For students who may be overwhelmed or confused about how to market their international experiences, the Career Development Center (CDC) is holding a workshop specifically geared towards them.

On Nov. 16 at 4:30 p.m., the CDC and the Global Education Office will sponsor “Market your International Experience,” a workshop designed to help students interested in learning how to incorporate their time abroad into their resumes and interviews, according to Global Education Director Rebecca Parillo.

“You would think studying abroad would stand out on your resume,” she said. “It will bring attention to yourself.”

Being able to accurately express what you learned from studying abroad is crucial in order to stand apart. For most students, this is hard to do, according to Parillo.

Brittany Potter, who recently studied abroad, said it’s hard to summarize the experience on a resume.

“I can see how some students can’t articulate, because it had such a profound impact on them,” Potter said.

Helping students with that issue is Parillo’s main goal.

“I really want people to be able to articulate what they’ve experienced,” she said.

Mason Murphy, part of the CDC staff, will conduct the workshop, showing students how to market their experience.

“Mason sees the value in studying abroad,” Parillo said. “He gained skills in going abroad, and he’s able to help students transfer these to their resume.”

The investment students make by studying abroad can easily be lost on their resumes if they don’t know how to market it, Parillo said, but finding the right way to feature study abroad experience can give them an edge in the job hunt.