This article reports on a study done among US. Job recruiters to determine their perceptions of the value of a students international exchange and/or international work experience to their companies. Results of the study indicate that job recruiters do not value the international exchange very highly, and that they favor national work experience over international work experience. Company characteristics were found to have some effect on perceptions, yet the recruiters' personal international backgrounds did not affect perceptions at all. The article contends that education may have to step up its efforts to persuade industry of the value of the international experience.
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