{"id":259,"date":"2011-05-31T00:49:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T00:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbraindesigns.com\/sites\/unipack\/?p=259"},"modified":"2011-07-27T05:15:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T05:15:41","slug":"the-ultimate-plan-to-work-abroad-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unipack.net\/the-ultimate-plan-to-work-abroad-location\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Plan to Work Abroad: Location"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re considering relocating overseas<\/a> to take up a temporary assignment or you’d like to move abroad<\/a> permanently and find work there are basically three main aspects of expatriation that you need to think about before you make your move and this article examines them for you.<\/p>\n

1) Location<\/p>\n

Unless you’re being relocated by your employer to a fixed location you will quickly discover that it a big wide world and you therefore have a great deal of choice when considering which country best suits your lifestyle and employment requirements. In an effort to narrow down your search a little consider any country you’re interested in in view of the following considerations: –<\/p>\n

i) The location’s distance from your home country and your family and friends \u2013 remember that there will be times you want or need to return home and\/or to catch up with old faces. How easy and affordable will it be for you to go ‘back home’ should the need arise and how simple will it be for your friends and family to come and visit you?<\/p>\n

ii) The weather \u2013 some countries are more or less hospitable in weather terms and someone who originally heralds from Tropical North Queensland may find it a struggle to cope with the wet, grey winters in England for instance and someone from Canada may find is a shock coping with the searing summer temperatures in Spain. Thinking about your ideal overseas location from a weather perspective may well cut down your choices!<\/p>\n

iii) Your family \u2013 particularly if you’re expatriating with children you’ll need to think carefully about the healthcare and education facilities available overseas and also about getting your essential insurances in place before you go. Some countries are more expensive and restrictive than others\u2026bear this in mind.<\/p>\n

iv) Language barriers \u2013 if you’re considering moving to a country where the mother tongue is other than your own will this restrict your employment prospects? Can you overcome this by learning the language before you go or do you need to reconsider your destination?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re considering relocating overseas to take up a temporary assignment or you’d like to move abroad permanently and find work there are basically three main aspects of expatriation that you need to think about before you make your move and this article examines them for you. 1) Location Unless you’re being relocated by your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[8,6,3,7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unipack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unipack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unipack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unipack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unipack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unipack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732,"href":"https:\/\/www.unipack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unipack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unipack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unipack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}