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 and Study Abroad Offices as well as 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 28+ 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 ONLINE – 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 with Quick Guides, Career Tip of the Week Newsletter, Student Q&A, Quick Tip Videos, The World Online and Student Advisor Tools. Learn more about Tools
- The My Guide has 8 features including the all important My Learning Path which enables students to identify their goals and provides a personalized list or readings from The BIG Guide. Other My Guide sections include My Bookmarks, My Notes, My Inventory of International Skills (HOT FEATURE), My School, My Student Network and My Profile. 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. The electronic resource librarian also often funds the annual subscription. 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. Our online services are continually being up-dated and expanded
At The BIG Guide Online we are constantly updating our Web site, keeping all our information as fresh and current as possible. Click here to view a list of the major initiatives and added features that have recently been launched (with the most recent listed at the top).
