Missed Some Great Expat Links on Twitter? (28-29 June 2011)

Hi Everyone, Here are some great expat-related links I have tweeted recently, that might interest you. Enjoy! Andrea

Plight of the Expat Spouse - NY Times
http://nyti.ms/mGShiu

Expat Women Confessions: I Paint in the Nude
http://bit.ly/l8m06t

Are your parents in US Foreign Service? Check out this organization that's all about you
http://bit.ly/jtjiSR

New Cost of Living Facebook application by Expat Finder
http://t.co/aIDZuMs

Infographic: When foreigners dream about the US, where do they want to live?
http://t.co/2RkHsft

UAE Firms Still Not Able to Hire Expat Women in Public Relations Jobs
http://bit.ly/jUxcU9

6 Tips on How to Find a Decent Expatriate Job in China
http://t.co/GtU8bbQ

French-speakers? Interview with Corine Gantz, a French expat in the US and author of Hidden in Paris
http://bit.ly/lGY2Kn

Expats Struggle to Get Mortgages in France
http://t.co/H4yYtTC

Expat Tutors Must Come Clean to the Taxman or Pay the Price
http://t.co/np5WCUY

Expat in Germany, Nicole, Learns the Hard Way that Some Locals want to Teach Foreigners a Lesson http://bit.ly/kqh0fl

5 Tips for Repatriation

http://bit.ly/j8qPo2

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Thanks for your support and I hope you have a fabulous day/evening! Andrea @andreaexpat

Can You Help Nominate ExpatWomen.com for ForbesWoman's Top 100 Websites for Women?

Hi Everyone, It would be truly fantastic to be included in the ForbesWoman list this year for their Top 100 Websites for Women.

Could you please take 5 minutes to nominate us here in their comments section? (I posted this the other day, but forgot the link for those who receive the email feeds, so sorry!)

Thanks so very, very much if you can.  Andrea :)

Full disclosure: It takes a few minutes to register, then a couple of minutes to comment. 5 minutes. Thanks.

Missed Some Great Expat Links on Twitter? (22-23 June 2011)

Hi Everyone, Here are some great expat-related links I have tweeted recently, that might interest you. Enjoy! Andrea

Expat kids returning to Singapore called "Half-Pats" by The Straits Times

http://bit.ly/mALSqy

New Malta Divorce Rules Poses New Questions for Expats

http://bit.ly/kSNgxd

Does previous expat experience help adjustment in a new culture? Not necessarily

http://bit.ly/mwcmOn

Expats in the UAE: What's Your Dubai Bucket List?

http://bit.ly/lhqLQe

Loved this video by American Relocation Connections about moving home!

http://bit.ly/ltf0DK

Getting ready for Home Leave? Enjoy Expat Expert’s irreverent look at summer holiday planning

http://t.co/IMYGl3p

It has been 30 years since the founding of China's first expat newspaper
http://bit.ly/kJSJba

Moving Soon? Here's a spreadsheet you can use to compare movers
http://bit.ly/jC3QTG

Are you an Expat in Baja, Mexico? Check out Baja Tips Weekly

http://bit.ly/kf9fec

Should you stay or move? Tools to decide via Expat Interrupted
http://bit.ly/kaUtKO

Feeling overwhelmed because of a move? Good advice from Global Coach Center's blog
http://bit.ly/lGwEYW

Wisdom from Distant Shores
http://bit.ly/j0k05t

Meet Telegraph Expat's first video blogger, Emily. Blogging about parenting in Provence
http://tgr.ph/iikRG8

Why Brian Ware joined the outstanding clear-up operation in Japan
http://tgr.ph/j6IWrw

Italian Mom Finds a Rich New Life in China
http://bit.ly/izrW07

To follow me in 'real time' and keep up with even more great expat links on Twitter, please click here.

If you reading this blog post online and you are not already an Expat Women member, please support us and sign up here to receive our monthly, motivational newsletters.

Thanks for your support and I wish you a wonderful day/evening! Andrea @andreaexpat

PS. Missed our Twitter Links from 15-16 June? Just click here. Thanks.

Money Matters for Expat Women

Hi Everyone, If you are interested in learning more about money matters, including how they relate to expatriate issues, please do take a look at our Expat Women Money Matters page, anytime.

Here are some of our recent additions to that page:

The Expat Spouse as Household CFO: Basic Principles You Need to Know About Investing
Chad Creveling and Peggy Creveling
Investing is a full-time profession for many, and myriads of books have been written on the hows and whys of making smart investment decisions. Expats also must consider the role that different currencies and tax jurisdictions should play in their portfolio. Given the complexity involved, our goal here is to simply introduce you to some of the concepts behind successful investing...

Managing Currency Risk: As an American Abroad, In What Currency Should I Save and Invest? Part 1 of 2: Principles of Sound Currency Management
David Kuenzi, CFP®
Currency issues are often one of the most vexing and least well understood issues for investors. This is especially true for Americans abroad whose salaries and other income sources are often denominated in currencies other than U.S. Dollars (USD). The good news is that understanding how to properly incorporate currency considerations into a sound, long-term investment strategy is much easier than commonly understood...

Managing Currency Risk: Part 2 of 2: Practical Guide to Building a Globally Diversified, Multi-currency Investment Portfolio
David Kuenzi, CFP®
In this part two, we provide a practical guide on how and where investors can go to construct a globally diversified, multi-currency investment portfolio. Are multi-currency portfolios the exclusive realm of the ultra-wealthy who have accounts all around the globe? Do we have to open up investment accounts in the U.S. and Europe or buy complicated currency hedging products, such as futures or swaps?

