Paguro's New Shell: More Resources for Expat Professionals and Entrepreneurs

Back in March of 2008 I wrote a blog post about Paguro, a free online resource for expatriates developed by Patrizia Figoli Turchetti. Being an expatriate in Nigeria, England, Norway, France, Mexico and the US, Patrizia has experienced the difficulties that expats face and hence understands what resources would be most useful to help them during periods of transition.

I am happy to report that Paguro has just relaunched with a new interface and design. Patrizia has resdesigned the site to better showcase many of its new and interactive features.

I wanted to share a few words from Patrizia herself about the new features:

The new Paguro's advantage is that the content is more accessible to the users both as readers and contributors.  On the homepage you will see two new tool bars. The grey toolbar covers all things expat such as information at city level, about a life on the move, and resources for working abroad, while the turquoise toolbar has the potential to be all about you!

This turquoise tool bar gives you access to the interactive core of Paguro, the place where you can "bee" part of the Paguro BuZz, the Paguro community, where you can connect with other expatriates around the world through the forums, find expat networks and share your own information through your dedicated web space: my paguro.

You can find like-minded people by creating an area of interest within one of the Paguro BuZz forums, or join the ones already created by fellow expats, such as one about art or travel in South America.

Paguro BuZz is a wonderful world where people living all over the globe can reach out to each other to help fellow expats ease their transitions from one location to another. Keeping in touch with people on a daily basis is a great tonic when your life has just been turned upside down by moving to a new city.  Finding someone to share your thoughts and concerns with is important, and Paguro BuZz can help you do that!

"My Paguro" is the greatest asset that has been added to the new shell. You can add news, photos, events, articles and you can even have your own message board. For each of these items you can decide at any time to select who has access, just yourself or a few friends or the entire world!

And this is just the beginning, with you we are planning to get even better equipped over time.

Patrizia asked if I would create a column on the new Paguro, so you will also find a section entitled "Megan's Expat Career Corner". In this area of the site I will be posting from time to time on my areas of expertise: personal branding, expat careers, portable careers and businesses, and networking on- and offline for career and business success abroad.

Patrizia has some great ideas for this site, and I look forward to this site growing into even a more valueable resource than it has already proven to be to expatriates worldwide.

Keep us posted Patrizia!