Equipping graduates for working abroad

Is it not about time that we accepted the fact that Ireland cannot provide employment for all of its graduates and that a large portion of them are going to emigrate? What we do need to look at is how best to equip them to travel abroad to find employment, to test their learning, develop greater understanding and for those who wish to, to return to Ireland with enhanced knowledge which they can add to Ireland’s growing knowledge society/smart economy.

Have our Careers Guidance Counsellors got sufficient support and knowledge to advise school leavers and graduates on the opportunities of foreign experience and what they need to know to make a success of working abroad?