Your name: Sarah Novak How many years have you been living life in the Foreign Service? 5 years Where have you been posted? Manila, Philippines; Lima, Peru; and Washington, DC. Briefly describe your career path: I worked as a Buyer at Target Headquarters for 5 years before becoming a Certified Co-active Life Coach with the Coaches Training Institute […]
Business Owners Report: Fast Fitness to Go
Name: Shay de Silva How many years have you been living life in the Foreign Service? 10 years Where have you been posted? Uzbekistan and Singapore Briefly describe your career path: I graduated with a degree in finance and worked as a bank manager for a few years. Just before leaving for our first post in […]
Business Owners Report: World Tree Coaching
Your name: Jodi Harris How many years have you been living life in the Foreign Service? 5 years Where have you been posted? We’ve been posted to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Antananarivo, Madagascar. We’re headed to Tokyo next. Between each tour we’ve been in Falls Church, VA while my husband attends training at FSI. […]
Business Owners Report: Carrington Financial Planning
Name: William Carrington How many years have you been living life in the Foreign Service? We have been in the FS since 1993, so it’s been 21 years now. We were overseas for 16 consecutive years from 1994 to 2010. I started in financial planning in 2008 and founded my LLC in 2011. We were posted […]
Business Owners Report: Career Valet
Name: Marcelle Yeager How many years have you been living life in the Foreign Service? 3 years so far! Where have you been posted? Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Santiago, Chile. Briefly describe your career path: My career path has tied together two of my passions – languages and writing – but I certainly did not plan […]
Business Owners Report: Afterschool Plans
Name: Leah Evans How many years have you been living life in the Foreign Service? We joined ten years ago and have been posted to Tbilisi, Georgia; Quito, Ecuador; Kyiv, Ukraine; and now Asuncion, Paraguay. We have also had the pleasure of spending time for job training in Falls Church, Virginia between each overseas assignment. […]
Get listed on the EFM Business Directory
The EFM Business Directory was set up to make it easier to find and promote businesses owned by Foreign Service family members. Since EFM stands for “Eligible Family Member” this site is dedicated to supporting those family members who are pursuing entrepreneurial and consulting ventures while living at home and overseas. Benefits of Joining the […]
15 Questions to ask when planning a business at an overseas mission
Often EFMs who do not have a business background are interested in starting a small or medium-sized business. However, they are almost always uncertain about what questions to ask before initiating a business. Below you will find a list of questions that will help you in obtaining the information you need to create a legal […]