Gap Year News Articles

Managers Survey Backs Gap Year CVs

01 Feb 2011

According to independent research by international volunteering company Projects Abroad, 60 per cent of business managers believe that gap years are just as important or more important as a university degree when selecting candidates for interview. These findings come in the wake of recent headlines surrounding the rise in university tuition fees and the predictions that gap year travel might decline as a result. Dr. Peter Slowe, founder and director of Projects Abroad comments, "These findings serve as a real wake-up call to anyone who ever doubted the value of overseas gap year travel. To learn that gap year experiences hold an equal footing with employers alongside a degree, really shows just how far this once "off-the-wall" concept has come, both in terms of its general credibility and an increased awareness across many professions and industries. Gap years can offer great life experiences and can be hugely rewarding and I hope that this research gives some comfort to those currently contemplating the prospect. We hear hundreds of success stories every year around the world about the work that our gap year volunteers have been doing, such as teaching, conservation and care projects in Africa, Asia and South America."

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