Why Preparing Expat Partners for Their Career Abroad is Key to a Successful International Assignment?
What is Absolutely Ahead?
Absolutely Ahead is an AI-powered career and integration program designed for all expatriate partners who want to work in their new country. Whether you are already abroad or preparing your move, we provide the essential career guidance, strategic tools, and networking opportunities to turn your expatriation into a professional success.
💡 We work with both individuals (B2C) and companies (B2B), helping HR teams enhance international mobility programs by offering career support to expat partners.
Why is Career Support for Expat Partners Essential?
🔎 Studies show that dual-career support is a key factor in the success of international assignments. When an expatriate partner struggles to find a job, it affects not only their well-being but also their family’s adaptation and even the company’s expatriation success rate.
Yet, many expat partners face barriers to employment:
✅ A job market they don’t know
✅ Cultural differences in recruitment
✅ A lack of professional network
✅ Confidence issues after career breaks
Absolutely Ahead bridges this gap with an innovative approach that combines AI-driven tools, expert coaching, and a global support network.
How Absolutely Ahead Helps Expat Partners Find a Job – Anywhere
🚀 Week 1: Identity & Emotional Preparation
🔹 Discover your professional strengths with AI-powered assessments.
🔹 Clarify your career goals and define your Ikigai.
🌍 Week 2: Thriving in the Local Market
🔹 Learn how the job market works in your new country.
🔹 Adapt your CV & LinkedIn to local standards.
🔹 Develop your cross-cultural skills to stand out.
📈 Week 3: Networking & Job Search
🔹 Create a step-by-step action plan for job hunting.
🔹 Learn how to network efficiently in the new country.
🔹 Understand where to search and how.
💡 Week 4: Sustainable Integration
🔹 Master AI-driven job search techniques, and other tools on cultural points.
🔹 Understand administrative issues in the new country, where to start, what to do first.
🔹 Connect with a global community of expat partners & professionals.
Join the Absolutely Ahead Community!
We believe in empowerment, adaptability, and global careers. If you are:
✅ An expat spouse looking for a job in your new country,
✅ An HR leader seeking innovative solutions for international mobility,
✅ A global mobility expert who wants to improve expat success rates…
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🔗 Discover how expat spouses integrate easily in Paris with Absolutely French!
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Expat spouse in 7 countries, Armelle Perben created Absolutely French in Paris in 2012, a French language school, integration center, and support hub dedicated to the well-being and professional development of accompanying spouses. She designed an innovative method to learn French by combining language immersion with cultural discovery, practical knowledge of the city, and historical insights through hands-on activities. She strongly advocates for the "learning by doing" approach, ensuring expatriates gain autonomy quickly.
Absolutely French is a B2B service, partnering with international companies to facilitate the successful integration of expat partners and expatriates for over 10 years.
As an expert in dual-career expatriate couples, Armelle Perben believes that every expat partner is a talent and deserves the opportunity to build their own professional or personal path—whether in family life, training, or employment.
To support the careers of expatriate spouses, she launched Absolutely Talented in 2021—the first career fair in France connecting recruiters with highly skilled international talents.
Building on this vision, in 2023, she created Absolutely Ahead, a career acceleration program dedicated to expat partners seeking job opportunities, professional coaching, and networking support in France. This initiative provides tailored career guidance, employer connections, and skill-building workshops, helping international spouses successfully navigate the French job market.
Through these initiatives, Absolutely French, Absolutely Talented, and Absolutely Ahead contribute to better integration, career development, and empowerment for the international community in France.
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