Expat Entrepreneur: How to create and maintain your own portable career anywhere in the world [Paperback]

"This terrific book is exactly the support I could have done with on our overseas postings and even on my return to the UK. Jo Parfitt has gathered together her own insights and experience and that of many other entrepreneurial expats to create an indispensable tool for anyone wanting to create something new wherever they land." Bobby Meyer, publisher, serial entrepreneur and three times expatriate, Sage Press

Tens of thousands of people now move overseas for work or pleasure. If this is you, read on… Going to live in a new country can be the catalyst for a sea-change in your career. Opportunities that existed in one country may dry up in another. Sometimes it makes sense not to pursue one single career path but to adopt a shifting, growing, portfolio of portable careers. Section 1 arms you with practical advice on how to choose a business idea that works for you and how to develop the right mindset. Section 2 shares the remarkable stories of more than 23 international entrepreneurs as they share how they've maintained and built rewarding, portable careers in all four corners of the world. Section 3 provides extensive links, resources and tips for expatriate entrepreneurs living in 35 countries If you are considering working for yourself in a foreign land then this inspirational guide belongs in your suitcase, wherever you may be, wherever you may go and whatever you may hope to become.

Since 1987, professional writer, publisher and journalist, Jo
Parfitt has taught word processing to housewives in Dubai, made and sold
date chutney in Oman and taught creative writing in Norway.

A former editor of Woman Abroad magazine, she has also been involved in
network marketing, sold books for Dorling Kindersley, run a CV writing
service and made Christmas decorations from the flowers in her Middle
Eastern garden.

Jo's articles on portable careers have been featured all over the world in
publications such as Living Abroad, Emirates Woman, Gulf Air Golden Falcon,
Expatrium, Eurograduate, Transitions Abroad, Nexus, Hobson's Career Guides,
Women's Business, Woman's Journal, Bonjour, Resident Abroad, Independent on
Sunday, The European and The Weekly Telegraph.

From her current home in The Netherlands she specialises in helping others
to write their books and get published.

Why you should read this book

Ours is an increasingly global world. Tens of thousands of people now move
overseas for work or pleasure. If this is you, read on.

International employees of multinational companies are posted, typically,
for anything from a few months to several years and to a range of
countries. It is not unusual for a mobile family to experience more than
ten countries during an international career. If you are the spouse of an
expatriate employee, and want to maintain your professional identity
despite frequent upheaval, then this book is for you.

Yet, every year, thousands of families uproot themselves to move overseas
for a `better life'. Unless they can take their career with them, continue
to commute or telework, these people need to find work in their adopted
country. Sometime one or both partners hopes to work. Yet without locally
recognised qualifications and a good command of a new language, finding
paid work on the economy can be difficult or take a long time. As a result,
many choose to work for themselves. If you are thinking about how to earn
the bread and butter, Brod und Boter or baguette et beurre, in your new
life, and would welcome some inspiration, then this book is for you too.

Even if you do not expect to work abroad, but would still like to explore
some of the options open to entrepreneurs, this book remains relevant.

In short this book is for anyone who is considering working for themselves,
wherever they may be, wherever they may go and whatever they may hope to
become.