
68 CAMPUS PLACEMENTS: Ensure You Don’t Remain Unplaced
Some handy tips to develop cross-cultural understanding are as
follows:
• Respect cultural dierences: Developing awareness of individual
cultures and acknowledging the distinction is the first step towards
respecting cultural dierences. Don’t compare the cultural prac-
tices of other people and avoid being judgmental.
• Keep your language simple, avoid slangs and use humor cau-
tiously: Simplicity in language is the key to avoid any communi-
cation breakdown with people across dierent cultures. Any word
or expression that may have a dierent connotation across the cul-
tures needs to be ...