Expat life can be demanding, even for seasoned expatriates. Global Connection supply advice on all major topics.
Global Connection is an independent, international expat partner support organisation. They support partners of employees on expat assignments worldwide. These expat partners are located in over 140 countries and represent more than 80 nationalities.
Global Connection offers an extensive database, personal support, coaching and networking for expat spouses and human resources departments on:
- culture
- destinations
- expat life
- kids
- leisure
- networking
- own business
- relationships
- relocation
- repatriation
- study
- volunteering
- work
Media
- The knowledge centre offers over 10,000 pages of digital and print information, supplying spouses with reliable, independent insights into all aspects of expat life, including destination information assembled by the network.
- Spouses have the opportunity to react and interact.
Personalised support
- The content of the personalised support programmes (consultancy, coaching & training) Global Connection supplies is tailored to, among other things, the company’s policy, its culture, the available budget, expat locations, and expat partner population.
Networking
- The members-only network contains thousands of profiles of partners – representing over 80 nationalities in over 140 countries – offering the option to contact this select group of people in a similar situation, all expatriated by established international organisations.
Research
- Global Connection conducts research into all aspects of partner support.
- Studies include surveys among expat partners as well as HR executives.
Consultancy
- Global Connection help organisations with, among other things: partner support policy development, ROI calculations, improving cost efficiency and effectiveness, benchmarking, best practices exchange, supplier selection, purchasing/contracting, testing plans and new initiatives, HR management and staff training.
The Global Connection team is driven, motivated and sustained by its own collective expatriate and repat experience – past and current. This combined team experience ensures that Global Connection is in touch with the issues and experiences of being an expat and repat partner.
Working for Global Connection is:
- working in an informal work environment with short lines of communication
- working within a small, flexible, rapidly growing company
- working with room to take own initiative and work independently
Jobs
- On a regular basis Global Connection offers possibilities for among others: editors, translators, designers, multimedia journalists, expat partner coaches/trainers (face-to-face and online), consultants (for expat partners)
- Freelance possibilities are available, taking individual situations into account as much as possible
Internships
- As far as we know, Global Connection does not offer internship possibilities up till now.
Volunteering
- As far as we know, Global Connection does not offer volunteer possibilities up till now.
How to apply
- Check conditions and application form at the website mentioned above
- Expat (partner) experience is a must
The Netherlands