Understanding Your Rights If You’re Injured In The US Workplace
Employees should expect to have a reasonably safe work environment. They should be able to work without worrying that the nature of their work will put their health at risk. Unfortunately, some employers fail to fulfill their duty to their workers. The result is that workers get injured. Not all workplace injuries...
3 Quick Ways To Put LinkedIn In Your Resume
These days, it’s almost impossible to imagine a job search without LinkedIn. This handy tool helps us with many things: from analyzing career trends to contacting recruiters and representing our accomplishments. So, you’ve written a catchy summary and a headline, included key skills and added samples of your work. Once...
Wanting To Work As An Expat Partner? Do You Really Want To?
When your partner is offered a career enhancing opportunity abroad and you decide together to take the step, the family will enter a whole new phase in family life. If you are happy to leave your job behind and look forward to spending more time with the family and building a new life in the...
Tips And Tricks On Tax Preparation In The U.S.
One of the best things about being a United States citizen is that you get to enjoy many constitutional rights and benefits. Well, this is as long as you abide by the law and, of course, pay your taxes as you should when they are due. As a matter of fact, tax evasion is...
The Impact Of Giving Up Your Job To Become An Expat Partner
Not everyone outside the expat community responds positively when you talk about being an expat. Sometimes judgement is apparent; you can be seen as a spoiled, stay-at-home expat partner with no material needs or wants, spending lazy afternoons at the pool-side sipping cocktails with friends. This may or may not have been true many decades...
How To Nail The Video Interview
Technology and connectivity are a gift to the modern day expat, presenting them with a way of communicating globally – regardless of their geographical location. And, with video interviews now being carried out by almost 80% of employers thanks to the pandemic and implementation of lockdown restrictions, global job seekers now have more opportunity than...
How To Say ‘Willing To Relocate’ On Your CV
Prepared to take your career international? Make these CV changes. If you’re willing to relocate internationally for a job, how should you include that in your CV? Well, there are several ways that you can state on your CV that you’re willing to work anywhere in the world, but some methods allow you to be...
Top 3 States For Expats In The U.S.
What are the top 3 states for expats in the US? As the fourth largest country in the world (by land area), it can be difficult for expats to choose where to live in the United States, especially if they really don’t know where to start. Deciding which location has the most to offer...
Preparing For A Skype Or Telephone Interview
As more and more companies now use Skype or telephone interviews during their recruitment process, it’s likely that at some stage you will receive this invitation. By CV Knowhow Senior CV Consultant – Jen David While the normal rules of interview preparation still apply, you should also bear the following points in mind. Make sure...
Setting Up A Business In America
People and businesses set up in America for many reasons. With the American economy the largest in the world, for many it is an opportunity for expansion, for others it is more about lifestyle. Whatever your reason for setting up you will need to consider a number of factors: Immigration and visa requirements. You can...