Talent & Education

Going Global: Are graduates prepared for a global workforce?

September 13, 2016

Global

September 13, 2016

Global
Josselyn Simpson

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Josselyn has worked in the thought leadership and quantitative research team of the Economist Intelligence Unit for more than 15 years. She is an expert in creating engaging content for C-level and other senior executives. Among her areas of interest are organisation, governance, and the effects of technology on the workplace. She was also a Senior Campaign Manager at Booz & Company and a Senior Editor at McKinsey & Company. Through those roles she developed significant expertise in global thought leadership development and programme management. She began her career at The New Yorker. She is based in New York and holds an undergraduate degree with honors from Harvard College.

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78% of graduates say their university should provide international experience, but how many take the opportunities they're offered? Going Global: Are graduates prepared for a global workforce? is a new EIU report, sponsored by Kaplan, that takes a deep dive into how experiences and skills learned abroad can help graduates ease their transition into the reality of today's global workforce, as well as which international opportunities are offered by universities around the world and which students take up. 

The EIU would like to thank the following interviewees for their participation in this programme (listed alphabetically): 

Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, president, National University of Singapore

David Fairhurst, chief people officer, McDonald's

Lynda Gratton, professor of management practice, London Business School

Nick Hillman, director, Higher Education Policy Institute, Oxford

Andre Martin, vice president for talent development and chief learning officer, Nice, and formerly chief learning officer, Mars

Professir Enrico Sangriorgi, vice rector for education, Univeristy of Bologna

Jiucji Yamagiwa, president of Kyoto University 

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