Business Finances for Expat Women Entrepreneurs: Corporate Structures, Expat Taxes and Retirement Planning
David McKeegan
If you are a budding expat entrepreneur who has settled offshore permanently, establishing your business in your host country might be an appealing option. However, if you are planning on being abroad for just a few years - not forever - or you plan on living in multiple countries abroad, you may want to incorporate in your home country (depending on rules in your home country, of course)...

8 Tips for Controlling Your International Health Insurance Costs
Philip McCusker
It used to be that the two things you could be certain of in life were death and taxes. The third one should be increasing insurance premiums every year for your health care. Even globe-trotting executives who are fortunate enough to have their family's health care covered by their employer might face a bit of a shock...

7 Financial Tips to Help Expatriates Prepare for When Danger and Disaster Strike Abroad
Lisa R. Mitchell
In Egypt during the civil unrest, the government shut down the Internet. Try conducting banking activities without phone or Internet service. How would you move money, pay bills and conduct other necessary banking transactions if you were stuck in the middle of political unrest or living in a country that experienced a natural disaster...

...and we have plenty more Money Matters articles here.

Happy reading! Andrea

Can You Help? Please Nominate ExpatWomen.com for ForbesWoman's Top 100 Websites for Women?

Hi Everyone, It would be truly fantastic to be included in the ForbesWoman list this year for their Top 100 Websites for Women.

Could you please take 1-2 minutes to nominate us here in their comments section?

Thanks so very, very much if you can! Andrea :)

Missed Some Great Writers' Links on Twitter?

Hi Everyone, Here are some great writers' links I have tweeted recently, that might interest you for your expat/business/personal writing endeavors. Enjoy!

A good discussion on Amazon as a publisher- they're not the bad guys
http://su.pr/1ikUXg

10 Questions to Ask Before Writing Your Book
http://bit.ly/jLVvEC

18 Things Learned at the Sydney Writers Festival
http://bit.ly/kBbm5k

Top 10 Best Resource Guides for e-Book Authors
http://bit.ly/lndGHu

How Blogging Saves Me and My Family from Personal Bankruptcy
http://t.co/otvWaX7

Highly Recommended: Successful Blogging in 12 Easy Steps - Excellent e-book!
http://bit.ly/mUvZIa

10 More Things You Never Knew You Could Do On LinkedIn
http://read.bi/lWw7QA

Got Something You Need To Do (like, write that novel maybe)? Watch Firefly Coaching's quick video - and then do it!
http://bit.ly/mEZ7zd

Top 10 Blogs for Authors
http://t.co/cWU4rNn

Practical Tips on Writing a Book from 23 Authors
http://bit.ly/iTb94p

13 Things I Got Wrong and 19 Things I Got Right in my First Year of Writing
http://t.co/E6Ils3j

If you reading this blog post online and you are not already an Expat Women member, please support us and sign up here to receive our monthly, motivational newsletters.

Thanks for your support and I wish you a wonderful day/evening! Andrea @andreaexpat 

Missed Some More Great Expat Links on Twitter? (15-16 June 2011)

Hi Everyone, Here are some great expat-related links I have tweeted recently, that might interest you. Enjoy! Andrea

Expat writes letter to China explaining why she decided to stay

http://bit.ly/jICE7P

Expat Entrepreneurship - A Lesson in Resistance and Acceptance
http://bit.ly/mlSSFH

Families split due to work: ‘Colony of wives’ in Mississauga
http://bit.ly/lD3SFa

Time to Return to Traumatised Japan
http://bit.ly/k1zxbY

9 Reasons Not To Retire Overseas (And Why They Don't Matter)
http://bit.ly/irSmJ3

Why You Should Visit a New Destination
http://bit.ly/jQrOoH

British Expat Uproar as Denmark Bans Marmite
http://t.co/QSNw4Xm

In Search of a Better Life - History of British and Irish Migration
http://t.co/TU9Y7CY

400,000 Indian Expats in Singapore - Are They Living the Best of Both Worlds
http://bit.ly/msRcss

Why does this expat entrepreneur live in Bali?
http://bit.ly/lopU6v

Where's home for you? Geographical schizophrenia. Spiritual geography. Expat life.
http://bit.ly/lgePI1

Do You Work Too Hard? Some Cultural Perspectives
http://t.co/JKxtQGl

The Bilingual Advantage
http://ow.ly/588lB

To follow me in 'real time' and keep up with even more great expat links on Twitter, please click here.

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Thanks for your support and I wish you a wonderful day/evening! Andrea @andreaexpat

Want one of Your Expat Stories included in Jo Parfitt's updated book 'Forced to Fly'?

Hi Everyone, Here is a message from our good friend, Jo Parfitt (author of 28 books and an expert on the expat writing scene)...

"Back in 1998 I published an anthology of humorous writings about living overseas and called it 'Forced to Fly'. I sold over 2,000 copies and one forward-thinking international oil company even bought 200 copies to give to their international staff. Now, thanks to constant prods from satisfied readers I have decided to republish it in a second edition later this year.

So, to celebrate, I would like to include 20 new pieces of writing of up to 1,000 words in length. They can be on any specific incident or any theme that could only have happened to you because you were living abroad. Like how amusing your life became when you lived in Holland and began to travel everywhere by bicycle, or how you entered into the local Oktoberfest with more gusto than was appreciated, or the pickle you found yourself in when driving in India.

Laughter is the best medicine and Forced to Fly not only makes readers laugh with its funny stories, but also includes chapters on coping with culture shock and how to be happy. In the second edition we will also have a brand new chapter on developing resilience.

Entries will close on August 31st 2011. All winning entries will appear in the book and winners will not only receive two free copies and have the ability to buy additional copies of the book at discount but their entries will be included on the blog throughout 2012. Please send your entries to me (Jo Parfitt) via email."

