An unexpected source for tips to becoming a global citizen – the Girl Scouts web site. Here, they pass along valuable tips from Janeen Uzzell, CEO of the National Society of Black Engineers, and someone who has worked and lived abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Look for roles at multinational companies.<\/b><\/p>
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of infrastructure in place if you take a formal position abroad,\u201d Janeen points out. Through her prior roles at General Electric, for instance, she\u2019s worked worked in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Ghana, and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>
\u201cYou can also do it on your own and figure it out as you go,\u201d she adds. \u201cIt\u2019s just a more difficult route.\u201d<\/p>
4. Understand that working abroad means living abroad.<\/b><\/p>
\u201cI lived in Ghana and I led teams across Sub-Saharan Africa. It\u2019s very different\u2014everything from hitting the light switch and wondering if the lights will go on to living in an adjudicated society where poverty is the norm,\u201d she says.<\/p>
5. Accept that these experiences will change you.<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n