How to Balance Your Life as a New Immigrant
Moving to a new country as an immigrant is very different from visiting as a tourist. You are making this new environment your permanent home, away from the support system you …
Category: Adjusting to Life in Another Culture
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What To Do For Your First American Thanksgiving Holiday
If this is your first Autumn in the U.S., you’ll be observing one of the most important holidays to Americans–Thanksgiving. Airports are busy with those flying home to celebrate with their …
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How To Make Friends In The Workplace For Immigrants
When immigrants move to a new country, they may not know how to make friends in the workplace. Maybe they are unsure about the customs. Or they worry that co-workers may …
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How To Relate To Your Boss For Immigrants
The topic of how to relate to your boss has seldom been addressed specifically for immigrants. That is because cultural beliefs vary. Eastern cultures, especially, regard hierarchy more than some …
How To Make Friends In A New Country
One of the first things an immigrant needs to do is to make friends in a new country. In this article, I’ll talk about how immigrants can make friends in the …
Participating In Group Discussions For Immigrants
How immigrants can develop group discussion skills One of the most requested skills when I design training programs for companies is to help their immigrant employees participate in group discussions. Smart …
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Interview Tips for Immigrants
How can immigrant professionals perform better in interviews? You are a successful immigrant professional who had just moved to the U.S. You are invited to interview after interview, but not getting …
English fluency is more than just words
English fluency is not the sum of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation Many ESL learners think that if they just have more vocabulary, if they could just pronounce English words better, they …
How to benefit your business from understanding other cultures
How can your business benefit from understanding cultural customs? Yesterday, I presented at a Biz Diversity event. The topic was about how to benefit our business from understanding other cultures. I …
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A 25-minute vacation?
Is it possible to feel like you’ve been on a vacation in 25 minutes or less? My answer to that is YES. I experienced it today. Twice. I finished my last …