HAPPY EXPAT NEW YEAR 2026
One highly consequential yet fascinating aspect of #relocating to a new country is that of accommodation. Standards, styles, designs, sizes and quality of property vary enormously from country to country.
EXPAT THEMES GLOBAL
MERRY EXPAT CHRISTMAS 2025
Living in Germany may feel like a blessing at this time of year. Naturally the northern hemisphere grows darker and central Europe cloudier. Precipitation respects no borders, even if it
What Matters in Expat Lives?
What matters in life and what doesn’t? Typical answers include happiness, love, family, health, career and wealth. As many of us know, the planned trajectory in our lives can change
Heartfelt Christmas 2024
If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t. How fascinating to consider under what circumstances Emerson W. Pugh
HIRING ABROAD
EBOOK The Amazing Capitals Düsseldorf eBook is an essential tool available to companies and expats to help acquire solid first impressions before a possible relocation. Offering many insights, it is
Expat Definition
The human race has travelled the globe for millennia. Indigenous folk have fought amongst themselves, been fought by others, overrun or displaced. Newcomers have been treated as outcasts, even when
Fear Driven Recruitment / Two
Following reflection upon Finland, a look at Germany is next, where the lack of trained staff is known as “Fachkräftemangel”. The phenomenon is ever-present and has been so for a
Fear Driven Recruitment / One
As Monty Python once sang, Finland is “So close to Russia”. Located way up in northern Europe, the tip of Lapland is also over 1100 kms or 700 miles farther
Christmas Story 2023
Contemplating this story, I am reminded of my hero, an incomparable Peanuts character from Charles M. Schulz. That brilliant philosopher and avid writer named Snoopy is portrayed sitting crouched over an old