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Working and Volunteering as a Foreign Service Spouse
Finding your own path while following your officer.
Finding Your Passion at Post: A Personal Exploration for Accompanying Partners (4/10) by Patricia Linderman, co-author of The Expert Expatriate.
Leveraging Your Foreign Service Experience by Studying Abroad (4/10) Tips on earning a degree while posted overseas from Kristi Streiffert.
Ladies, Start Your Businesses! (4/10)
Tips on starting your own business from business coach Stephanie Ward.
Keeping an Open Mind (2/08)
Gene Morris, a graphic designer and Foreign Service spouse, offers his thoughts in developing a portable career.
Finding Work as a Trailing Spouse (5/06)
Trailing spouse Jeff Porter offers his thoughts on maintaining a portable career as a "Virtual Professional."
Just Do It: Volunteering in the Foreign Service (1/06) By Leslie Ashby. SOSA winners share thoughts on getting and staying involved anywhere in the world.
PIT Buyback Legislation Finally Implemented (10/05) An update from Mette Beecroft, AAFSW President Emerita.
Family Member Employment: At Work in the Mission (8/05) By Shawn Dorman, Editor of the Foreign Service Journal. Reprinted by permission of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA).
Understanding Bilateral Work Agreements (7/05) from FS Direct, published by the Family Liaison Office
Be Your Own Boss (4/05) Build a solid foundation for any business anywhere. AAFSW member and employment specialist Debbie Thompson tells how to develop a business plan for your home-based enterprise.
Be Your Own Boss (3/05) AAFSW member and employment specialist Debbie Thompson explains the rules and regs of running your own business abroad.
Making Volunteerism Work (7/04) Online resources to give your volunteer work a professional edge.
Online Learning (6/04) In today's Internet age, there are many possibilities open for furthering education and telecommuting.
Building Blocks of Event Networking (4/04) An interview with Families in Global Transition Marketing Director Kevin McNulty.
Spouse with a Mouse (1/04) Do you have what it takes to be a Virtual Assistant?
A Portable Career Solution (2003). As “trailing spouses” we carry our homes on our backs like snails--why not carry our careers as well? Originally published in AFSA's Foreign Service Journal. (This article is in Adobe PDF format.)
The Cyberspouse Stays at Home (5/03) Choosing to stay home in DC and overseas.
Creating a Global Resume (2/03)
Employment Overseas (1/02) Overview of employment options.
To Work or Not to Work? (10/00) Various perspectives, focusing on working during spouses' training.
Suggestions for Sponsors (12/99) How to best give your sponsoree a "soft landing" at post.
Researching Employment Opportunities Before the Bid (10/99) Don't just sit there--find a job!
Writing in Turkey, Translation in Germany (05/99) Profiles of two early telecommuting FS spouses.
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