Why Spouse Employment?
Today, relocating an employee often means to face a problem which so far has been neglected:
The spouse’s career.
Current studies reveal that the number of highly qualified dual career couples increases to the same extent as global mobility and flexibility become an imperative condition to pursue a successful professional career.
The common pattern of an international assignment – the employee relocates while the partner becomes a trailing spouse without any career focus – won’t work with a modern dual career couple. In today’s fast moving business world, a longstanding career break is synonymous with the end of the professional career.
To a dual career couple, the international assignment of one partner is also disadvantageous from the economic aspect: Both presumably have spent a lot of money on their professional education, since in most countries tuition fees are extremely high, and neither of the two careers can be simply interrupted. To a dual career couple, to relocate will only be attractive if both careers can develop equally and the investment in both educations will pay off sustainably.
But how is one to find the right job without the knowledge of the national language and the location-specific conventions of job search and application issues, without a wide professional network?
Whereas the expatriate obtains any needed assistance, the trailing spouse is left alone with all job-concerning queries. He has to face intercultural issues that can hardly be defeated without professional help.
The uncertainty about the spouse’s career is one of the most important reasons why (potential) expatriates turn down a relocation.
If the worst comes to the worst, the trailing spouse would urge the expatriate to return to the home country prematurely because the job search has failed. The international assignment would have to be canceled, and all financial investments prior to the relocation would turn out to be wasted.
To ensure a successful relocation, it is imperative to consider the career of both partners.
We take care of the spouse’s career development to make the relocation a successful and worthwhile step for everyone!
We offer you a wide range of services:
- Personal assistance during the application process and beyond
- Assistance starts before the relocation to prevent any upcoming uncertainty or fears
- Intercultural training
- Extensive advice during the planning of the career in Germany
- Development of a personal application strategy which will be based on personal and professional medium-range and long-term career goals
- Support with applications and job search
- Adaption of the applications to location-specific conventions
- Revision of the resume and letter of interest
- Preparing for interviews, interview practice etc.
- Going over past interviews
- Check of the employment contract
- Applying for work permit
- Information about probationary period, period of notice etc.
- Discussion about the career development strategy after the termination of the relocation
- Telephone, email or face to face support
For any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us!