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Why you don’t have to be adventurous to be a successful expat
There can be a perception that the experience of living and working abroad best suits an extraverted, risk taker. A person with no ties, or...
How an 8-word elevator pitch can be more powerful than your CV
Despite the appearance of ‘fate’, tales of people turning chance meetings with strangers into career opportunities is rarely an accident. Sydney...
Top 3 tips for returned expats to ‘Aussie-up’ their global experience
A common surprise many expats face when returning home to Australia according to the latest Advance research, is the lack of value the local...
Honey, your career or mine?
Balancing two expat careers in the one family. If someone tells you they know the definitive way for couples to manage the demands and needs of two...
Paying tribute to Australia’s humanitarian professionals
As far as expats go – humanitarians are hands down the toughest. Highly skilled and educated, their careers are full of choice. Yet they sacrifice salary and security to take jobs that can also put them in danger.
Is Australia’s brain gain temporary?
3 reasons we may lose Australians once borders open. Commentators and media have speculated that COVID could be both a ‘brain gain’ and a ‘brain...
Tips for expats to manage reverse culture shock
Relax returned expats, questioning your decision to return home is just part of the process. If I had a dollar for every time, I had a returning...
Australian expats excluded from global talent budget push
Is local recruitment doing enough to keep Australian expats here once borders open again? Last week the government announced a suite of budget...
Pandemic grounds expats enjoying the digitally nomadic lifestyle
But will more remote working create new opportunities for aspiring expats? COVID has brought thousands of digital nomads back home. Ironically, the...
Expats count the mental health cost of coming ‘home’
How we need to support the returning Aussie repatriate during COVID Hearing the Australian Prime Minister say that Australia is in no hurry to open...
“Nobody wants to hear about your weekends in Paris”
Why telling your repat story can be tough. Last week on Boomeranging I told my repatriation story of returning to Australia - ultimately the story...
Can you be a ‘cured’ expat or do you dream of doing it again?
Adjusting to life overseas is difficult. Adjusting to life back at home is also difficult. While both rewarding experiences, significant energy...