5 Attributes that Increase Global Marketability
by Marian Hakze, Expert Global Career Coach for Passport Career
Outside of your professional background and education, there are a number of key attributes that you may want to check-off prior to considering a move to a new country. Consider how your skills stack up and evaluate where you might need additional development in the following five areas:
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Portable Careers in South America: Spotlighting Chile
Who does not (occasionally) dream of being able to trade the long cold winters in the northern hemisphere for six months of sunshine, without having to wait until retirement? Ever imagined a life in South America? For those with portable careers, this is a feasible goal. Portable careers have always existed — think nurses, journalists, teachers — but now are within arm’s reach for most because of improving technology, globalization and the increasing demand for services over goods. If you really enjoy your current career, but always longed to live in a different country or region, you might be surprised to learn that you can have both at the same time.
6 Tips for Digital Nomads
Digital nomads are people who use telecommunications technologies to earn a living and maintain a “location independence” approach to work. This growing trend allows people to live where they choose or travel while still contributing professionally.
Successful nomad Ally Basak Russell compiled a list of tips that have helped her find success working in locations around the world. The following is an edited version of Russell’s Lifehacker Tips for Digital Nomads:
The Top 9 Language Apps for All Learning Styles
Don’t you wish there was a pill you could take to learn a foreign language! Everyone dreams of going to sleep listening to language lessons and magically waking up with the ability to speak in a new tongue, but the reality is that learning a new language is hard work. If you are living in a different country, the ability to communicate in the local language can significantly change your experience. Even if your new host nation is generous in speaking your native tongue, the ability to express even basic ideas and questions in another language can improve your relationships and experience.
Fortunately, for those unable to spend hours sitting in language class, there are lots of great apps to help you master a new language, and most offer a free version. Take a moment to review which apps best suit your own learning style.
The Global Workforce Revolution
The job market in most progressive economies is being shaped by powerful forces of globalization and technology. There is a major shift away from full-time employment as the single source of income towards a more diversified structure that often involves some type of freelance activity. It is estimated that independent workers already account for up to 30% of the workforce in the US and Europe. This change is fueled by two trends – Lean Organizations and Modern Careers.