Developing your ‘career’ competencies

 

Developing your ‘career’ competencies

Living and interning abroad is a great way to develop professionally and personally.

An internship abroad is a chance to build meaningful skills and experience that you can add to your resume and confidently discuss in your future job interviews.

EUSA has developed My Growth Tracker to help you identify the skills that are most important for their own professional development.

The National Association of Colleges and Employers in the U.S regularly conduct research to understand the career competencies and skills that employers are looking for today.

According to NACE’s latest research in 2026 - the ability to ‘work in a team’, ‘problem-solve’, and ‘communicate effectively’, are the competencies employers are looking for in graduates.

For example, 85% of employers are looking for graduates with teamwork skills on their resume.

My Growth Tracker is grounded in the research from NACE, and it has 10 ‘career’ competencies: 

  • Career Management

  • Communication

  • Critical Thinking

  • Equity and Inclusion

  • Global & Intercultural Fluency

  • Leadership

  • Professionalism

  • Social & Emotional Growth

  • Teamwork

  • Technology