like to try new things
3. We take risks
4. We know how to adapt to change
5. We’re cultural thinkers with a open mind
6. We think opposite in order to deal with foreign situations on out travels
7. We’re willing to learn and welcome construct criticism in order to better ourselves and our skills
8. We’re quick to make decisions
9. We’re good at problem solving
10. We’re dreamers who turn negative experiences into positive ones because, in our experience, we’ve found that there’s always a silver lining

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As a traveler, which skills would you highlight as important skills learned during travels?

xo P!