This document discusses the benefits of global career opportunities for both employers and employees in the UK. It finds that while most employers think they offer global opportunities, significantly fewer employees feel those opportunities are communicated or incentivized. Employees with global experience progress faster in their careers, remain in their jobs four years longer for a 15% higher salary on average. Global careers help workers gain skills like flexibility, cultural sensitivity, awareness of global issues, and foreign languages.

1. THE UK’S GLOBAL WORKFORCE:
THE VALUE OF GLOBAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
NEW SKILLS GAINED BY EMPLOYEES:
BENEFITS OF A GLOBAL OUTLOOK
EMPLOYER VS EMPLOYEE DISCONNECT
FUTURE DEMAND FOR GLOBAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Think their workplace offer
global opportunities
Think their workplace encourages
opportunities with incentives
Think global opportunities are
communicated internally
65%
38%
51%
22%
62%
13%
EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE
90%
EMPLOYEES WITH A GLOBAL
OUTLOOK AND EXPERIENCE
IMPROVES THEIR BOTTOM LINE
OF FEMALES
AGED 25-34
...OF EMPLOYERS THINK
EMPLOYEES WITH GLOBAL
OPPORTUNITIES PROGRESS
QUICKER IN THEIR CAREERS
...OF EMPLOYERS THINK
74%
45
15%SALARY
INCREASE+4
YRS
GLOBAL CAREER EXPERIENCE ADDS
15% TO AN AVERAGE SALARY AND
EMPLOYEES STAY FOUR YEARS LONGER
SIX MILLION WORKERS
IN THE UK (28%) HAVE A
GLOBAL CAREER
FLEXIBILITY TO ADAPT
TO DIVERSE PROBLEMS
AND SITUATIONS
64%
INCREASED TOLERANCE
AND CULTURAL
SENSITIVITY
64%
AWARENESS OF
ECONOMIC AND
POLITICAL ISSUES
43%
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
SKILLS
46%