'Oh, and you'll have 4 months holidays. Every year.'

Kuwait does not have the westernised culture of Dubai, the ostentatious wealth of Qatar or perhaps the rugged beauty of Oman, but therein lies its special attraction.

Because of its perceived lack of 'distractions' from work, your target market of English-speaking expatriates is paid significantly more per head than in neighbouring countries. And earned income in Kuwait is tax free.

Furthermore, there are no utilities bills in Kuwait, therefore beyond paying for your rent, petrol at 13 pence per litre, food and telephone, all earned income is disposable. A typical expatriate teacher could have £1000- £2000 spare disposable income each month. The typical oil worker could have up to 5 or 6 times that amount. ... Read on...

BD Wealth, a Kuwait based client of ifamatch.com, is recruiting for experienced financial advisors now. For opportunities in Kuwait, click here or e-mail us at jobs@ifamatch.com.

Tripping with Michelle

Well, for the past 9 years Michelle has been tripping between 3 countries, UK, Oman and Spain. She has met many diverse people, learnt a great deal about the cultures, earned good money, had holidays in fascinating places, eaten amazing and awful food and still managed to enjoy her my job. Why? Read on...

For opportunities where tripping is encouraged click here and here or email us at jobs@ifamatch.com.

The Rough Diamond

Some years ago a friend of mine told me this true story…

With his wife away he had to keep his children amused one rainy Saturday afternoon. It was not something he looked forward to.

Browsing the newspapers early that morning he saw that one of the London museums was exhibiting the World’s largest-ever diamond. He gathered the children together and got them exciting about the idea of seeing this diamond ... Read on...

Time Management - The Template

We have now identified the key tasks that need to be completed each week, we also recognise that each week has a finite amount of time so we have allocated what we believe is sufficient time to allow us to complete each task/activity within a week.

What I now want to introduce is a time management concept that just might make it a little bit easier for you to plan your week. It involves creating a time-management template by splitting the week into 15 units of time. Each unit of time represents 1/3 of a day. Read on...