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What is Expatriate Pay Philosophy?
Organisations spend insufficient time creating a well designed expatriate remuneration strategy and policy. This is dangerous given that the highest employee turnover is at the beginning and end of international assignments, indicating a lack of integration of expatriate pay philosophy with … Continue reading
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How to NOT have an X-Trailing Spouse
I was that woman, I could have been a man in this situation, but I was that woman. You know the one, the Trailing Spouse as we are commonly known. The one that gets to say “Yes” to moving abroad … Continue reading
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Cost of Living Differences Around the World — Just How Big Are They?
What makes one city more expensive than another? Why is Switzerland so expensive? Why is Tokyo no longer the most expensive place in the world? Switzerland is fragmented into different cultures and different languages in different geographical areas. In comparison to most countries, people do … Continue reading
Posted in 2013 International cost of living, cost of living calculator, cost of living comparison, cost of living ranking, cost of living rankings, Expatriate Pay, Expatriate Salary, Geneva, Switzerland, Tokyo, Zurich
Tagged cost of living, Economy of Switzerland, expat salary, expat work, International Cost of Living, Purchasing Power Parity, salary, Switzerland, Tokyo
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How Does Your Salary Compare?
Most of us spend much of our time working for a salary. The average person will spend close to 40 years earning a salary of some sort. Do we spend enough time and effort making sure what we get paid … Continue reading
The Cost of the Expat Summer Holiday
The air of excitement that we all felt while waiting at the airport to go home for the summer holidays was noticeable everywhere. It was 11pm, 2 weeks into the summer holidays and yet the airport was still crowded with expats on their way home for the 2 – 3 month holiday period to destinations all over the world. Continue reading
Posted in 2011 international cost of living, becoming an expat, cost of living comparison, Expat attitudes, expat children, expat kids, expatriate, Expatriate Hardship, Expatriate Pay, Expatriate Relocation, Expatriate Salary
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Which expat are you?
The one great advantage when you exercise is not only getting fit and in shape, but also that it gives your mind time to think. My thoughts during my last session was on the different types of Expats that you get. I am not referring to nationalities or cultures but more to the country that you find yourself being an expat in which can determine the type of expat you will be. Continue reading
What I wish I had known about becoming an expat
After blogging about the questions you should ask before and while you are becoming an expat, here are a few tips on the things you should know about becoming an expat. You are going to get hundreds of different opinions on moving, sometimes it will feel like when you were pregnant and every other person in existence, even those ones that have never gone through the experience before, are willing to dispense great tips to you. Take it all with a pinch of salt and select the advice that will best assist you in your decisions.
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Tagged After blogging about the questions you should ask before and while you are becoming an expat, are willing to dispense great tips to you. Take it all with a pinch of salt and select the advice that will best assist you in your decisions., even those ones that have never gone through the experience before, here are a few tips on the things you should know about becoming an expat. You are going to get hundreds of different opinions on moving, sometimes it will feel like when you were pregnant and every other person in existence
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The Seasoned Expat
An image of a juicy piece of sirloin comes to mind that is ever so lightly seasoned and seared lightly on the outside but still rare inside and so it should be for the seasoned expat, moving from one country … Continue reading
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From Paris with Love
Paris the “City of Love”. Who has not wished to live in Paris once in their lives? There is a line in a Baz Luhrmann song called Sunscreen that goes “Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes … Continue reading
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As an Expat how do you communicate?
As expats we are far away from the ones we love (maybe distance does make the heart grow fonder), our communication systems of today however do make our loved ones within our grasp even across the miles. Having left home … Continue reading
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