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An International Team Dedicated to Helping Others

by Ariel Slaughter | Nov 27, 2022 | Career, Career Restart, Expats Netherlands, Job Search, Settling In

The Expat Spouses Initiative (ESI) is a social enterprise born from the personal experience of an accompanying spouse who found it difficult to professionally integrate after moving to the Netherlands. Now the organization is run by a diverse team of internationals,...

Get Market ready with Talent 100

by Ariel Slaughter | Jul 29, 2022 | Career, Career Restart, Expats Netherlands, Job Search

On the 7th of July, 2022, Expat Spouses Initiative (ESI) hosted the Talent100 LIVE event as the exciting conclusion of the first edition of their Talent100 program at the Conference Center of the High Tech Campus Eindhoven. The event gathered the program’s Talents,...

Building a Career in Brabant one Piece at a Time

by Ariel Slaughter | Jul 4, 2022 | Career, Career Restart, Dutch Culture, Expats Netherlands, Job Search, Settling In

Every month the ‘We are Not Alone’ Newsletter (WANA) delivers a fountain of helpful resources and information to the inboxes of thousands of internationals and Dutch alike living in Brabant. The newsletter is produced by the collaborative efforts of a diverse team of...

Becoming Visible in a New Place

by Ariel Slaughter | Jun 8, 2022 | Career, Expats Netherlands, Job Search, Settling In

Many internationals that arrive in Brabant from abroad do so because they are pursuing new employment opportunities. And in many cases, the contracted employee doesn’t arrive alone. To thrive, the whole family needs to put down new roots. For children, that can mean...

When Passion, Perserverance, and Politics Collide

by Ariel Slaughter | May 9, 2022 | Career, Career Restart, Expats Netherlands

Alina Totti, a policy advisor for the Provincie of Noord-Brabant and an Ambassador for the Expat Spouses Initiative (ESI) Women for Women Program (WfW), has managed to achieve what perhaps only a handful of others have during the pandemic—move to a new country, learn...

An Advocate for Women & Diversity in Tech

by Ariel Slaughter | Apr 4, 2022 | Career, Career Restart, Job Search

What do you do when your current career path no longer excites you? Do you stay or go? It certainly is easier to stay but sometimes life requires a bold leap into the unknown. Ingelou Stol chose to be bold and pursue her passion in a new high-tech field in Brabant and...
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