This is a great opportunity to have one of your articles published. So if you are interested, get your thinking caps on, and good luck! Andrea :)

Expat Women in India: Interested in Part-Time Work with Going-There?

Hi Everyone, If you are based in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai or Pune, and you (or someone you know might) fancy a few hours paid work that is flexible, please read on…

Going-There, a relocation company based in London with a fast growing network of operations in over 100 cities around the world, is looking for Destination Consultants for its Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune operations. They offer a service that you might wish you had, when you arrived here!

Going-There needs to recruit consultants who are personable, savvy, and with good people and communication skills. You must have excellent English, both written and oral and have home Internet access for the following post:

Destination Consultants

* You will help newly-arriving expats and their families settle in to their new lives in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai or Pune.

* You will assist with topics such as pre-arrival assistance, home-finding, school searches, helping new arrivals get wired in to the city with the least possible disruption.

* You will help make an often anxious assignee and their family feel at home.

* You will help to put a friendly face on a foreign place.

* You will need a good knowledge of the city and some knowledge of the local rental market.

This is a part-time post, project-based on an assignee package lasting 1-5 days per project, not always consecutively.

To learn more about the company, please visit the Going-There site.

Then, if you are genuinely interested and available, please urgently introduce yourself to Leigh Paton, who can also help you with further information. (Feel free to share this email with your friends and networks.)

Many thanks and good luck if you apply! Andrea

And the Winners of the Expat Women Book Launch Competition are...

Hi Everyone, We're delighted to announce the winners of our first Expat Women book launch competition for our new motivational book, Expat Women: 50 Answers to Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad. The winners, and their fantastic prizes are...

Prize 1: Career, Recruitment and/or Personal Branding Coaching - Valued at US$1,010!
Winner = Carrie Shearer!
Lois Freeke
Lois Freeke is an award-winning recruitment manager and career and personal branding strategist. She helps expats, executives and entrepreneurs manage their careers and effectively differentiate themselves for career and business success.

Prize 2: Personal Branding, Career or Executive Coaching – Valued at US$900!
Winner = Andrea Cummings!

Career by Choice Expat Career and Personal Branding Coaching (Megan Fitzgerald)

Megan Fitzgerald helps expats seeking inspiration and a sense of purpose draw out "untapped expertise" to become highly visible, sought after and land work abroad. She works with these global minded professionals and entrepreneurs to find what they do best to build careers that fit who they are and the life they want to live overseas.

Prize 3: Career and/or Executive Coaching – Valued at US$660!
Winner = Heidi Reyes!

Clear Horizon Coaching (Rebecca Wells)

Clear Horizon Coaching provides career advancement and personal branding coaching for senior and middle management executives. Clear Horizon Coaching helps you raise your profile and get ahead at work in 2011.

Prize 4: Career Coaching – Valued at US$500!
Winner = Heather Detrick!

Zest and Zen International Coaching (Anne Egros)

Global Career and Life Coach, Anne Egros, specializes in helping global executives, international managers and expatriates developing their international career. She helps her clients to have a successful expat life and provides support for transition management.

Prize 5: Blogging Consultation and Free eBook, Audio Book and More – Valued at US$499!
Winner = Gry Tina Tinde!

Successful Blogging (Annabel Candy)

Successful Blogging teaches small business owners and writers how to tap into the power of blogging to market their business or build a platform for their writing.

Prize 6: Writing Coaching – Valued at US$480!
Winner = Nicole Göksel!

Summertime Publishing (Jo Parfitt)

Jo Parfitt is the author of 28 books and runs Summertime Publishing. She specializes in helping new expat writers to get into print and loves empowering others to find their story and their voice.

Prize 7: Passport Career database access (3 months) – Valued at US$395!
Winner = Cynthia Woods!

Passport Career (Susan Musich)

Passport Career is a dynamic global job search tool (with loads of useful information) for organizations to support accompanying partners of international assignees.

Prize 8: Expatriate Life Coaching – Valued at US$300!
Winner = Genevieve Faith!

Live Life Now Coaching (Nicola McCall)

Live Life Now Coaching specializes in coaching for expatriate life and work issues. It aims to improve the fulfilment of employees, families and employers during expatriate assignments. Happier expatriates make happier employees, families and successful assignments!

Prize 9: Amazon Kindle (WiFi) – Valued at US$156!
Winner = Carole Mobbs!

Amazon Kindle

Kindle Wireless Reading Device. Wi-Fi. 6" Display. The #1 Bestseller on Amazon.

Prize 10: Amazon Gift Voucher – Valued at US$100!
Winner = Jacqueline van Gent!

Amazon Gift Vouchers

Buy something you have been saving up for on Amazon. Redeemable at your Amazon store of choice.

Congratulations to all of our winners and a big thanks to all of you who supported us and bought a copy of our new book. All winners will be emailed individually in the next 48 hours and should confirm their acceptance of their prize within seven (7) calendar days. For full terms and conditions of our competition, please click here.

Thanks and have a day/evening! Andrea

PS. If you have not yet downloaded a free sample of (some of) our book, but would like to, please click here. Thanks. :)

June 2011 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 June 2011 edition of the Worldwide ERC® Mobility Magazine, which features the following:

Current Trends in Business Immigration Compliance and Enforcement
By Brendan Ryan

Are Fingerprint Scanners in Our Immigration Compliance Future?
By Lynden D. Melmed

Working Together on the Immigration Puzzle
By Jasmine A. Majid and Rebecca K. Peters

Global Standpoints on Workplace Harassment
By Stephanie R. Schreck, SCRP, SGMS

Middle East Culture Redux
By Sean Dubberke

Destination Profile: Spain
By Ellen Harris, GMS and Rosa Escalona, CERP2

Risk and Relocation: How Consistency Can Drive Success During the Homesale
By Anne Bodin and Pam Milani, CRP

Become a Mobility Enabler: the 12-Step Program: Part 1
By Tom Bruhn, CRP

Prepping and Training for Mobility and the London Olympics
By Caroline Meszaros-Suard

Happy reading! Andrea

New Expat Women Book - First Book Club Meeting

Hi Everyone, I want to give a big thank you to the book club of teachers at MKIS (Mont' Kiara International School) here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for being the first book club to invite me along with our new book, Expat Women: Confessions - 50 Answers to Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad. They were all wonderfully enthusiastic listeners, who were also keen to ask questions and provide their own valuable insights. It was fabulous.

