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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. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #403320 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 228 pages

Review
"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

About the Author
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.

Excerpted from Expat Entrepreneur: How To Create and Maintain Your Own Portable Career Anywhere In The World by Jo Parfitt. Copyright © 2006. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
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.

Customer Reviews

Smart thinking
You're in a foreign country, perhaps as a trailing spouse, or you've arrived somewhere where your old job skills are no longer relevant...it's hardly the time to become your own boss, right ? Wrong. This book explains how being an expat and being an entrepreneur truly go hand-in-hand.

The book really encourages the reader to look for the inner entrepreneur, and focus on the skills and strengths that enable him or her to maintain a flexible and, importantly, portable career. It offers an in-depth section on the traits of entrepreneurs. There are clear steps and questions to allow the reader to examine his own strengths and weaknesses with a view to being self-employed. The book not only inspires, but also provides extensive resources to equip the reader for further investigation on his own.

How to be an Expat Entrepreneur
This inspiration guide is essential hand luggage for the thousands of people who move overseas for work or pleasure, or those already residing abroad.

If you are the spouse of an expatriate employee, wanting to maintain your professional identity despite frequent upheaval, or, if you have moved to a foreign land and are thinking of working for yourself, this book is for you. By the time you reach your destination, you will be armed with the tools necessary to choose a business idea that works for you, adopting the right mindset and skills to aid success.

Practical advice on developing a portable career by choosing something you enjoy, rather than just using the skills you have is discussed. Understandably, motivation remains easier if you develop the right mindset.

From the outset, the author challenges whether "you have what it takes" to get started. Thought-provoking sections on "what makes an entrepreneur?" describe the drive and determination needed by finding inspiration for your business, creating a venture, and then developing a portable career through effective marketing. The practicalities of success are explained in a helpful, straightforward manner that makes anyone feel they can achieve something similar. The importance of networking is clear.

International entrepreneurs share their own circumstances and information about building and maintaining successful and rewarding, portable careers in all four corners of the world. Extensive links and tips from 35 countries are listed providing excellent practical resources to get started.

pretty interesting but fairly general
The book is a collection of expats who have done their thing in various countries which is interesting and somewhat inspiring. However they are in a wide range of countries and so if you have a particular country in mind this book won't be able to help with the logistics of setting up in that location really.