Ally in expat world

Yesterday I met a really nice girl in order to discuss whether we can support each other in our expat  business. She works for SPOT Relocations. SPOT Relocations helps expats moving to Amsterdam. She explained to me what kind of things need to be arranged before you are settled over here. Not only here, but everywhere in the world you must think about your work permission, housing, insurances, school for children, transportation, etc. These things are fact based and – you would say- quite straight forward to arrange. Well, it’s not actually. Especially when you don’t speak the native language. Even here in this international country where we are dependant of worldwide business and are global oriented, the Amsterdam community still offers some services only in Dutch. Not quite convenient if you have your origin in India and this is the first time you are abroad. No worries, SPOT Relocations can help you and they have contacts with all kinds of organizations, authorities, real estate brokers, etc. She even mentioned helping a lady with her groceries in the supermarket. 

And in that part of the story where I come in - I am always in to meeting new people and to find new ways of improving my workshop Dutch habits & traditions. The most difficult part of the workshop is to find enough participants to go ahead with the workshop. SPOT Relocation has the same, they are also seeking for new clients to support. How can we help each other - a cultural workshop organizer and a relocator. How SPOT can help me is perhaps quite obvious: they can provide all their customers with a flyer of the workshop and my contact details. But how can the workshopper help the mover? Obviously, the participants of the workshop are already located in The Netherlands. Actually, to get the most from the workshop it is important that they have a few weeks/months experience with Dutchies. Perhaps the participants themselves are not the best target, but they might work for an interesting company. Besides that, quite some friends of mine work for an international organization. There is always a way to help each other, as long as you are being creative. And sometimes it is even easier than you think. 

Interested in more information about SPOT Relocations? Please go to their site  www.spot-relocations.com and contact Henriette or Cathinca.