Why telling your repat story can be tough. Last week on Boomeranging I told my repatriation story of returning to Australia – ultimately the story that became the seeds of the Insync Network Group and the Boomeranging podcast. When I first arrived back in Australia, telling my story after seven years in London attracted two very […]
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Margot spent seven years living in London, six more than she thought. In that time, she travelled, worked as a teacher and then switched her career into management consulting in the education sector. When she was offered the next step up in her career, she decided to come home instead.
Adjusting to life overseas is difficult. Adjusting to life back at home is also difficult. While both rewarding experiences, significant energy and time is invested in both and neither adjustment is for people who crave their comfort zone. Jumping for the first time is easy – ignorance is often bliss. But what makes a person
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With more than 400,000 Australians returning home in 2020 due to COVID – there has been a heightened media focus on the plight of Australians adapting to life back home personally and professionally. We can sometimes forget that many of these professionals are coming home with kids – some of whom may have Australian citizenship but
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For Mandy, the decision to move to the Hague with her family was a case of taking an opportunity to walk in the shoes of the people she had spent her career advising.
Some people collect snow domes from countries they visit, Glen and his wife collected children. Their stints as an expat couple in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore all symbolically marked with the birth of kids – and doubly celebrated in Hong Kong with the arrival of twins.
Rugby boots and guitars – these are Ben Deguara’s secret weapons for integrating into a new life overseas. And he should know – he has done it twice already at opposite ends of the world.
There is no doubt that 2020 has shone a light on repatriation for both organisations and individuals alike. With over 400 000 Aussies returning throughout the year, many are heading home with their employer and actively looking for ways to leverage their international knowledge, skills and relationships. For many expats the lure of an overseas
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For those who have listened to our new podcast, Boomeranging: From Expat to Repat, you may have noticed an emerging theme amongst our guests. That being, how many repats have found their place back in Australia’s start up community. Be it starting their own business or in entrepreneurial rapid high growth ventures. This is either
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