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Where others see an obstacle I think bring it on Eline Hausel Owner YES Young Expat Services
Eline Hausel Owner YES Young Expat Services Where others see an obstacle I think bring it on Eline is super motivated to do the best for her clients within her own business Young Expat Services She makes good use of all her qualities such as her enterprising and strong communication skills in her everyday work In addition to this her colleagues and clients also commend her warm social side Eline s great strength is that she is a go getter In fact being outside her comfort zone only serves to push her further Through The Young Expat Services Eline dedicates herself to helping foreign families who have established themselves in the Netherlands due to their work She helps parents to find the right school for their child organises language lessons and helps with general integration in to Dutch culture After all parents are only truly happy in a new country if their children are as well Everything came together for Eline with the setting up of The Expat Services for example her experience abroad as a child and later when she moved with her own family to Hamburg aided her greatly and as a result she knows like no other how parents and children in expat families feel after a move Her qualifications in Communications Science have also been invaluable in helping her establish her own business and further developing it abroad and she uses her extensive experience in education both in the Netherlands and further afield in her own work with children In addition her first taste of entrepreneurship with her previous venture De Taalfabriek The Language Factory has also made her hungry for more challenges
Enterprising and Social Her enterprising nature was obvious from a young age in fact it was instilled in her through her upbringing Her brother Eran has his own property business Her mother Rita Hausel owner of an estate agent s in the Gooi tells a little about Eline s childhood As a child Eline was never bored she always had something new on the go From a young age she had extra jobs and babysitting addresses the children were crazy about her She is very creative and social Her colleagues at The Young Expat Services also describe Eline as a very enterprising person Anita Henson I always say let s sleep on it But before you know it Eline has already sorted it out She is very well organised and good at using her initiative she strives to get the best out of and also for her clients Elisabeth Ceulen adds Eline is super quick enterprising creative and solution driven With her it really is actions speak louder than words Both colleagues emphasize that along with her business side Eline is above all a social and warm person She is very caring and does everything she can to ensure that people are given the right guidance This also means that she will confront a person if for example choosing the right school is taking too long She helps people make decisions However her enterprising nature can also sometimes take its toll Eline It s difficult that everything must come from you and that is sometimes frustrating I can also act a little too quickly and then once in a while mistakes can happen Luckily Anita and Elisabeth are there to offer a balanced perspective
Rita Hausel agrees that as a child her daughter was already very Strong communication skills attentive and social If someone needs something she helps them That is still the case Elisabeth and Anita enjoy their collaboration It is always great to bounce ideas back and forth with Eline She always comes up with creative ideas or has a book covering the right topic already waiting for you Her communication skills are very strong not just with her clients but also with us She gives compliments and shows her appreciation says Elisabeth Anita adds Eline has hugely strong communication skills She s not afraid of facing up to difficult conversations She really sets an example for me and I often think how would she approach this particular situation It always comes down to the children with her she searches until she has found the best solution for them I am not easily defeated instead I think this is going to succeed In depth At school Eline was very contentious and diligent She always had to work hard I learnt early on from my upbringing how to go about tackling things After HAVO she completed her HBO and then she went on to study Communcations Science at the University of Amsterdam A university education was certainly not a given in her family her parents were scared that she would always be striving to keep up That just made me think I m going to show you that I can do this Above all though it is her experience living abroad as a child that has shaped her From 9 until 11 years old she lived in America due to her father s work Eline didn t speak the language and went to the local school I can still see myself sitting there at the back of the class in a dress while everyone else was wearing trying trousers I had no idea what they were talking about and felt like a real outsider Eline was really thrown in at the deep end and can therefore empathise with her clients whose children go to a Dutch school You need to persevere the beginning is always tough but afterwards it becomes an informative and enjoyable experience
