{"id":24,"date":"2021-03-09T22:58:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T22:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/griffmad\/?p=24"},"modified":"2021-03-09T22:58:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T22:58:05","slug":"considerations-in-becoming-an-expatriate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/griffmad\/2021\/03\/09\/considerations-in-becoming-an-expatriate\/","title":{"rendered":"Considerations in becoming an expatriate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When considering taking an opportunity internationally, there are quite a few factors that I would need to consider before accepting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One important consideration that I would need to keep in mind would be the term of the assignment. If the assignment is fairly short-term it would allow me to experience a new region of the world without having to leave my support system, move out of my current living arrangement, or cover the costs of moving overseas. However, if it was a long-term assignment there would be more things to take into consideration such as the language barrier, the country&#8217;s culture, the cost and quality of living in that country, and how this change would impact my personal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on what point in my life this opportunity was presented to me, I would not only have to consider how this change would impact myself, but also my family. Would they be able to adjust to a new culture, pick up the language, and find happiness in this new place? If this move occurred early in my career I would have more flexibility with such decisions as I would only need to consider how an extreme change as this one would impact me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some other considerations that my group mentioned would be if the company provides a test period or a relocation package. These factors would help make the transition a bit smoother as well as finance the move. This would also help prove to me that the company I am working for supports me and wants me to be successful in this new country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of right now, I am very unlikely to make a long-term move for an opportunity like this, but if the company providing the opportunity was willing to provide the benefits in order to make my transition as smooth as possible, I may be willing to change my mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When considering taking an opportunity internationally, there are quite a few factors that I would need to consider before accepting. One important consideration that I would need to keep in mind would be the term of the assignment. If the assignment is fairly short-term it would allow me to experience a new region of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11020,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/griffmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/griffmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/griffmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/griffmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/griffmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/griffmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/griffmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/griffmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/griffmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/griffmad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}