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Jo Parfitt, expat entrepreneur

I never tire of being interviewed by journalists. Of course, being in the media is a great way to get publicity for my books and so, publication permitting, I usually agree to an interview. With my global network, most requests come in by email and interviews take place by phone, email or Skype, but, back [...]

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More than 100 great workshops in the Hague

In need of an inspiration injection? Then check out the American School Fall brochure. Workshops range from learning to massage, do Reiki or become more spiritual, to golf, bellydance, language, cookery, arts and crafts and even day trips of Dutch cities.

Download the brochure, here. You’ll find it just below the PTA Services headline. Oh, and [...]

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Ebooks available here

My new mate Renee Barber has a huge selection of ebooks available on her website – including mine. Take a look through the impressive list here.

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Interview with Jo Parfitt in new magazine

A few months ago I was interviewed by Inga at Bare Essentials magazine. This is an online publication, produced by Yudu, which I blogged about the moment I heard about it. This magazine is about women who do things, many dangerous or active (ahem that does not sound like me!). Women in Action is its [...]

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Rising Star has business tips

Networking being as it is I have linked with Renée Barber of Rising Star Designs, who is based in Australia and helps client with design, websites and all sorts of marketing materials. She loved Career in Your Suitcase so much that she wrote the longest review ever, which I recommend you read if you dond’t [...]

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Lose your fear of networking

Ljiljana came to my party last week and has agree to let me post her comment here. I think it has some useful lessons for those of us who fear networking ..

I was about to give up. I was thinking about writing an email saying that I was sorry but I couldn’t make it and [...]

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Jo Parfitt's Celebration in The Hague

Wow! Did we have fun last night as I celebrated the launch of my 25th book at Lesley Fisher’s beautiful apartment in Den Haag with 50 of the finest folk whom I have the pleasure to call my friends, colleagues and supporters. As a ‘trailing spouse’ it is not always easy to pursue a [...]

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40 minute interview with Jo Parfitt

Jeff Porter of Trailing Spouse and Ausmerica interviewed me last week and we recorded our 40 minute chat about Career in Your Suitcase. Listen here to find out more. Jeff is passionate about helping expatriate professional accompanying partners, a bit like me, and so you can imagine we had tons to talk about.

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Article about Career in Your Suitcase on EzineArticles.com

Have you heard of EzineArticles? It is a site where experts and authors can post articles and which can then be sourced and used by ezines all over the world. It’s a great way to get publicity. Andrea Martins of ExpatWomen has done it again, and has just written about my new book, A Career [...]

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Expatwomen review of Career in Your Suitcase in the Telegraph

I was delighted to find this super review of Career in Your Suitcase on the Telegraph website today. Andrea Martins reviews another book on working abroad too this month so take a look here.

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