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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is our profile. My husband does international banking (wb, iadb) and i do child protection. In our last posting i was not allowed to work under the visani had so i netwoled like crazy anf got an offer with somebody who was willing to wait for my papers to be processed. It was great but highly unusual. I did work with a juge international ngo and if we had moved to another country i would have stayed with them. [b]I was not going to be an expat Wife![/b] You have to figure out what skills are the most in demand and build them as well as language skills. Try to be an expert in something and not a generalist as most countries have local talent to fill the generalist spots![/quote]

Judge much? What a nasty attitude. Not every trailing spouse is able to keep their career going and having to deal with people like this just adds to the stress of being one. [/quote]

No not judging but the assumption was that i would take tennis lessons and go to ceramics class witjput even trying to find a job. I was very committed to finding a job.[/quote]

OP here. Sounds like you've been to more than one post and been set on finding work at each - could you share how many tours you all have done and how many you were able to find work at? You sound similar to us in terms of professional profiles, so it's a helpful example. Thanks![/quote]

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