Are any of you currently in full time jobs or in an entrepreneurial function in an Emerging Market economy?
Some examples of these economies, below:
-China
-Indonesia
-Vietnam
-Thailand
-India
-All of Africa
-All of Latin America
Some questions:
1. In what capacity/function/industry are you working? English teacher? Consultant? Entrepreneur?
2. What brought you to this specific market/country? Was it a predetermined move that required significant planning or did you sort of just stumble upon a good opportunity?
3. How will you proceed in the future? Will you stay in this place or try to go back to your home country? How do you plan to make the transition "back home?"
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I've placed 12 people in Asia at this point through consultations. I've done way more than 12 consultations but a lot of these people are still in the "planning" phase - basically they have not made the commitment to execute on their move abroad or do not yet have the means to make such a move.
I've decided to delay my product launch a bit so that I can more rigorously test my own methods and develop new insights/innovations for my product line. I will also develop a new video series that I think will be much more useful for any clients/candidates.
This video series will include tutorials and lessons to guide the client through each phase/module of the product, as well as interview with "Success Story" expat careerists and entrepreneurs in Asia. People who pay for consultations will automatically get access to the product line.
I'm starting with a China-specific product and then moving on to other regional emerging market economies. I will probably not move into Latin America consultations/products, as I do not feel qualified to give advice on that topic.
My prototype consultee has gone from grocery bagger at Whole Foods to Digital Media Specialist for a boutique PR firm in Beijing. He has been handling his own clients in the pharmaceutical industry and recently managed a conference related to smart grids in China. He's at an account manager position already and, two months ago, he was still an intern. It's absurd what you can do in emerging markets - this is what happens when ambitious young people show up, step up to bat, and take a swing at opportunities.
It breaks my heart to see so many young and unemployed people stagnating.
I've read that my generation, Generation Y, is the generation that "failed to launch."
I say that we are the generation who was handed a broken launchpad.
If they don't want us here, we can go to where our talent is in demand. We can become what I call "Private Sector Ambassadors" - the prototype consultee I've worked with has now attained a very in-depth working knowledge of pharmaceutical and energy companies entering the China market and trying to formulate a traditional and social media strategy in a B2B context. If you told this Whole Foods bagger boy that, in 6 months, he'd be handling international pharmaceutical accounts in Beijing, he would laugh at you - then go back to his 7 dollar an hour job.
My dream is to send 1 million of my generation abroad - to Launch Extraordinary Careers in Emerging Markets.
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Some examples of these economies, below:
-China
-Indonesia
-Vietnam
-Thailand
-India
-All of Africa
-All of Latin America
Some questions:
1. In what capacity/function/industry are you working? English teacher? Consultant? Entrepreneur?
2. What brought you to this specific market/country? Was it a predetermined move that required significant planning or did you sort of just stumble upon a good opportunity?
3. How will you proceed in the future? Will you stay in this place or try to go back to your home country? How do you plan to make the transition "back home?"
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I've placed 12 people in Asia at this point through consultations. I've done way more than 12 consultations but a lot of these people are still in the "planning" phase - basically they have not made the commitment to execute on their move abroad or do not yet have the means to make such a move.
I've decided to delay my product launch a bit so that I can more rigorously test my own methods and develop new insights/innovations for my product line. I will also develop a new video series that I think will be much more useful for any clients/candidates.
This video series will include tutorials and lessons to guide the client through each phase/module of the product, as well as interview with "Success Story" expat careerists and entrepreneurs in Asia. People who pay for consultations will automatically get access to the product line.
I'm starting with a China-specific product and then moving on to other regional emerging market economies. I will probably not move into Latin America consultations/products, as I do not feel qualified to give advice on that topic.
My prototype consultee has gone from grocery bagger at Whole Foods to Digital Media Specialist for a boutique PR firm in Beijing. He has been handling his own clients in the pharmaceutical industry and recently managed a conference related to smart grids in China. He's at an account manager position already and, two months ago, he was still an intern. It's absurd what you can do in emerging markets - this is what happens when ambitious young people show up, step up to bat, and take a swing at opportunities.
It breaks my heart to see so many young and unemployed people stagnating.
I've read that my generation, Generation Y, is the generation that "failed to launch."
I say that we are the generation who was handed a broken launchpad.
If they don't want us here, we can go to where our talent is in demand. We can become what I call "Private Sector Ambassadors" - the prototype consultee I've worked with has now attained a very in-depth working knowledge of pharmaceutical and energy companies entering the China market and trying to formulate a traditional and social media strategy in a B2B context. If you told this Whole Foods bagger boy that, in 6 months, he'd be handling international pharmaceutical accounts in Beijing, he would laugh at you - then go back to his 7 dollar an hour job.
My dream is to send 1 million of my generation abroad - to Launch Extraordinary Careers in Emerging Markets.
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