Career tools for working across borders
Finding a job in another country is the first step. The next questions are always the same: how the company can hire you legally, how you get paid without losing money on the exchange, how you stay insured, and what to learn for the next role. Each guide answers one of them, with the facts read from the providers and regulators.
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Get paid from abroad
Salaries and invoices in dollars, euros or pounds, received without the bank's exchange markup.
How to get paid from abroad without losing money on the exchange
Five ways to receive a salary or client payment from another country, what each costs, and how a multi-currency account helps.
Wise review: fees, safety and how it compares for getting paid abroad
What it costs to receive, convert and spend with Wise, how your money is protected, and how it compares with Revolut and PayPal.
Work for a company in another country
Employee or contractor, employer of record or not: what each route means for your contract, your taxes and your benefits.
Employer of record: how a company abroad can hire you legally
EOR, PEO or contractor: who signs your contract, who pays your taxes and which benefits you keep, explained from the worker's side.
Deel review: what it means when a company pays you through Deel
Employee or contractor through Deel, every withdrawal method and its fee, the Deel Card, and the common complaints.
Health insurance when you move
Travel medical cover, international health insurance and nomad plans are different products. Here is which one fits.
Health insurance for digital nomads, expats and remote workers abroad
Travel medical, nomad and international health insurance compared: what each covers and which fits you.
SafetyWing review: Nomad Insurance Essential and Complete explained
Essential vs Complete: price, limits, home-country rules, exclusions, claims and complaints.
Courses and new skills
Training that leads to a job, and in some countries is paid for by the state.
AI courses with the Bildungsgutschein (Germany)
If you live in Germany and are registered with the Agentur für Arbeit, an AI course can be paid in full, including programmes taught in English.
Tech bootcamps in Germany
Data, software, cloud and UX bootcamps that the voucher can pay for, with the requirements of each.
Updated 8 October 2026.