Experts Agree: Global Readiness Matters

Top Skills Employers Want
Top Skills Employers Want
Each year, the Forbes Human Resources Council lists the Top 10 Skills Employers Look For. Their most recent lists includes "global readiness" skills like resilience & curiosity, comfort with ambiguity, and the drive for continuous learning. Engaging with international business concepts while at UT helps build these skills.
Career Readiness Means Global Readiness
Career Readiness Means Global Readiness
The National Association of Colleges and Employers explicitly includes global readiness in its definition of career readiness, as the ability to demonstrate "openness, inclusiveness, sensitivity, and the ability to interact respectfully with all people and [to] understand individuals’ differences."
Indeed, Adaptability is Key
Indeed, Adaptability is Key
No employee will know all the answers all the time, but how will they manage when they are forced to adapt? Employers need people who have cultivated adaptability by engaging different perspectives, thinking critically, and communicating effectively. Practice viewing things through different perspectives hone these skills.
Careers in International Business
Curious about a future in international business, how you can use your time at UT to get there, or launching your career abroad?
Get Ready

The increasingly global context in which business now operates requires multi-faceted skills to succed. International business is an industry where: 

  • Cross-cultural teamwork has increasingly become the norm.
  • Customer service has no borders, and clients can come from anywhere.
  • Supply chains are increasingly subject to global disruption.
  • Global regulatory systems require a broad, interdisciplinary perspective to navigate.

Prepare for these realities by making the most of your time at UT. Explore ways that CGB can help you prepare and be ready for whatever the world throws at you and wherever you land.

Enhance Your studies with International Business

Whether it’s just a class, a minor, or a full on major, adding international business to your course of study will help you prepare for your professional future no matter where it takes you.

 

UT Global Explorer Map

Curious about where other UT students are in the world right now? Check out Texas Global’s interactive map of Texas Around the World, reflecting country specific UT Connections and activities.

Get a glimpse of Texas Around the World

International Business Students Association

Open to all UT students, this student organization is committed to learning about foreign business practices, culture, and customs to understand our international economy more fully.

Find out more about IBSA

Planet Longhorn

Planet Longhorn is a UT student-run organization with a mission to enhance the exchange experience of international students. Make friends from around the world!

Learn more about Planet Longhorn

CGB Events and Insights

CGB brings global leaders to your screen as they discuss challenges of today and insight into possible tomorrows, provoking conversation among students, policy experts, and business executives.

Learn about Thought Leadership

International Education Week

Texas Global organizes this celebration of international education and exchange throughout the world each November.

See how we celebrate

Business Language Preparation

These cultural interviews with international executives help with language study and understanding how business works in countries around the world.

Learn more

UT Partnerships to Advance Language Study (PALS)

PALS is a campus organization that emphasizes one-to-one interations between international and American students interested in teaching or learning another language.

Learn more about PALS

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