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Flourish In The Foreign | Black Women Living & Thriving Abroad episodes
- How to Get A Job Abroad
This episode of Flourish in the Foreign focuses on the topic of getting a job abroad and features Christine, host of Flourish in the Foreign, personal experience and advice on how to be strategic and network effectively in order to secure opportunities.
This Episode Covers:
- Getting a job via headhunters
- Staffing agencies, job boards
- Networking and leveraging competitive advantages
It also shares insights about earning a degree abroad as a way to enter a country's job market and create entrepreneurial opportunities. It also features the stories of how past podcast guests got jobs abroad:
- Working as an International Recruiter in Jordan (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/episodes/barbara)
- Working as an Architectural Designer in Japan (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/episodes/annabell)
- Working in Social Work and Counseling in Italy (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/episodes/kelley)
- Working as a Graphic Designer in Hong Kong (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/episodes/deanna)
- Working in Perth, Australia (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/episodes/valerie)
- Working in Marketing in Iceland (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/episodes/jewells)
- Working in Construction Project Management in Australia (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/episodes/itiah)
- Working in International Higher Education Around the World (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/episodes/karla)
- Working in Bio-Tech in the Netherlands (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/episodes/niana)
- Working in Digital Marketing in Portugal (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/episodes/cinnamon)
- Working Remotely in Spain (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com/episodes/christine)
To learn more about the guests, go to this episode's show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr 14 min - Moving to Lisbon as a Digital Nomad with Cinnamon
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Cinnamon shares how grief and the mental & emotional exhaustion of living in the United States pushed her to begin building a life in Portugal.
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr 1 min - How to Take a Career in Social Work Abroad with Kelley Bonner
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Kelley Bonner shares how burnout catapulted her into taking her career in social work abroad to England & Italy. She also shares her journey of repatriating to the United States.
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr 14 min - Manage Your Finances Abroad with Lisa R. Mitchell
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Lisa shares her experiences working abroad in the financial services industry in Europe & Asia. She also gives insightful tips on how to manage finances abroad.
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr - Earning a Master's Degree in Japan as a Black Woman: Navigating Culture, Language, and Work
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Annabell, a Jamaican woman who currently lives in Tokyo, Japan, shares how she first went abroad when she was 19 to Saint Kitt's and fell in love with traveling. She studied architecture in Jamaica and participated in study tours to other Caribbean islands. After graduating, she participated in an urban planning and design summer school in Finland and was struck by the unfairness of how easy it was for native English speakers to understand the content compared to non-native speakers. She then committed to learning other languages and reaching out to people from other countries, as she felt it was an extension of imperialism for the rest of the world to have to adjust to English. She decided to move to Japan to teach English and earn money to pursue a Master's degree in architectural design. Annabell shares her experiences studying at Keio University, interning in Nepal, and adapting to the infamous Japanese work culture in Tokyo.
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr - How to Become a Creative Entrepreneur Abroad with Jessi Raulet of EttaVee
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Jessi shares how her love of art has taken her from southern Indiana to Florence, Italy to San Francisco, and now it has become a bustling global business in France. Jessi chats about how moving to Paris for love and Strasbourg for family has been a journey deeply rooted in wellness.
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr 5 min - From Boarding School in Ohio to Living in Barcelona: Pursuing a Ph.D. Abroad with Dr. Rachel Brown
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Rachel shares how her experiences in predominantly white spaces abroad have shaped her global perspective as a Jamaican woman. Moving to the US to attend boarding school & attending 2 PWIs, Rachel shares how she has always sought out Black spaces, no matter where she has lived abroad. She also talks about how pursuing a Ph.D. forced her to create the Black community she craved, thus forming (the informal) Barcelona Black Students & Young Professionals Association.
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr 8 min - How Dancing Tango Led to Moving from Seattle to Buenos Aires
In this episode of Flourish in the Foreign, Jamila describes her first experience living abroad in Cornwall and how Tango brought her to Buenos Aires.
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr 5 min - How to Get Residency in Australia with Itiah Thomas
In this episode of Flourish In The Foreign, Itiah shares how moving to Australia catalyzed her transition from career professional to serial entrepreneur.
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr 1 min - Expanding the Narrative in Rwanda with Autumn Marie Faraj
In this episode of Flourish In The Foreign, Autumn Marie Faraj of KGL FWD (Kigali Forward) shares her unexpected journey abroad.
To learn more about this guest, go to their show notes page at flourishintheforeign.com/episodes
Flourish in the Foreign Resources
- Podcast Website (https://www.flourishintheforeign.com)
- Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/flourishforeign)
- Join the Substack (https://christinejob.substack.com/)
Episode Credits:
Christine Job-Creator, Host, Producer & Editor
Zachary Higgs-Theme Music
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr
About Flourish In The Foreign | Black Women Living & Thriving Abroad
From the publisher's feed
Launched in 2020, Flourish in the Foreign is an award-winning oral history podcast at the intersection of…
migration, Blackness, womanhood, wellness, and liberation. Each episode documents the lives of Black women who have chosen to leave their home countries and build lives of intention, depth, and self-determination abroad.
Host Christine Job, J.D., is a cultural theorist and embedded oral historian living the story she documents. Over 150 episodes, she has built one of the most substantive qualitative archives on Black women's voluntary migration. These conversations span Colombia, Portugal, Ghana, Mexico, Australia, the Caribbean, and beyond, with women navigating the real terrain of expatriation: identity, belonging, financial independence, health, relationships, and what it actually means to thrive outside their native cultural context.
Flourish in the Foreign sits at a specific and necessary intersection: the scholarly and the intimate, the structural and the personal, the political and the deeply human. It asks not just whether Black women can flourish abroad, but what it means that so many are choosing to try. And what that departure reveals about their motivations, expectations, and realities.
This is not a travel podcast. It is a living archive of Black women's migration journeys, told in their own voices, hosted by a researcher who understands that oral storytelling is diasporic technology — a tool for cultural preservation, truth-telling, and narrative authority.
Featured in: Vogue Arabia · Business Insider · Boston Globe Magazine · Black Enterprise · Apple Podcasts Black History Collection (2023)
Awards: Best International Podcast, Black Podcast Awards 2021 · Shortlist Honoree, International Women's Podcast Awards 2021 · Top 1.5% globally
To work with Christine: christinejob.com/work-with-me
Flourish in the Foreign is a primary oral history collection. If citing this work in academic, journalistic, or institutional contexts: Job, Christine. Flourish in the Foreign: An Oral History Archive of Black Women's Voluntary Migration. Flourish in the Foreign, LLC, 2020–present. ORCID: 0009-0000-8883-2482.
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