quiz

12 - Are you satisfied with your conditions of expatriation ?

• Yes, they are globally positives
• they are acceptable but a bit disappointing
• I don't know them yet

Times where expatriation equated with golden ponds are unfortunately over. Companies are now often offering to go on expat with a local status while making sure to guarantee good living conditions.

11 - Is this expatriation an opportunity to learn new languages ?

• Yes
• No
• Just a few words

 One of the most obvious gain from expatriation, when applicable, is the opportunity to practice and eventually master a foreign language.

10 - How do your children react ?

• What about our friends. Will they come to see us?
• What language do they speak?
• Fabulous !

Living abroad is a project for the whole family. There is much to gain for everyone, but the expatriation experience can also be very challenging.

9 - As a spouse, can expatriation have a positive career impact?

• Yes, I am pretty confident about it
• I am pessimistic on that aspect
• I am wondering

Expatriation is a fabulous source of enrichment. Time on expatriation can be usefully spent in acquiring new skills. the context of expatriation can also work as a facilitator to make new experiences, test a new career or develop one's own activity.

6 - Can you interrupt your professional activity?

• I suppose I can
• It's not a problem
• It's going to be very difficult

3 - How do you figure out your future local lifestyle ?

• Good
• Excellent
• Average

It is essential to be conscious of one's images and representations. Sharing ideas with others can be a good way to reduce the gap between unrealistic expectations and the situation once on expatriation.

2 - Do you have a good representation of how daily life might be in your host country?

• Maybe
• Absolutely not
• I don't know

The expatriation experience cannot compare with a voyager's impressions. While tourists are just spending short stays in a foreign country, in a perpetual discovering mode, expatriates have to settle and immerge in the local environment. He is to actually live in the host country and deal daily with it's inhabitants, resources and constraints.

1 - How appealing is the host location?

• very
• Not at all
• Well, there would be much to say...

What do you think of your package and of its various elements ?

Which development opportunities is this expatriation offering ?