Why do American employers have such an anti-travel attitude?
I know that I don't speak for all employers here, however, I will head this off by saying if you have or know of an employer that actively looks for employees who enjoy travel for its own sake (I.e. Not for Peace Corps) please let me know who they are. They might be my next home.
So let me elaborate. I'm in leadership training and one of the first things we learned for resume screening is to look for "resume gaps." People who say they took that time off to travel somewhere (and not as part of an organized program, or something they had to compete for, or for volunteer work...) should be automatically screened out.
So if someone takes a year off to travel the world, even if they say they learned a language or gained some impactful global perspectives...they should just be thrown out. I pushed on the trainer and asked why, she said "That's telling us that their real passion is to travel the world. Who knows, they might leave our company as soon as they save up enough money to just travel."
While this is the most recent example I have of this anti-travel attitude, it's certainly not the only one.
TL;DR So ultimately I'm wondering, is it just the industry I'm in (tech)? Is it just bad luck? And most importantly, where are the employers who encourage or seek out employees who like to travel?
Submitted August 26, 2017 at 04:08AM by kosherslice http://ift.tt/2xAmBbu
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