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

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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: 22.6 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm

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

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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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4.0 out of 5 stars An inspiring book for your suitcase, 29 Sep 2008

By	Karin Behringer (KSA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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4.0 out of 5 stars A Career in your Suitcase by Jo Parfitt, 22 Sep 2008

By	M. Venema (Dubai, UAE) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In this fully revised and updated third edition of her book A Career in your Suitcase, Jo reveals in an easy readable style the secrets on how you too (the expat accompanying partner) can have a career you love, and earn money from it.

Drawn on her own experiences of over two decades, she depicts the scene of the expat rollercoaster and the challenges it poses for pursuing a dual career. The answer is a portable career; one that can be packed up and unfolded, as well as built upon, in a next location.

Jo believes a portable career is possible for anyone. In her book she guides you with her team of experts in a step-by-step approach in finding the perfect, portable career that meets your values, aspirations and lifestyle.

"A portable career requires constant introspection and reinvention," she says. "Becoming too attached to what you've already `been' and already `seen' might be the biggest obstacle to your international career success."

She therefore stresses the importance of managing your expectations appropriately and to anticipate challenges and even temporary setbacks. "The better you prepare beforehand," she says, "the more easily you'll make the move into your new environment." It is all about thinking outside of the box, and recognizing the opportunities being offered.

Examples of professions that qualify as portable are teaching, coaching, network marketing, online trading, counseling, hairdressing and writing. But with a little creative thinking the list can easily be extended to '60 Brilliant (freelance) Ideas,' ranging from starting your own recruitment agency, painting individual greeting cards and running a cr�che or playgroup close to shops, to making and selling chutneys and jams from local ingredients.

Much of her own success at creating a globally mobile career she puts down to her ability "to network easily, cheaply and effectively." She emphasizes how networking is not about handing out business cards, but about building relationships and making friends. This book is no exception, as it has been co-authored by experts as an extension of her knowledge in the field.

Perhaps the only slight drawback is the consequent, occasional clash of writing styles, and the fact that some parts (especially the chapters "Coping with Change" and "Talking to a Professional") seem to stand too much on themselves, lacking sufficient coherence with the rest.

All in all, though, this is a valuable handbook for all career-minded expat spouses, seeking to refocus their own professional path.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful ! Passionate ! Provocative !, 9 Jun 2008

By	S. Southwood "Learning & Development Consultant" (The Hague, Netherlands) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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