Yesterday I was joined by FF reader and world traveler SA on The Foreigner’s Finances Podcast to discuss a variety of travel stories and tips. Today, SA was kind enough to expand on the topic on the topic of working holiday visas and how to use a temp agency while you’re abroad to find work. [...]
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Interview with a Former ESL Teacher in Laos
I recently exchanged e-mails with Max Messner who runs the financial blog MaximizingMoney.com and lived in Laos in 1999. Max taught English there for over a year and raved about his experience. Thanks to Max for sharing his experience and enjoy his stories! A: When were you in Laos? M: I lived in Laos around [...]
Interview with a Thai Twenty-Something Who Has Lived in Chicago, Yokohama, and Bangkok
I met Chris Kridakorn in 2007 when we both were part of our college’s China and Japan study abroad program for 15 weeks. Since then he’s been all around the globe, not just visiting, but claiming residence and studying. Today, Chris is living in the heart of Bangkok, Thailand with his parents and we recently [...]
Catching Up on International Posts
You may have noticed some slight changes slowly making their way onto the FF homepage as of late. I’m trying to get the site to the next level as Year 2 approaches at the end of the summer. One request I’ve had is to make the site easier to navigate so that people who are [...]
Interview with an American Working at a Preschool in Norway
When you think about moving abroad to work, countries like Taiwan, Korea, or Brazil come to mine. But occasionally an outlier pops up as is the case with Corinne’s ex-roommate and our friend from college, Sarah, who has lived in Norway with her boyfriend for almost 2 years. Here’s my interview with Sarah where she shares details about her [...]
Interview with an American ESL Teacher in Brazil
There’s multiple ways to get a job as an ESL teacher abroad. The truth is, a lot of these available jobs are found through unconventional methods. Today we’ll learn about one unconventional way to work abroad as an ESL teach from Danielle of the blog Danielle in Brazil. Danielle writes about teaching English and living [...]
Interview with a Location Independent Family Man in China
Location independent careers are a hot choice in today’s economy. Live where you want while you do your work online with Skype? Sounds good! Today we can take a look into the life of a location independent worker. William runs the site Business is Personal (Finance) and he and his family recently moved to Southeast [...]
Interview with an American Working as a Research Assistant at a German University
Last Thursday, I interviewed a British filmmaker who had traveled to Kyoto on a whim, and ended up meeting his future wife and starting a new life. Continuing with the theme of unconventional ways of moving abroad, today I bring you an interview with Brandon, an American who now lives in Germany where he’s currently [...]
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