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,...
by Willem van Hoorn | Sep 5, 2022 | Dutch Culture, Expats Netherlands, Settling In
I once witnessed a little incident, dear friends. And it gave me quite a bit of food for thought. I will detail the incident first, and then share the little contemplation that it brought to me. I was in The Hague for a work meeting. My way back home started in a...
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,...
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...
by Willem van Hoorn | Jul 4, 2022 | Dutch Culture, Expats Netherlands, Settling In
I’ve mentioned it in earlier blog posts: when you talk cultural differences, you talk ‘comparison’. The characteristics of a particular culture are usually not defined in absolute terms, but in relation to other cultures. A culture is more this or that compared to...
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...