The added bonus was having six-time author David T.K.Wong present as well, to talk about his latest book, The Embrace of Harlots. David was extremely humble at the meeting, but afterwards, I looked up his website and find that he has lots of expat experience, and that he also gives away a GBP26,000 scholarship every year to a fiction writer who writes about the Far East. What a man!

Thanks Everyone at the book club meeting. And thanks Everyone who has supported us and bought one of our new books! Andrea

Back Row (L to R): Kathleen Walker-Cook, Ann Andrew,
Jennifer Heal and Julie Monroe.
Front Row (L to R): Lori Duralia, Kelly Kurth, Marie McDowall,
Andrea Martins (me), Rebecca Simpson and Malia McLaughlin.
Also at the meeting: Melanie Brodie, Laura Forgie,
Judy Morrison; Amy Scholdt; and David T.K.Wong.

Our book's very first cash sale - two books - thanks Laura from the MKIS library!

FIGT Conference - 2012 Dates Announced & Speaker Proposals Now Invited

Hi Everyone, The dates for the 2012 FIGT (Families In Global Transition) conference have now been announced. Next year's conference will held 29 - 31 March, again in Washington D.C..

If you are interested in speaking, proposals are now invited. The deadline is September 9, but that day will come around very quickly, so it would be smart to start your proposal now. 

Click here to see who presented at the 2011 conference. 

Click here for details of how to present at the 2012 conference.  

I hope that many of you wonderfully wise expatriate and repatriate women apply! Andrea :)

Words from FIGT

"For over 10 years, the annual Families In Global Transition conference has inspired, educated and brought together those serving families on global assignments as well as family members themselves.

The FIGT community of speakers has included top professionals across all sectors. FIGT's mission is to promote the positive value of the international experience, and empower the family unit and those who serve it before, during and after international transitions.

Our work is spread to hundreds worldwide through the words of our distinguished conference speakers and the connections they make with attendees."

Expat Women June 2011 Home Page

Hi Everyone, I hope you are enjoying a fabulous start to your month! Please take a few minutes to read, enjoy, share and tweet about our new June home page features below. Thanks and enjoy your week! Andrea

Success Story
Barbara Le Marrec
Chief Retail Officer, Starbucks Coffee Japan
Barbara Le Marrec, chief retail officer of Starbucks Coffee Japan and a member of the Starbucks Coffee International Leadership Team leads Retail Operations, Operations Services, Store Development, Store Planning, and Food Service for Starbucks Coffee Japan. Her responsibilities include oversight of the day to day operations and support of 920...
Read more

Business Idea
Alice in Cakeland
Rebecca Treherne
Following the birth of her son in 2008, Rebecca longed to start a creative business from home. Missing American sweets, cakes and desserts, she discovered this was a virtually untapped market in the Netherlands...
Read more

Business Finances for Expat Women Entrepreneurs
Corporate Structures, Expat Taxes and Retirement Planning
David McKeegan
If you are a budding expat entrepreneur who has settled offshore permanently, establishing your business in your host country might be an appealing option. However, if you are planning on being abroad for just a few years - not forever - or you plan on living in multiple countries abroad, you may want to incorporate in your home country (depending on rules in your home country, of course)...
Read more

Expat Confession
Homesick New Mother Abroad
Extract from Expat Women: Confessions
We have been living in South Korea for seven months. When we first arrived, I loved the thrill of it all. But now I hate it. We are living in a tiny apartment with no backyard or outside space and we all sleep in the same room. My son is cooped up inside unless we take a couple of forms of public transport to get to the local park. My husband works from home on occasion, and then I have the impossible task of keeping our sixteen-month-old son quiet and occupied...
Read more

Money Matters
8 Tips for Controlling Your International Health Insurance Costs
Philip McCusker
It used to be that the two things you could be certain of in life were death and taxes. The third one should be increasing insurance premiums every year for your health care. Even globe-trotting executives who are fortunate enough to have their family's health care covered by their employer might face a bit of a shock...
Read more

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Just a reminder that our blog is separate from our main site, so if you are reading this blog post online or you are only subscribed to our blog, you will not automatically receive our Expat Women monthly newsletters.

To receive our monthly newsletters and to go in the running to win our monthly prize of a complete set of Explorer Publishing Mini-Guides, please sign up today to our main site, ExpatWomen.com. When you join, you will also receive a link to download our free e-book of Winning Stories. Thanks for your support!

Missed Some More Great Expat Links on Twitter? (30 May 2011)

Hi Everyone, Here are some great expat-related links I have tweeted recently, that might interest you. Enjoy!

