Many companies hire international talent to meet the needs of their business. These international employees have to work well together with the locals who already work there. I am starting a new study in both Denmark and New Zealand in…
“…Chinese students stick together with Chinese, Thai students with Thais…. when they go to the campus, they are together. I hardly see culturally mixed groups of people.” 1 ‘The happy expat needs friends’ to truly thrive in the new country…
We need other people around us. Aristotle already recognised this when he said that “the happy man needs friends”1. When expats move abroad, they need to make new friends and connections in the host country. Re-establishing social life is the…
Last week I found myself in a situation where I basically did not know anyone. I was on the other side of the world, at the Human Resources International Conference in Dunedin, New Zealand, and since I’m soon publishing a…
Recently, the Danish government decided to open up more places for international students again because the country needs the talent. Denmark needs international talent not only to want to come here but also to stay. And there is a challenge…