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Posted 2 May 2013

By www.expatfinder.com Traditional watches slowly faded into the background with people beginning to use their phones as the prime method of telling the time. But the wristwatch could be making a comeback in the form of ‘smartwatches’. Smartwatches are wearable computing devices that do much more than just tell the time, and can potentially offer a [...]

Posted 30 April 2013

Press release by Mercer - www.expatica.com, 04.29.2013 Research shows that companies worldwide are increasing the number of international positions for expatriate workers, although the length of assignments is gradually shortening. Over 70 percent of companies expect to increase short-term assignments in 2013, according to a recent report on expatriate policies and practices by Mercer. The report [...]

Posted 26 April 2013

By Jennifer Kimrey, JOBS CORRESPONDENT | April 22, 2013 chron.com, Working abroad is just part of the job for many professionals in the oil and gas industry, driving expatriate employment around the globe. For engineers, geologists and other professionals, the opportunities to work overseas are abundant, and the benefits attached to these expatriate positions are well [...]

Posted 4 March 2013

By K. JayShankar – Businessdayonline.com, 04 March 2013 The rise of multinational firms has created a global workforce called the expatriate global manager. Commonly defined as ‘a highly skilled worker with unique expertise who is sent to work in another unit of the same company located in a foreign country, generally on a temporary basis’, such [...]

Posted 31 January 2013

By www.devere-group.com – January 08, 2013 The sunny disposition is a stark contrast from the dreary English weather but this is not the only reason British retirees are choosing to move to Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand for their retirement. These South-east Asian countries have been working hard to lure expatriates, as a result, many programs [...]