What Are The Hardest Languages to Learn? Excellent infographic

http://bit.ly/iFDJET

Zest or Zen? Which Personality Are You as an Expat?

http://bit.ly/lfPxMC

Long-term expat Carole McCutcheon talks about life ups and downs of life in Italy on Telegraph Expat

http://bit.ly/jyoJjE

Story of 3 fashion-savvy Kiwi expat women moving to Sydney

http://bit.ly/jIdjwL

Pros and Cons of Planning a Wedding From Abroad

http://bit.ly/m2rzVP

Expats report back: "Having a great time, probably won't be back" via Montreal Gazette

http://bit.ly/lFuX60

International recruiter favours LinkedIn profiles over traditional CV

http://t.co/cMNmoew

Moving abroad this summer? Check out Expat Expert’s free video lectures

http://bit.ly/hTlIUY

Expat Book Reviews on DutchNews.nl

http://bit.ly/l08BGk

What's a Global Niche? "Psychic solution to your global identity crisis"

http://bit.ly/lImY0S

The Glamorous Life of an Expat Wife

http://bit.ly/m0sF5d

I Love You, but I Want to Leave - Lovepat article on Denizen Magazine

http://bit.ly/ioi0LW

Unemployed, educated and indebted: More Millennials seeking work outside U.S.

http://usat.ly/m4CMyr

4 Phases of Living Abroad

http://bit.ly/kUSVJC

11 Ways to Get Green Card Permanent Residence Status

http://bit.ly/kqDQTd

Over half of young adults in Europe want to move abroad to work

http://bit.ly/ikETbL

To follow me in 'real time' and keep up with even more great expat links on Twitter, please click here.

If you reading this blog post online and you are not already an Expat Women member, please support us and sign up here to receive our monthly, motivational newsletters.

Thanks for your support and I wish you a wonderful day/evening! Andrea @andreaexpat

PS. If you missed the Expat Links blog post a few days ago (for 26-27 May), just click here. Thanks.

Expat Women in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE): Interested in Part-Time Work with SIRVA Relocation?

Hi Everyone, If you are based in Abu Dhabi, or know someone who is, and you/your friends are interested in a great part-time work opportunity with SIRVA Relocation, please read on...

Introduction from SIRVA Relocation

Global relocations are on the increase and we are actively recruiting Assignment Coordinators. We offer the right candidates a great part-time opportunity to use their expat living and moving experiences and be a part of our dynamic team to help our clients' international employees and their families to settle into Abu Dhabi.

Main Purpose of the Assignment Coordinator Role

The Assignment Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the delivery of international and domestic service programs, policy and benefits for clients of SIRVA Relocation as allocated, act as the primary point of coordination and accountability to the assignees while maintaining the highest level of customer service.

1. Under the allocation from the Manager Relocation Services, manage the entire international relocation for each global assignee within the Client's global assignment policy, being their single point of accountability and their advocate. May include services ranging from pre-decision through repatriation/reassignment.

2. Manage the suppliers involved in the process: i.e. agents, field consultants, transport, and accommodations.

3. Coordinate with all internal departments/functions to ensure successful transferee experience.

4. Administer all related information and documentation.

5. Participate in client/prospect visits and presentations.


Position Requirements / Qualifications

* A college degree, qualification in Human resources or related
discipline highly desirable.

* 3-5 years experience in real estate, relocation or human resources.

* 3+ years living in Abu Dhabi.

* Excellent communication and diplomatic skills: preferably with experience in living abroad and/or communicating with all levels of employees, and across cultures.

* Prefer fluent English speaker plus one or more languages.

* Must have a strong customer service background with ability to build relationships, proven skills in project and service partner management are required.

* Must be a Team player and self-starter with initiative and drive.

* Good computer skills - proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Access).

* Location: Abu Dhabi.

Please urgently send your resume to: Kashish.Navlani@Sirva.ae
Cut off date is Friday 3 June 2011 and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you.


About SIRVA, Inc.

SIRVA, Inc. is a leader in providing relocation solutions to a well-established and diverse customer base around the world. The company has redefined the relocation industry by offering innovative ways for customers to achieve their individual business goals, while providing global end-to-end relocation services, including program development and management, home purchase and home sale services, household goods moving, and mortgage services.

SIRVA conducts more than 300,000 relocations every year, transferring corporate and government employees and moving individual consumers. The company operates in more than 40 countries with approximately 2,600 employees and an extensive network of agents and other service providers in over 175 countries. With our global reach and local expertise, people trust SIRVA to listen to their unique needs and deliver seamless relocations every day.

Be Quick... Only 2 Days Left in our Expat Women US$5,000 Book Launch Competition

Hi Everyone, If you would like to enter our big book launch competition, time is running out...

Our prizes include: Life Coaching; Career Coaching; a Successful Blogging Consultation; Personal Branding Coaching; Writing Coaching; Passport Career access; an Amazon Kindle; and an Amazon gift voucher!

Here's more about the book...

In Expat Women: Confessions - 50 Answers to Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad, experienced expats Andrea Martins and Victoria Hepworth share a wealth of wisdom and positive tips to motivate you at every stage of your expat journey. They cover popular topics like leaving family back home, transitioning quickly, intercultural relationships, parenting bilingual children and work-life balance. They also address more difficult issues such as expat infidelity, divorce, alcoholism and reverse culture shock.

If you have ever wondered what it is like to live abroad, work abroad or accompany your working partner abroad, this book is for you. If you are already living the expat life but have mixed feelings about settling in, rebuilding your identity, relationship changes, successfully managing your money and career, raising children far from home or repatriating, this book is also for you. Or if you are just looking for a motivational gift for your expat friends, clubs or companies, Expat Women: Confessions is likewise for you!

Here's more about the US$5,000 in prizes...

For each copy of our book bought in May 2011, we will thank you with one (1) entry into our fantastic US$5,000 book launch competition (if you email us your purchase e-receipt by 11:59pm 31 May 2011 New York time). For full terms and conditions, click here.

Prize 1: Career, Recruitment and/or Personal Branding Coaching – Valued at US$1,010!

Lois Freeke (Lois Freeke)

Lois Freeke is an award-winning recruitment manager and career and personal branding strategist. She helps expats, executives and entrepreneurs manage their careers and effectively differentiate themselves for career and business success.

