Seven Reasons to Purchase College Site Access

This list describes the main reasons why College Site Access to The BIG Guide Online will be helpful to school administrators, especially the Career Office and other departments involved in building global career skills. (For information on content, see Ten Reasons to Purchase The BIG Guide.)

1. More and more students are looking for international career advice

Even if your students are not planning for a career abroad, they know they need global career skills to survive in today’s global economy. The BIG Guide helps students with all aspects of building international skills and experience - while still in school.

2. Many schools are faced with the problem of how to provide advice on international careers when not all student advisors have an expertise in this area

The Big Guide makes student advising much easier. Here are just two examples:

  • Student advisors can increase the impact of their student counseling sessions by distributing our Quick Guides covering more than 30 of the most popular subjects on international skills. Your college has full reproduction rights to these Guides.
  • Our list of Campus Projects provides innovative and easy-to-implement ideas on how colleges can create opportunities for students to build their international credentials while in school.

3. The major strength of The BIG Guide site is the quality of the advice provided

With College Site Access you can provide unlimited 24/7 access for students, faculty and alumni to The BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas – the world’s best international career guide.

4. Individual user accounts allow each user to customize their guide

Examples of customizable features: write private notes, yellow highlight and bookmark anywhere in the guide. The ability to customize the online guide promotes long-term use starting with the freshman year. Why is this important? Because global career skills are built step-by-step over time.

5. Great online functionality

Easy to use, easy to navigate, great layout. Unparalleled technology available nowhere else.

  • The Tools section is interactive and makes learning fun and easy. See our popular Quick Guides, Quizzes, Tip of the Week and much more.
  • Learn more about Tools
  • The My School section helps build communities on your campus, bringing together like-minded individuals – those interested in meeting with others while building their global citizenship skills while on campus. See School Announcements, School Links and Student Networking.
  • Learn more about My School

6. College Site Access is appreciated by the entire campus

While this service is often spearheaded by the Career Center, other departments such as the Study Abroad or International Student Offices and internationally-focused faculties such as the business and engineering schools often collaborate to support this project. Often the College President’s Office will support this project, especially if your school has an active Internationalization program. And one added feature, your school logo is always visible to users of The BIG Guide Online.

7. Low introductory cost, save 40% until October 31, 2008

This introductory pricing allows your school enough time to test our service with minimal outlay of funds. School administrators will have access to usage statistics to gauge how many students value this service. Take advantage of this fantastic introductory pricing now!

Increase the impact of your department on campus with College Site Access!