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Productivity, Curiosity and Resilience:

the extended understanding of

international experience

Competences, such as tolerance, language skills, and cultural knowledge, are
learning outcomes that have traditionally been linked to international mobility.
Curiosity, productivity, and resilience are attributes that employers are looking for
when recruiting skilled employees. However, in a recent study on international
mobility conducted in Finland it was discovered that many employers are not able
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to link these competences and people’s international experiences at recruitment.

Therefore, they recognise only a small amount of the competences that new
employees who have studied or worked abroad might bring to their companies.

Authors:

Maija Airas Hidden competences
We assume that skills and competences
head of unit,
higher education developed through international experiences
cooperation, are an asset on the labour market. but is this
centre for international true? in 2012–13, the centre for international
Mobility (ciMO) Mobility (ciMO) and the think tank Demos
helsinki examined how employers rated the
skills and knowledge acquired through inter-
national experiences within their recruitment
Linda Tuominen procedures. the research studied international
information Officer, experiences in relation to working life and
euroguidance finland, suggested new ways of defining their learning
centre for international outcomes. the main findings of this project
Mobility (ciMO) are that employers do not necessarily value all
learning mobility experiences when recruiting
new employees.

employers’ views and expectations regarding
international experiences were investigated.
how do employers value international skills and
competences at recruitment? What skills and
competences are associated with international

piilotettu osaaminen (hidden competences). available in
english at www.cimo.fi/services/publications/
faktaa_-_facts_and_figures_1_2014.

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