
Welcome to the world of overseas expatriates
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Book Introduction
This is a guidebook for success for overseas employees written by the author, who was a former head of KOTRA's overseas office.
This is the first guidebook for overseas assignments written by a current KOTRA member who has spent half of his 30-year career working overseas. This revised and expanded edition, released four years after the first edition, incorporates know-how accumulated through lectures and Q&As and adds timely content.
This is the first guidebook for overseas assignments written by a current KOTRA member who has spent half of his 30-year career working overseas. This revised and expanded edition, released four years after the first edition, incorporates know-how accumulated through lectures and Q&As and adds timely content.
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Chapter 1: What Should You Prepare for When You're Posted Abroad?
1.
Let's leave knowing just this
Manage your time of excitement/Escape the foreign language trap/Love your host community/Support business travelers and build lifelong connections/Make the most of your assignments
2.
Settle in the local area
The more unfamiliar everything is, the more secure it is. / Half the success is in finding a good home. / Focus on the first three months.
Chapter 2: What Makes You the Best Expatriate
1.
Be successful in conflict management
Be a good leader/Teamwork is important.
Overcome conflicts / Make local employees your best partners / Understand the unique characteristics of local Korean employees / Make Korean residents a strong support group / Develop cultural intelligence / Be open-minded to various cultural differences
2.
Launch the Family Success Project
Children are language sponges / Raise your children to become global talents / Actively utilize special admissions / Support your spouse's local adaptation / The world is wide and there is much to see.
Travel, Travel Again / 4 Ways for Foreign Travelers to Make the Most of Their Trips / Focus on Investment
Chapter 3: Those who dream of a bigger world, your name is Overseas Resident
1.
Flowers that bloom amidst hardship: Overseas employees
Is South Korea's status inversely proportional to the popularity of its resident representatives? Overcoming hardships brings greater rewards.
2.
Still, try to get a job overseas.
Come to the world of expatriates / Expatriates, meet the opportunity of a lifetime.
〈Appendix to the Book〉 25 Q&As for Overseas Workers
1.
Let's leave knowing just this
Manage your time of excitement/Escape the foreign language trap/Love your host community/Support business travelers and build lifelong connections/Make the most of your assignments
2.
Settle in the local area
The more unfamiliar everything is, the more secure it is. / Half the success is in finding a good home. / Focus on the first three months.
Chapter 2: What Makes You the Best Expatriate
1.
Be successful in conflict management
Be a good leader/Teamwork is important.
Overcome conflicts / Make local employees your best partners / Understand the unique characteristics of local Korean employees / Make Korean residents a strong support group / Develop cultural intelligence / Be open-minded to various cultural differences
2.
Launch the Family Success Project
Children are language sponges / Raise your children to become global talents / Actively utilize special admissions / Support your spouse's local adaptation / The world is wide and there is much to see.
Travel, Travel Again / 4 Ways for Foreign Travelers to Make the Most of Their Trips / Focus on Investment
Chapter 3: Those who dream of a bigger world, your name is Overseas Resident
1.
Flowers that bloom amidst hardship: Overseas employees
Is South Korea's status inversely proportional to the popularity of its resident representatives? Overcoming hardships brings greater rewards.
2.
Still, try to get a job overseas.
Come to the world of expatriates / Expatriates, meet the opportunity of a lifetime.
〈Appendix to the Book〉 25 Q&As for Overseas Workers
Publisher's Review
In Chapter 1, "What Should You Prepare for When Posted Abroad?", the author explains what you absolutely need to know before leaving and what you need to prepare and implement early on to settle in.
Chapter 2, "What Makes You the Best Expatriate," provides a wealth of firsthand experience to help readers understand the process, from developing the qualities necessary for successful expatriate work to effectively performing local duties through conflict management, to implementing various projects to successfully assist families in adapting to the local environment.
Chapter 3, "Those who dream of a bigger world, your name is Overseas Resident," urges readers to meet and take on the challenges of a lifetime through encounters with new worlds and diverse people, despite the many joys and hardships.
In this book, the appendix, “25 Q&A for Overseas Workers When You’re Curious,” provides answers to questions readers might be curious about, such as “Is overseas assignment advantageous for promotion?”, “What are the popular regions that overseas workers want to go to?”, “Can overseas workers also receive health insurance and industrial accident compensation insurance?”, “What kind of welfare benefits, including salary and housing funds, are applied to overseas workers?”, and “How often can they come to their home country?”, along with valuable tips from the author’s own experience.
Chapter 2, "What Makes You the Best Expatriate," provides a wealth of firsthand experience to help readers understand the process, from developing the qualities necessary for successful expatriate work to effectively performing local duties through conflict management, to implementing various projects to successfully assist families in adapting to the local environment.
Chapter 3, "Those who dream of a bigger world, your name is Overseas Resident," urges readers to meet and take on the challenges of a lifetime through encounters with new worlds and diverse people, despite the many joys and hardships.
In this book, the appendix, “25 Q&A for Overseas Workers When You’re Curious,” provides answers to questions readers might be curious about, such as “Is overseas assignment advantageous for promotion?”, “What are the popular regions that overseas workers want to go to?”, “Can overseas workers also receive health insurance and industrial accident compensation insurance?”, “What kind of welfare benefits, including salary and housing funds, are applied to overseas workers?”, and “How often can they come to their home country?”, along with valuable tips from the author’s own experience.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: May 15, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 310 pages | 460g | 152*225*15mm
- ISBN13: 9791189993337
- ISBN10: 1189993333
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