Missed Some Great Expat Links on Twitter?

Hi Everyone, Here are some expat-related articles and links that I have tweeted about recently, that might interest you:


Top 10 Tips for a Successful Expat Assignment

http://bit.ly/e4Ua6O

How Many Expat Americans Live Abroad?

http://bit.ly/i1X851

How to Cope While Living Abroad

http://bit.ly/hOYwle

Should You Move Abroad or Will It Destroy Your Family?

http://bit.ly/dVBXcX

Excellent Article for Expats if Your Assignment Suddenly Ends

http://bit.ly/gprBmw

New Site Interviewing Expat Women

http://bit.ly/giLTf8

What Is Identity and Why Is It Important for Expats?

http://bit.ly/hnQUwp

This Expat Publisher Jo Parfitt Focuses on "Life Abroad" Books... for the "shelfless"

http://bit.ly/gKHT38

Expat Kids: Bored with Moving Schools? Maybe it's Time to Board?

http://bit.ly/eTHnX6

Meet Rochelle Peachey, Founder of Expat Dating Website 'I Love Your Accent' http://bit.ly/gVinTl

Can Expat Children Ever Repatriate?

http://bit.ly/fjNjJl

Robin Pascoe's Fictional Expat Blogella: Read the Latest of Repatriate Joelly

http://bit.ly/gRUcan

Relocating Your Career: Social Media and the Expat Professional
http://goo.gl/fb/ruQOF

Expats: Why You Need to Be Honest About Why You Want to Move Abroad

http://bit.ly/fmrfWL

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And this one... which is not expat-specific (unless you are in Bermuda), but which I loved all the same... For 40+ years, guy says "I Love You" to commuters each work morning in Bermuda :-)

http://bit.ly/ghKspP

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November Edition of Mobility Magazine Online

Hi Everyone, If you are in the expat, global mobility and/or relocation industries, you may be interested in the November edition of the Worldwide ERC® Mobility Magazine, which is now online and features the following:

The Rise of Alternative Assignments
By Michael S. Cadden, MBA, GMS

Expecting the Unexpected: Knowing Who and How to Ask for Help
By Robert Quigley, M.D., D. PHIL

Protecting Critical Data in the Age of Global Mobility
By Matthew Dickerson, CRP, and Waqas Akkawi, CISM

A Texas Treasure—An Interview with Ebby Halliday
By Margie Dillon, CRP, GMS, PHR, and Deborah Dull, CRP, GMS

Qatar
By Anne Dean, GMS, and Dr. Mostafa Reda

Five Hard Lessons in Global Talent Management
By Ed Gaydos, PH.D.

The Challenges of Mobility in African Markets
By Brenda H. Fender, SCRP, GMS

Moving with A Flourish
By Wendy Kendall

Pets in Relocation—the Emotional Glue Holding a Family Together
By Walter M. Woolf, V.M.D.

Happy reading! Andrea

Expats: Married Executives Juggle International Moves

Hi Everyone, Last month, The Wall Street Journal published an interesting article by Joann S. Lublin entitled Married Executives Juggle International Moves. 

The challenges faced by dual-career couples on the highly-mobile expat circuit are not new, but they are ongoing and they are increasingly a roadblock for some couples when one member of the couple is offered the chance to work abroad.  So it's great that the WSJ devoted some space to profile this issue and hopefully it will raise some more awareness of the difficult decisions that dual-career couples face - especially when one member of the couple has to give up their career/job to trail their spouse/partner to foreign lands...

Thanks go to Danielle Dayries of Ricklin-Echikson Associates for sending us this article.  If you see high-profile articles like this about expat life, please send them here, anytime.  Thanks, Andrea.

New Expat Mobility Magazine Edition Online

Hi Everyone, We got such a good response again last month from our inclusion of the most recent Worldwide ERC® Mobility Magazine articles that here are July's new feature stories as well. If you are in the expat, global mobility and/or relocation industries, enjoy!

Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees—or Does It? The ‘Greening’ of Relocation Management Companies
By Betsy Welch, CRP, GMS, and Janet Olkowski, SCRP, SGMS

Real Estate Agents Have a Responsibility to ‘Go Green’
By Molly Phillips, ABR, SRS, EcoBroker®, GREEN

Top 10 List: How Worldwide® ERC Members Mean to be Green
By Doug Weed, SCRP, SGMS

Brazil, the ‘B’ of the BRICs
By Jorge Morazzani and Débora Bigio

Panama
By Anne Dean, GMS, and Analisa Villalaz de Laffitte, GMS

Tangoing through the Argentine Immigration Process: Challenges and Tips for Success
By Christi Dominguez

Adding a Company to the GSA Schedule of Work
By Bill Mulholland, CRP, GMS

Putting Duty of Care on Your Organization’s Radar Screen
By Suzanne Garber

Survey Says: It’s Good to be Green
By Stephen McGarry, SCRP

Happy reading!  Andrea

Challenges Of Dual Career Households In A Global Economy (For Americans Abroad)

Hello Everyone, If the topic of expat dual careers interests you, we invite you to read Leila Heron's article that we uploaded this week.

Leila's research and focus concentrates on US expats, but there might just be something in the article for you, even if you are not American. (The data table itself is very interesting.) :-)

Here is Leila's Executive Summary:

"The global economy, growing numbers of dual income households, and the increase of international assignments are producing pressure on American multinationals and the Federal Government to provide career transition assistance to spouses/partners worldwide. New support programs emphasizing entrepreneurial skills training and internet savvy show promise to boost employment opportunities abroad."

Have a great day/evening! Andrea

Expat Assignments: Are You Addicted?

Hello Everyone, We had this article published online yesterday in The Telegraph UK: Expat Assignments: Are You Addicted?

Here's how it starts:

"If you love living abroad, you see your passport more than your home country, you enjoy a much-envied lifestyle and you hate the thought of repatriating, there is a good chance that you, like many expats before you, have been seduced by the addictive nature of international assignments.

So what exactly is it that makes such assignments so addictive? The answers are many and varied, but here are six of the big ones..."

It is aimed at expats (and their partners/families) sent abroad by their employer on international assignments.

If you would like to read more, just click here. Feedback and constructive criticism always welcome.

Best wishes for your weekend! Andrea