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Leisure and Culture 10 Emphasising mobility on returning
For all information concerning culture and recreation, consult
÷ the websites of French alliances and institutes:
www.fondation-alliancefr.org/www.institutfrancais.com/fr In a context of the growing professionalisation of training, and of greater
÷ tourist office sites: a number is listed on the Association Des Offices professional mobility which is encouraged in Europe, emphasising experiences
abroad is a real asset in the career path.
Nationaux Etrangers du Tourisme website: www.adonet-france.fr/ Many studies confirm the positive effects of a mobility on employment, career
÷ tourist portals and guides: opportunities and social life, so this experience should be emphasised and
www.routard.com; www.lonelyplanet.frvoyages.michelin.fr clarified, to be seen as an asset.
Highlighting international mobility on the CV or during an interview is a beginning.
It is essential to incorporate right from the start, and throughout the mobility, due
consideration of the future return to be able to:
✓ Take stock of what has been experienced, acquired, developed, liked or
disliked, as this assessment may support or tailor a professional project or
prepare for an interview.
✓ Know how to evoke transverse skills such as autonomy, curiosity, adaptability;
know what to do and how to behave;
✓ Highlight new learning techniques, methods of work and organization
discovered during the mobility from a useful professional perspective.
✓ Take pride in being able to use a foreign language in total and continuous
immersion, and in the mastery of technical vocabulary specific to a specialised
field Be able to demonstrate this to an employer by self-assessment or by
showing certificates.
✓ Recover all useful documents before returning: supporting documents,
letters of recommendation, etc, which are more difficult to obtain once back
in France.
✓ Maintain the international network developed and keep in touch with people
encountered on the spot (friends, professional contacts or teachers).

As well as the certificates, assessment sheets and reports which must be
provided to prove attendance on the course, several tools allow the expression and
recording of the benefits of such an experience in term of intercultural, personal,
professional, communicative and linguistic skills.

Europro Attestation
This can be added to a professional degree after a period of training in a company
in another EU country. The assessment arranged by the establishment focuses on
an oral presentation before a jury.

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