Prize 2: Personal Branding, Career or Executive Coaching – Valued at US$900!

Career by Choice Expat Career & Personal Branding Coaching (Megan Fitzgerald)

Megan Fitzgerald helps expats seeking inspiration and a sense of purpose draw out "untapped expertise" to become highly visible, sought after and land work abroad. She works with these global minded professionals and entrepreneurs to find what they do best to build careers that fit who they are and the life they want to live overseas.

Prize 3: Career and/or Executive Coaching – Valued at US$660!

Clear Horizon Coaching (Rebecca Wells)

Clear Horizon Coaching provides career advancement and personal branding coaching for senior and middle management executives. Clear Horizon Coaching helps you raise your profile and get ahead at work in 2011.

Prize 4: Career Coaching – Valued at US$500!

Zest and Zen International Coaching (Anne Egros)

Global Career and Life Coach, Anne Egros, specializes in helping global executives, international managers and expatriates developing their international career. She helps her clients to have a successful expat life and provides support for transition management.

Prize 5: Blogging Consultation and Free eBook, Audio Book and More – Valued at US$499!

Successful Blogging (Annabel Candy)

Successful Blogging teaches small business owners and writers how to tap into the power of blogging to market their business or build a platform for their writing.

Prize 6: Writing Coaching – Valued at US$480!

Summertime Publishing (Jo Parfitt)

Jo Parfitt is the author of 28 books and runs Summertime Publishing. She specializes in helping new expat writers to get into print and loves empowering others to find their story and their voice.

Prize 7: Passport Career database access (3 months) – Valued at US$395!

Passport Career (Susan Musich)

Passport Career is a dynamic global job search tool (with loads of useful information) for organizations to support accompanying partners of international assignees.

Prize 8: Expatriate Life Coaching – Valued at US$300!

Live Life Now Coaching (Nicola McCall)

Live Life Now Coaching specializes in coaching for expatriate life and work issues. It aims to improve the fulfilment of employees, families and employers during expatriate assignments. Happier expatriates make happier employees, families and successful assignments!

Prize 9: Amazon Kindle (WiFi) – Valued at US$156!

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Prize 10: Amazon Gift Voucher – Valued at US$100!

Amazon Gift Vouchers

Buy something you have been saving up for on Amazon. Redeemable at your Amazon store of choice.

Here's some nice words from the review copies sent out...

"What a great book! For the first time, a real-life manual that will reassure every expat woman that she is not alone in her unspoken feelings and questions. I loved it!"

Ruth E. Van Reken, Co-author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds

"A terrific book! Real-life examples of the challenges expat women face, with insightful and practical advice, this should be on the must-read list for anyone involved

with expatriate administration."

Andrea David, Head of Global Mobility, Bloomberg LP

"For once, a book that tells the truth about the expat experience. An inspiring account, and a must read for those contemplating an international assignment or those already on one."

Yvonne McNulty, PhD, Assistant Professor, James Cook University, Singapore

"A must for anyone who is, has been or will be an expat!"

Peggy Love, GMS, CERP, President, FIGT (Families in Global Transition)

"Expat Women: Confessions is a wonderful addition to the literature on the experiences of women during their lives abroad. Andrea and Victoria answer difficult questions with empathy, an upbeat attitude, and wisdom. This is a book that every expat woman should keep at her bedside for the moments that inevitably surface when abroad – and even after repatriation."

Elizabeth Perelstein, President, School Choice International and named one of Fortune Magazine's 10 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs (2010)

"This book is a great resource for all expat women."

Leslie Brant Teixeira, Director, U.S. Department of State Family Liaison Office

Here's how to download a free sample of the book...

http://www.expatwomen.com/downloads/expat-women-confessions-book-sample.pdf

Here's how to support us and buy the book...

Buy now on Amazon.com

Buy on Amazon Kindle

Buy now on Amazon.ca

Buy now on Amazon.co.uk

Buy now on Amazon.fr

Buy now on Amazon.co.jp

Buy now on Amazon.de

Buy now on Amazon.cn

Buy on iPad (Coming June 2011) - or just buy it on the Kindle app on your iPad!

E-Book (Coming June 2011)

Don't forget to email us your purchase e-receipt and be entered into our fantastic US$5,000 book launch competition. For full terms and conditions, click here.

And if you like it, please, please leave a review on any Amazon site. Thank you so much. :-)

Here's where to go if you need images for your blog or expat club newsletters...

http://www.expatwomen.com/expat-women-press.php

Here's where to go to request a full preview e-copy if you are representing a registered expat club and would like to review it for your expat club newsletter... Just click here and talk to Ashley, thanks.

Thanks Everyone!  Andrea

New Expat Women Book: Is it out of stock already?

Hi Everyone, My sincere apologies to anyone who has been trying to order our new book (Expat Women: Confessions - 50 Answers to Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad) these past few days.

We uploaded an updated file (with some minor amendments in the Resources section of the book) and even though the new book file is already 'available' at our printer, the printer's data feed seems a bit slow to talk to the online sites (eg. Amazon and so forth).

Please do keep ordering the book! The message saying that they are not sure when they can deliver it, should hopefully be resolved ASAP. And the Kindle version is still available, no problems.

Thanks for your support! Andrea

Reminder: Our US$5,000 Book Launch Competition ends 31 May!
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Missed Some Great Expat Links on Twitter? (26-27 May 2011)

Hi Everyone, Here are some great expat-related links I have tweeted recently, that might interest you. Enjoy!

