Search for: [Abstract = "International migration helped them, above all, to acquire both English language communication skills and to learn teamwork \- soft skills which are important for career development. In both groups of Polish and Lithuanian return migrants, international migration accelerated three key processes\: 1. starting to make independent decisions, 2. becoming financially independent from their parents and 3. finding stable employment. In both groups, becoming financially independent was linked significantly to the high level of soft skills acquired abroad."]