Why hire an expat coach?
The Global Relocation Trends Survey from 2012 showed that the most common reasons for turning down assignments, were family concerns, partner’s career, and employee career aspirations. Additionally, when asked which family challenges were critical to companies, respondents mentioned family adjustment, children’s education, and partner resistance as the top three reasons.
Stress resulting from a long lasting feeling of dissatisfaction of the partner can have a negative effect on the whole family and on the expat employee in particular leading to less efficiency at work and in some cases to the early termination of the international assignment, or even break-up of the family.
What can expat coach offer you?
The following programs are available. DoSo! also offers the possibility to design a custom-made program based on the needs of the company and expat. All the programs are available on individual and group basis.
Expat coaching
For whom?
The expat partners that need more emotional support
The expat partners that decide not to work
Thanks to the program the expat partner will:
Learn how the move abroad affects his/hers identity and how to deal with it
Recognize the cultural differences and understand how they affect him/her
Learn how to manage the culture shock in each phase
Learn how to set up a social network in a new country
Set up new goals in life
Get back the sense of direction in his/hers (new) life
Job search coaching
Job search coaching is meant for people who:
Know what kind of job they are looking for, but:
Are struggling with finding it
Feel stuck in the search process
Want to have a CV that gets noticed
Need more confidence during the interviews
The Results:
The expat partner will decide on next career steps
The expat partner will get the job / start the business he /she wants
(Portable) Career Coaching
For whom?
The expat partners that want to work / start own company
The expat partners that want to change their career path
The program consists of:
Biography – understanding your past career choices
Self-analysis: values and beliefs
My strengths: Top talents & skills
Motivation: passions & life mission
Exploration phase: (creating ideas, networking, etc.)
Making concrete action plan
Updating the CV and cover letter to Dutch standards
Preparation for the interview in the Netherlands
Making first decisions (sending CV, interviews)
Getting the job you want