10 Ways Travel Can Help You Get a Job

NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- It might be fun sitting on a beach with a good book in your hands and a paper umbrella in your drink, but travel experiences can also boost your resume.

There's a reason most colleges offer study-abroad programs. MainStreet talked with several travel and business experts who told us about the ways travel can help boost your resume:

You gain foreign language skills.

You might have high school and college Spanish, French or German under your belt, but there's nothing that can compare to immersing yourself in the language of another country by using it daily with native speakers. Brian Chui, a publicist with Lucid Public Relations, says knowing a foreign language combined with using it in travel is something that impresses him when he looks at a resume. You can talk to anyone.

Chui also says that a well-traveled applicant shows he/she can communicate well, no matter the language. "It conveys to me that you have good interpersonal communication skills, from interacting with people who have different cultural values and practices," he says.

You can turn on a dime.

If you've been able to successfully adapt to a different culture, particularly one vastly different from your own, it gives you a leg up over your fellow applicants, says Chui. "Being well-traveled tells me that can adapt to different environments, a skill that's invaluable in a client-related business where different clients have different needs, wants and expectations." You understand global business.

Travis Katz, founder of Gobobot.com, says that 75% of all economic activity happens outside of the U.S., making international travel very important to most businesses. "International travel gives applicants a level of credibility to take on an international role that people who have not traveled don't have," Katz says.

Interviews will be a breeze.