Expat Women November 2010 Home Page

Hi Everyone, We have just uploaded our November Expat Women home page (a little earlier than usual, due to the 1 November, voluntary, global Communication Shutdown to raise money for Autism groups in 40 countries).  We invite you to read our new November features, share them and tweet about them.  Thanks so much!

Success Story
Sarah Jewell
Managing Director, ALC Health
Former expat in Hong Kong, Sarah Jewell, is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of ALC Health – a successful international health insurance provider which services many expatriate clients around the world...
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Business Idea
EXPARTUS®
Chioma Isiadinso
Chioma Isiadinso, who was born in Nigeria, turned her admissions experience with Carnegie Mellon University and Harvard University into a new business: EXPARTUS®.  In 2008, her business followed her and her family to London...
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Expat Confession
International Adoption
Expat Women Girlfriend
My husband and I have been expatriates for some years now, living across four different continents… We are now ready to have a family and are seriously thinking about adopting from abroad...
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Job Search
Expat Job Search In The Digital Age
Lois Freeke
Job search can be a frustrating process, especially if you are an expat trying to find your way abroad and unsure who to approach for that dream job offer...
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New Book
Black And (A)broad: Traveling Beyond The Limitations Of Identity
Carolyn Vines
Experienced expat and blogger, Carolyn Vines, talks to us about her new book, in which she examines how life abroad transformed her concepts of race and culture, and what it means to be a woman of color in the world...
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Successful Blogging
5 Steps to Planning a Successful Blog
Annabel Candy
Learn from Annabel Candy – a serial expat woman and a blogger who, as a result of her blog, was unexpectedly flown recently to Shanghai by Coca-Cola to offer her advice on social media...
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Thank you very much and best wishes for a sensational November! Andrea

Expat Job Seekers and Entrepreneurs: Can You Be Found?

Hi Everyone, If you are an expat job seeker or entrepreneur, I invite you to read the guest blog post I wrote this week for Adrienne Graham's Fearless Woman Magazine.

The post is entitled Job Seekers and Entrepreneurs: Can You Be Found? and I hope you get something out of it. It starts like this...

"Once upon a time, job seekers looked for jobs, entrepreneurs looked for clients, and occasionally, employers and clients advertised their needs to the general marketplace – crossing their fingers each time and hoping for a positive, quality response. That was the old marketplace.

Today, we are living in a whole new generation of job and client search. Employers are proactively targeting specific job candidates and clients are seeking out the best entrepreneurial businesses with which to partner. The traditionally-hunted have become the hunters, and the old-style hunters have morphed into the hunted. It is a very interesting dynamic and it is shaking up the whole job/client search paradigm.

Example One: The Large Recruiter
Recently, I met a very senior HR Director working for a very large telecommunications company. He told me..."

To read more, please support Adrienne's new online magazine and click here.  Many thanks.  Andrea :-)

PS. Feedback very welcome, by the way (either on our blog or Adrienne's)! 

English Language Jobs In Europe

Hi Everyone, I was reminded tonight of a website that might be useful to any of you seeking English-language jobs in Europe: EnglishLanguageJobs.com.

We already had their link on our Jobs and Careers page, but thought we would give it a quick shout-out anyway... and if anyone has used this site, please do share your experiences.

Many thanks - enjoy your day/evening! Andrea