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A Career in Your Suitcase: The Expat and Trailing Spouse's Guide to a Career on the Move [Paperback]

Jo Parfitt
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Lean Marketing Press; 3rd edition (26 Mar 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1905430337
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905430338
  • Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 14.7 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 679,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Anne P Copeland PhD, Executive Director, The Interchange Institute

Full of practical advice and sage guidance, written from the heart by someone who's been there.

Gill Cowell, Publisher, The Weekly Telegraph

There is nothing that Jo doesn't know about creating, sustaining and growing a portable career whilst moving round the world.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An inspiring book for your suitcase, 29 Sep 2008
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This review is from: A Career in Your Suitcase: The Expat and Trailing Spouse's Guide to a Career on the Move (Paperback)
A Career In Your Suitcase
Jo Parfitt
Completely revised and updated 3rd edition 2008
285 pages

To all the ladies riding the expat rollercoaster: Have you ever heard of the portable career movement? Have you ever dreamed of finding a work that is based on what you love to do and at the same time moves when you do? Have you ever wondered how you could build up a career of your own while following your partner abroad?
If you want to run a business from your kitchen table or home office, find a part-time or full-time contract work, develop a company or simply want to find something to do that can be sustained as you move from place to place - this book is for you!
Jo Parfitt, an accompanying partner herself with more than 20 years of experience in living abroad, built up her own portable career and shares her experience with us.
This 3rd edition of A Career In Your Suitcase provides in 11 chapters a lot of tools to help you self-assess your passion, drive, skills and goals and it offers real-life quotes from men and women living the portable career.
At the end you'll find 60 Brilliant Ideas that have worked for Jo herself or for people she knows. These ideas will help you to get started as they offer a wide range of possibilities such as looking after people's holiday homes off-season, teaching people things that are easy to you, using your creativity, exporting local goods or importing goods from home, and so on.
You'll find a lot of comprehensive advice, real-life stories, ideas, checklists and hands-on exercises to get you stared.
No matter how old you are, if you live as a couple or have children, no matter if you have always dreamed of a career of your own or if you are following your partner abroad looking for something to do, this wonderful, inspiring book should go into your suitcase!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Career in Your Suitcase, 21 Sep 2009
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Paul Allen "expat writer" (Girona, Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Career in Your Suitcase: The Expat and Trailing Spouse's Guide to a Career on the Move (Paperback)
"Do you want to find work that is based on what you most love to do, that fits your dreams, your lifestyle and your needs, and that works wherever you find yourself living?"

So begins A Career in Your Suitcase, Jo Parfitt's insightful and comprehensive `how-to' guide on building what she calls a "portable career."

According to the innumerable surveys that come out on overseas living each year, there are millions of people around the world who would love to move abroad in search of a climate and lifestyle more suited to their sensibilities. Yet the overwhelming majority never actually do it. And for many the biggest hurdle holding them back is "what would I do? How am I going to earn a living in my dream location?"

If this is you then A Career in Your Suitcase will offer you a wealth of information and advice on what work opportunities exist, how to find them and, most importantly, how to create a career that matches the lifestyle you want.

And a portable career isn't just for expatriates. Rather, the clear guidance offered by A Career in Your Suitcase is just as applicable to anyone who wants to find work that finally matches their values and aspirations.

As Parfitt notes, the concept of A Career in Your Suitcase "... speaks directly to anyone, anywhere, who has ever wanted to discover, once and for all, what they really really want to do for a living and how to turn that dream into reality."

So isn't it worth pursuing your dreams? Because if you don't, how are they ever going to come true?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful ! Passionate ! Provocative !, 9 Jun 2008
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S. Southwood "Learning & Development Consultant" (The Hague, Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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Wherever you are, whatever you do or don't do, Jo not only dares you to do what you love doing, but shows you exactly how you can do it!

She offers a rich tapestry of ideas, information and inspiration, weaving her own and others' stories throughout, for that vital personal edge.

Probe into your past, identify your passions and provoke progress towards a more fulfilling future.

Utter inspiration!! A perfect example of 'love made visible'.


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