Do Expats Get Bored After 3 Years? Are Expats Pioneers Or Followers?
http://bit.ly/maeTcf

Expat Lessons Learned: Trying To Get Bank Credit Abroad
http://bit.ly/igATtn

Expat Americans: Some Expatriate Tax Tips
http://bit.ly/kVFf0z

Top 10 Reasons Your Children Aren't Speaking Your Language
http://bit.ly/kMfKco

Trending Blog: Stuff Expat Aid Workers Like
http://bit.ly/hgxBlw

Caught up with Robin Pascoe's fictional expat blogella lately? She finishes this summer
http://bit.ly/ju8wxn

Highly Recommended: W.I.N. Conference - Full of Inspiring Women Speakers and Attendees, Rome: 5-8 October
http://bit.ly/c71lsE

10 Fabulous Expat Blogger Stories
http://bit.ly/jutWSd

“As in life, it's not always sunshine in expat land.“ - The Silence That Leads to Outrage
http://t.co/q6Of10h

Tim Ferriss, Ego and Living Abroad
http://t.co/wLRrGgh

6 Things Learned From Getting Deported
http://t.co/rASI6mt

Expat Branding Lessons from a French Chef
http://bit.ly/m3UheV

To follow me in 'real time' and keep up with even more great expat links on Twitter, please click here.

If you reading this blog post online and you are not already an Expat Women member, please support us and sign up here to receive our monthly, motivational newsletters.

Thanks for your support and I wish you a wonderful day/evening! Andrea @andreaexpat

Expat Women in Singapore: Interested in Part-Time Work with School Choice International?

Hi Everyone! If you are not subscribed to our Expat Women membership/newsletters, you may have just missed the email sent around, so here is the information again...

Overview

If you are interested (or you know someone who might be interested) in part-time, contract work for School Choice International, a leading educational consulting firm that helps families relocating worldwide, please read on…

School Choice International's Educational Consultant Position (Singapore)

School Choice International, Inc. is an educational consulting firm. They work with relocating families to help them find the best school match for their child(ren). Their headquarters are in White Plains, New York and their team consists of over 100 worldwide professionals. They hire educational specialists to work with families moving to the consultant's city or country. Please click here to see the caliber of their current consultants and their locations. School Choice International offers paid training and competitive remuneration.

Job Description

* Reports to Field Supervisor who reports to V.P. of Client Services

* Conducts intake interview with parents according to company intake form

* Ensures Client fills out School Choice Questionnaire

* Collects appropriate report cards from family to assist in assessing the children

* Develops a list of appropriate school matches for each child

* Contacts schools to check availability, discuss families/goodness of fit, and books tours

* If requested and approved by Client, accompanies families on school visits

* Follows through with families through the application process and/or as needed

* Maintains local knowledge of schools, possible school research project

* Blogs monthly

* Engages in referring new business

* Refers candidates for other consultant positions needed worldwide

* If requested, participates in School Choice webinars and meetings

* Consultant may typically work from home with computer access

* Hours will vary

Job Specification

* Undergraduate or postgraduate degree in education preferred

* Work experience in education or corporate arena

* International experience or experience living in another country preferred

* Knowledge of local schools both public and private

* Has worked with children and families personally and/or professionally

* Must have good judgment, problem solving skills, empathy

* Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written

* Excellent interpersonal skills

* Excellent organizational skills

* Moderate to high technical skills (including computer skills, research skills, ability to be trained to utilize SalesForce)

* Responsive - 24 hour response to school search preferred via e-mail or phone

Metrics

* Use School Choice email address and tag in all correspondences

* Track contact with clients through SalesForce

* Post all correspondences and recap all phone conversations in SalesForce

* In SalesForce, ensure child(ren)'s names, birthdates, and schools selected are documented. School data to be entered according to required template.

* E-mail or phone clients on a weekly basis

* Successful matches

* Time per project at or below standard

* Follow up survey results at or above 8 out of 10

Salary

* Compensated at an hourly rate - US$30 per hour, to start

* Referral bonus of US$250 for new business

Interested?

If you are interested in working with this fine company while you are living in Singapore, please urgently email Karen Mah on Karen.leemah@schoolchoiceintl.com for further information (and please mention "Expat Women – Singapore” in your email’s subject line).

If you would like to read more about School Choice International's founder, Elizabeth Perelstein, please visit the School Choice International site and/or read the interview with Elizabeth on our own Expat Women site.

Many thanks Everyone and best wishes to all who apply! Andrea :)

Expat Women: Confessions - Launch Party Photos

Hi Everyone, Firstly thank you very, very much to those of you who have supported our newly-launched book: Expat Women: Confessions - 50 Answers to Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad!

A few of you have asked if we had a launch party for our book. The answer is yes. Sort of...

Okay, here's the confession (pardon the pun)... I live in Malaysia and my co-author Victoria Hepworth lives thousands of miles away in Dubai, so a joint launch on a limited budget was a little tricky.

So instead, I hijacked the first night of my dear friend Nan Singh's girls' getaway weekend (6-8 May) to a beach resort here in Malaysia, asked my friends to dress in black, happily gave them all a free copy of the hot-off-the-press book, in a pretty pink bag with Teuscher chocolates, and took some photos.

And so with this, yes, we had a small launch - and here are our photos! (Victoria was with us in spirit, as was Gisella Apicella.) Andrea x

The Gorgeous Expat Women at our "Launch Party"

Elle and Hana

Front Row: Left to Right:
Hana Moafi Abdel-Razek (Egyptian); Andrea Martins (Australian);
Duyen Nguyen (Vietnamese); and Elle Bowe (Singaporean).
Back Row: Left to Right:
Bhaven Singh (Indian); Nan Singh - the Birthday Girl (Canadian);
Francesca Gasparrini (Italian); Britta Kirkegaad Lustig (Danish);
Deborah Willsher (British); Renee Beasley (Australian);
Shontelle Allwood (Canadian); and Maaike Kolthek (Dutch).

Francesca modeling the book with the groovy pink bag

Deborah - completely engrossed ;-)

Haven't entered our US$5,000 book launch competition yet? 

