EP 98: What Nobody Tells You About Moving Abroad Mini Series (Part 2: Career) with Janice & Sarah-Ann

Because for most of us, that's the reason many of us would move countries in our 30s.

For myself personally, it's always been what I would consider a bucket list.

I think I knew from day zero when I first started my corporate job that I had wanted to work and live abroad.

I think I'll take that back.

Even when I was, and Janice can probably keep me honest on this, when I first started studying my degree overseas in the UK, I always tried to stay abroad and I always tried to...

She did, she did.

I didn't want to go back to Malaysia.

Love my home country, Malaysia, but it was always a personal and professional aspiration.

So that has been something that we've both achieved on both our different ends.

But what we didn't fully anticipate was how much it actually felt like starting as a beginner again in so many different ways.

We were technically not starting from scratch, but in many different angles and aspects, we did have to feel like beginners all over again.

And I think it's a topic that a lot of us would probably relate to having spoken to different friends who've moved here in the UK, yourself in Australia for work as well.

So hopefully what we share today will help you navigate your own career journey, whether if you're migrating abroad for a career, supporting a family, etc.

And a little plug-in, in an upcoming episode of Explore This, Sarah Ann will be chatting to Fabiola Campbell, the founder of Professional Migrant Women based out of Melbourne, who will share her stories in a similar vein, navigating identity, visibility, migration, belonging, leadership, and the courage to own your story.

Fabiola founded Professional Migrant Women to help migrant women bridge the gap between migration and meaningful employment, And her book, Own It, explores how women can reclaim their voice, identity, and power.

So definitely stay tuned for that.

Yeah, it's a conversation that Janice and I obviously speak a lot about being that professional migrant women, both in Australia and in London.

So very relevant topic for us.