Katie Anderson, girlfriend to William Rapuzzi, who plays in Dornbirn, Austria in the ICE Hockey League, joins me on the podcast today to talk about all things career. We cover topics such as, getting a working visa as a girlfriend, finding jobs in your summer or season city to imposter syndrome, not knowing how or where to start and ideas to take that first step.

We have to remember to not compare our year one to someone else’s year ten and realize that our individual personalities are what make us unique and make a business unique. Katie talks about how this hockey life has really allowed her to step into her power, in terms of starting her own business and finding something that she is passionate about! I felt like I was sitting down with an old friend for this conversation! She was so easy to talk to and offered a lot of advice.

Here are a few additional resources that Katie provided below:

Finding work as an expat in your respective country (in order to obtain a visa as a girlfriend since not all countries will allow you to be attached to your sig o's):

https://www.inlingua.com/centers/

Facebook Search Prompts

• “Expat Jobs in [your city/town]”

Google Search Prompts

• “Jobs in [your country/city/town] for expats”

Look up Hotels & Restaurants in your area, don’t be afraid to reach out and see if they’re interested in part-time/seasonal help. You may have to do some of the leg work but oftentimes they will help you with obtaining your visa! 

Finding seasonal work at home:

Is there anything in your town that is seasonal or peaks when you are home (i.e. the tourism season in Alaska runs ~April-September), look into what jobs are available seasonally in your hometown. 

Have a nursing or other medical license? Oftentimes, private practices will happily take on extra help seasonally. 

Bars & Restaurants are also happy to take on seasonal help usually.

Finding online work/building an online career that fits the expat lifestyle:

Facebook & Pinterest are my favorites for finding useful and valuable content/groups. 

Pinterest Prompts

• “build an online business”

Facebook Groups (these are VA specific but you can search so many other types of groups)

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/howshedidthat/

AND lastly, I forgot to mention on the pod that I know so many amazing women in the hockey community also have online product-based businesses! You don’t have to just offer a service if doing your own thing is your thing!