Be quick... there's only 9 days left in our competition... Details here.

Thanks for your generous support and efforts to spread-the-word!

Andrea

Missed Some Great Writers' Links on Twitter?

Hi Everyone, Here are some great writers' links I have tweeted recently, that might interest you for your expat/business/personal writing endeavors. Enjoy!

5 Crippling Beliefs That Keep Writers Penniless and Mired in Mediocrity
http://bit.ly/hQaTFY

Expat Writer Jo Parfitt Says Thank You for the Suitcase Years
http://bit.ly/gTDgxj

Writers: What is it Like to be Outed?
http://bit.ly/g0zLWv

12 Signs Your Novel Isn't Ready to Publish
http://bit.ly/lIs1Lz

8 Ways Writers Can Make the Most of Online Video
http://ow.ly/4Kcq1

12 Places Authors Should Look To Develop a Strong Web Presence
http://bit.ly/awOv2S

Some Tips for Expat Freelance Writers
http://bit.ly/ks7wT3

17 Great Information Sources for Authors and Writers
http://bit.ly/kRdNah

What Works: Promo for Ebooks
http://bit.ly/ix2FzW

To follow me in 'real time' and keep up with even more great expat links on Twitter, please click here.

If you reading this blog post online and you are not already an Expat Women member, please support us and sign up here to receive our monthly, motivational newsletters.

Thanks for your support and I wish you a wonderful day/evening! Andrea @andreaexpat

Expat Women: Interested in a position with SIRVA Relocation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?

Hi Everyone, Our valued Gold Sponsor, SIRVA Relocation, would like to invite qualified friends of Expat Women to apply for their current full-time vacancy for a Destination Services Consultant (DSC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. If you are interested, or know someone who might be, please read on (especially if you already have a work permit)...

Job Opening: SIRVA Relocation: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

SIRVA Relocation is looking for a full-time Destination Services Consultant (DSC), who would be responsible for coordinating the delivery of local destination service program programs based on SIRVA Relocation clients’ global policies and benefits.

The DSC will act as the primary point of coordination and accountability to internal Global Assignment Consultants and transferring assignees, while maintaining the highest levels of customer service. This includes managing expenses at the lowest possible level for the corporate client while contributing to optimum revenues for SIRVA Relocation.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

1. Under the allocation from the management, administer and manage the process of the relocation for the assignee and family from pre-decision trip to arrival, through to settling and ongoing support manage. This may also include services like preview trip, home search, school search, settling in and repatriation.

2. Administer initiating documentation from client and establish (and maintain) paper and soft files.

3. Make timely contacts with SIRVA internal consultants, 3rd party providers and designated assignees within given Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

4. Coordinate with all internal departments/functions to ensure successful assignee experiences.

5. The DSC is expected to remain up to date on local as well as expatriate issues in the international community including but not limited to, knowledge about housing market (basic knowledge), international schools, recreation, health issues, public transportation, groceries, ‘Expatriate’ activities, domestic help etc.

6. The DSC is expected to maintain inventories of SIRVA Relocation reference materials for the Expatriate ‘Welcome Kit’ and to keep abreast of useful information that is deemed beneficial for the destination service program.

7. Maintain good relationships with international schools (administrators) and to be updating of international schools occupancies and participating in schools invitations to ensure we have full knowledge on the school curriculums.

8. Maintain good relationships with the help of SIRVA tenancy team on managing our temporary accommodation program for SIRVA Relocation.

9. Manage third-party providers like field consultants, car rental companies etc and liaise with them in co-ordination of the destination service program for the transferring assignee and family member(s), where applicable.

10. Educate assignees or internal consultants on minor relocation issues as these relate to transferring family, communicate with Client HR (where applicable) regarding exception management specific to individual assignees, including recommendations on specific exceptions to policy; providing status updates, and keeping client HR abreast of issues and solutions that arise.

11. Provide SIRVA Relocation reports as requested.

12. Work according to the requirements of the Company Quality System.

13. Report real and potential problems, as well as any unsatisfactory practices, to your manager for
action.

14. Maintain the Relocations Database – Service Engine / SMARTS.

15. Participate in client/prospect visits and presentations, where required.

Position Requirements / Qualifications

A college degree, qualification in Human resources or related discipline highly desirable.

3-5 years experience in real estate, relocation, human resources and/or accounting or finance.

Excellent communication and diplomatic skills: preferably with experience in living abroad and/or communicating with all levels of employees, and across cultures.

Preferably a fluent English speaker plus one or more languages.

Must have a strong customer service background with ability to build relationships,
proven skills in project and service partner management are required.

Must be a team player and self-starter with initiative and drive.

Good computer skills - proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Access).

Interested?

If you are interested in this great opportunity with SIRVA Relocation, please urgently email SIRVA's Tram Claudel, with your CV and details of how you meet SIRVA's criteria.

Many thanks and good luck to potential applicants! Andrea

Expat Women Bloggers: Can You Help?

Hi Everyone, If you are a regular reader of our blog, you will know that we launched this month our very first motivational book for expatriate women (Expat Women: Confessions - 50 Answers to Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad) - which we are understandably really excited about!

If you are an expat woman who blogs about expat life, and you are interested in reading a review e-copy of our new book (to potentially shout-out about on your blog, if you like it), please email Ashley as soon as possible (and remember to tell us your blog's name and URL) while we are trying to build 'buzz' for the new book (and giving away free review e-copies).

Thank you so very much in advance for any help you can offer! Andrea

PS. If you would like to see an example of another blogger's shout-out, please take a look at Tatiana's fabulous, personalized shout-out here.

PS. If you have not listed your blog on our Expat Women Blog Directory, but you would like to, we invite you to click here. Thanks.