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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…

5 Financial Tips For Volunteers In Australia To Achieve Financial Stability

Over the years, volunteering, working, and even living abroad has become more affordable and rewarding for people around the world. While it used to be notoriously expensive to relocate to another country and settle there, nowadays you can choose volunteering as a great way to explore a new country in an affordable way. Most importantly,…

Coworking And Coliving – For Remote Workers And Digital Nomads

Remote working can give the freedom to work anywhere leading to the growth in digital nomads, but takes away the communal element of the traditional office. Coworking in shared offices is a practical option and coliving takes it to the next level where you live and work in an environment with others looking for…

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…

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…

How To Start A Business in Australia

Moving down under is a dream that’s likely to have flickered across even the most patriotic of minds from time to time. On dark wintery days the allure of beautiful weather, an outdoors lifestyle and a familiar business culture makes Australia an extremely tempting choice, writes Heather Landau. More than 1.3 million Britons have moved…

Work Draws Britons to Australia

207,000 have headed to Oz in the last five years, many in search of work or with a definite job to go to… Read more…

Need For Construction Workers Keeps Building in Australia

Expat builders looking for a chance to start a new life in Australia should pack their bags, because the number of opportunities opening up in the construction industry continues to grow, writes Fiona Mayers. Recent figures from the building and construction survey, carried out by Master Builders Australia, have confirmed that the construction industry is…