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Americans can work in their home country for longer in their early career and still progress more professionally than Europeans can. This is according to the views of  Alain Verstandig, president of the NET EXPAT Group, which specialises in assessing, training and coaching internationally mobile employees. “To grow as a [...]

It is critical that governments across the world open themselves up to the movement of talent as part of the solution to meet skills shortages. So says Jeffrey A Joerres, chairman and chief executive of international recruitment giant ManpowerGroup. ManpowerGroup’s 2011 Talent Shortage Survey revealed 34% of employers are having [...]

Two-thirds of expats are feeling comfortable financially, and the vast majority believe they made the right decision to live abroad, according to a new survey. Nine in 10 British expats think they made the right choice in moving from the UK, which may be in part because of the austerity [...]

Landing a job interview means you actually have a decent chance of getting the job. You’ve been selected from probably hundreds of expatriate applicants to be one of the half-dozen serious contenders for the position. It’s surprising how often hiring managers have a hard time finding a keeper among the [...]

Professionals in Singapore likely to job-hop in the next three months compared to their counterparts in the Asia Pacific region. This is according to a global study by recruitment consultancy Robert Walters which said that 61 per cent of Singaporeans are looking to change jobs in Singapore the three months [...]

Qatar values its expatriate workforce and has no plans to emulate Saudi Arabia’s example and pack off long-staying foreign workers. A Saudi Minister last week hinted at his government’s plans not to renew visas for expatriate jobs of expatriate workers after six years. Other GCC countries have occasionally looked at [...]