What’s In Your Employment Contract? – Episode Five

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In this episode, we spoke about what to look out for in your employment contract. An expat contract is very different to a contract you would get in your home country. Many of our listeners have said the most important benefits in their contract is housing, schooling and medical insurance.

Most large, international companies will have standard employment contracts that will include housing, schooling and medical insurance. If you happen to be working for a smaller company it might be wise to negotiate these benefits into your contract.

If you are moving to a new destination, be sure to look up different expat forums but don’t believe EVERYTHING you read. Find someone in the same situation as you e.g. “looking for an American with school age children who lives in the … area”. Then you can find out the tax laws, the complications, learn from others mistakes.

Here is the link to Doha Mums

Sarah’s favourite blog this week is Meg Fee. Meg is a New York based blogger who is an exquisite writer sharing the trials and tribulations about life and love in New York.

Kirsty’s favourite blog this week is food blogger extraordinaire Deb Perelman from Smitten Kitchen. Deb’s blog is a worldwide success and yet she still cooks out of her small NYC kitchen and still answers all her emails even though she has already published a cook book and is onto her second.

Kirsty’s favourite podcast this week is Chat 10 Looks 3 – a fantastic podcast by Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales.

Sarah’s favourite hastag this week is #thingsiliftwithmyvagina we will leave it up to you to decide what you think! You can find out more about Kim and her vagina by visiting her website here.

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