by Ariel Slaughter | Jun 15, 2024 | Career, Job Search
María José Quirós Castillo has been with the Expat Spouses Initiative (ESI) team for more than a year. She moved from being a Talent in the Women for Women Eindhoven Edition X to working with the team. Her story is like many other internationals arriving in the...
by Ariel Slaughter | Apr 15, 2024 | Career, Job Search
Spring is finally here! And perhaps in keeping with the season representing renewal and starting over, the Talent100 Edition IV is changing too. In this edition, six new faces will take centre stage as coaches and trainers for the forty-eight Talents joining the...
by Ariel Slaughter | Feb 25, 2023 | Career, Job Search
Transitioning from academia into a corporate setting has always been difficult, just ask Alexander Ledovskikh. He has been trying to make that career move for some time with little success, but thanks to the Talent100 program, Alexander has made great strides that...
by Ariel Slaughter | Jan 9, 2023 | Career, Career Restart, Expats Netherlands, Job Search
Any kind of career pivot can be challenging, but for international talents with medical backgrounds it can be particularly hard, if not impossible, to continue working in their field abroad. But with the right mindset, a little bit of luck, and the guidance of...
by Ariel Slaughter | Dec 5, 2022 | Career, Career Restart, Expats Netherlands, Job Search
Since its inception six years ago, the Expat Spouses Initiative has offered a variety of career programs to help refocus and relaunch the careers of internationals in Brabant. Their tried-and-true methodology has culminated in the collaborative creation of the...
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,...
