Third-year SMU Business and Social Science student Tan Rui Feng spent 10 weeks last year interning at a consumer goods firm, where he learnt its manufacturing processes and how to tackle issues faced by its retailers and sales partners. According to SMU Dato’ Kho Hui Meng Career Centre Director Sim Cher Young, when these students go abroad, they can also develop and demonstrate qualities like resilience, independence and risk-taking – qualities desired by many employers.