{"id":1599,"date":"2020-11-10T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insyncnetworkgroup.com\/returning-aussie-expats-feel-like-strangers-in-their-own-home\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T02:00:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T16:00:05","slug":"returning-aussie-expats-feel-like-strangers-in-their-own-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insyncnetworkgroup.com\/returning-aussie-expats-feel-like-strangers-in-their-own-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning Aussie expats feel like strangers in their own home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Aussie repats share stories of \u2018reverse culture shock\u2019 and lost careers in new podcast series <\/em><\/p>\n<p>As a <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2020-09-29\/coronavirus-pandemic-could-reverse-australia-brain-drain\/12654606\\\">reported<\/a> 400,000 Australian expats come home or prepare to as a result of COVID-19, a group of repats are warning of the impact of \u2018reverse culture shock\u2019 and of the local rejection of their international experience.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Boomeranging \u2013 from expat to repat\u2019<\/em> has launched on iTunes and features six interviews with professional Australians who have returned from long periods living and working overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Each interview focuses on how the expat navigated coming home and challenges with both life and career fitting back into life in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Host Margot Andersen, founder of the Insync Network, said one of the biggest contributors to \u2018reverse culture\u2019 shock was the rejection from local companies and recruiters many returning expats experienced when trying to find a new job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s common for returning expats to feel like their international experience doesn\u2019t count locally,\u201d Margot said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my podcast guests was told her five years senior HR experience in New York wasn\u2019t relevant in Melbourne and she was considered \u2018unrepresentable\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother guest said his local networks skipped entirely over his European experience and kept referencing his last job and role in Australia before he left \u2013 12 years earlier!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As well as career, the podcast explores how returning expats navigate life back in Australia, often people returning with new partners and families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt takes time to re-adjust. Our guests have taken anywhere from three months to two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd all report that in those early months, it is easy to feel like a stranger in your hometown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Margot said the aim of the podcast was to provide advice and a friendly ear to Australians returning home or considering the move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur guests are all now settled in life and career \u2013 but probably not how they envisaged when they first arrived.\u00a0 All have had to pivot \u2013 often changing career direction and expectations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith so many Aussies returning home at the moment, many before they probably expected, we hope sharing stories and tips will help Aussie re-adjust quicker and more importantly find a like-minded network,\u201d Margot said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode 1 \u2013 <em>Jane Hollman<\/em><\/strong> left her coveted role as the head of HR for the AFL to pursue her dream of living in New York.\u00a0 After five years in leadership positions for American Express and MasterCard she came home to Melbourne. 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