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Personal and Professional Goals

Make the most of the goals you set before embarking on this journey. What do you want to gain from your experience overseas, both personally and professionally?

  • Personal: Leverage every opportunity to expand your horizons by immersing yourself in the local language, culture, customs and so on. Most international assignees also take advantage of low airfares or inexpensive train travel to visit surrounding cities and countries.
  • Professional: On the career front, you’ll work with your host manager to establish work-related goals and set performance expectations. You’ll have regular opportunities during the course of your assignment to sit down with your manager, gauge your progress and assess your performance. In other words, the way you handle your international assignment is similar to how you manage your career at home. For example:
Professional Goals
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