Application After her Communications Science study at the University of Amsterdam Eline worked as a trainee for a market reasearch company That was nothing for me that hard corporate world where people fought to get ahead of each other She then went to work for Codename Future in The Hague 4 days a week and on the 5th she visited a girlfriend who taught That was it I had always wanted to be a teacher when I was growing up and that feeling immediately came back again It gave me the push I needed to go and study for PABO In those days it was a pretty hefty decision to turn your back on the business world and choose a career in education The teaching profession demanded less respect but I felt at home in this world I could be myself Eline worked evenings in Marketing to fund her own studies After a year and a half she completed the fast track training Above all it was the Montessori system that appealed to her She could recognise herself in the vision Teach me to do it myself it taught children to be independent Eline had 4 enjoyable years in the classroom before working in remedial teaching and internal affairs at the Larense Montessorischool Eline found working with problem children the most rewarding I concentrated more View on learning deeply on those children and saw them as a challenge Often these children can do nothing about the fact that they respond in a difficult way The most important thing you can do is to show these children that everything will be okay Due to noticing that there was too little time during school hours to guide children sufficiently she decided in 2006 with two others to set up The Taalfabriek The language factory where children could be assessed and offered extra tuition In those days it was a very progressive initiative it also received coverage in Jan magazine There was a real need for one on one instruction for children with learning problems We looked at how they could learn in a different way With some visualisation worked the best with others they learned better through listening or movement Eline describes how good learning practices begin with a child feeling secure within themselves At school there is never enough time for this but first and foremost I begin by talking to the child and then only afterwards do we make a start My view is that your brain is a sponge and if it is already full with worries then there is no room for anything else If your headspace is empty only then can you start learning There is no point beginning immediately with spelling rules First take the time to clear your head Eline found it uplifting to be free from the constraints of the meeting culture and strict rules that control a school The whole undertaking of the venture also appealed to her from the development of a website through to the actual acquisition
It doesn t just fall into your lap you actually have to do something for it Goal Eline has never and still doesn t choose the easiest path If you leave your comfort zone it can be very rewarding Also years later when she moved with her own family 4 kids to Hamburg for her husband s work the first year was definitely the hardest I missed my work and was completely unhappy I am just as before someone who can come up with her own ideas so I went and got involved in sales for the Dutch shoe brand Koel voor Kids At her children s school she saw a call to action for people to take part in the Hamburg marathon I needed a goal so I signed up During group training she got to know the Director of the International School Finally she found herself a job at the school that had her name all over it special needs teacher It doesn t just fall in your lap you need to do something about it yourself This school had a great work environment There were lots of inspiring people working there all from different cultures and everyone respected everybody else s differences I function much better in such an environment where you can completely be yourself She learned a huge amount for example she had to support an autistic child I had no experience but I threw myself into reading and watched films on the subject as well I am not insecure about whether I can do it but I just think I m going to immerse myself Where others see an obstacle I just think go for it
Upon returning home after 3 years A new start in Hamburg Eline had to start afresh During a Christmas dinner with her cousin who lived in Istanbul they came up with The Expatkamp Expat Camp What do you miss if you live abroad with your children You want to give them that Dutch feeling and the chance to learn the language in a safe and fun environment That s how we came up with the idea for a camp where learning and sports go hand in hand Much later I cycled past a billboard for de Nationale Sportkampen and thought I had to work with them They are strong in the sports side of things and I could focus on giving the lessons The Expat Camp has proved to be a great success and fulfills a need for Dutch parents that live abroad This summer sees the 8th edition with children coming from America Curacao France Singapore Spain Italy Turkey India Quatar Bahrain Romania and Israel This has resulted in the Young Expat Services YES with amongst others Booking com as an important client As a result Young Expat Services has become Booking s first supplier All new employees with children are helped by YES in finding a school and integrating into the Dutch culture Along side this YES also gives presentations about the Dutch education system at Booking s office
High expectations Eline places high expectations on herself lots of things were new for her as an entrepreneur For example giving power point presentations in offices which she had never done in teaching before She had to learn everything from scratch The first time I was very nervous every time there were new obstacles to overcome If I have learnt anything it is that daring to stick your neck out can really pay off It is all well and good to have an idea but you need to follow it up If Eline hadn t started Expatkamp then Young Expat Services would never have existed She admits that she is confident but also that she is able to make the most out of other people s expertise at the right moment If you want to become good you shouldn t develop your own logo or create your own site That you should outsource and invest your money in so that you have more time to do what you yourself are good at
Eline is only able to work so hard through making sure she looks after herself That Work life balance has to be the case with your own business caring for 4 children and having a husband who also works long days I have a babysitter exercise in the evenings and go to bed on time She has always been into sports such as jogging with a definite high point being the Hamburg marathon She takes part in boot camp lessons and plays tennis competitively and in the winter can be found weekly on the ice skating rink In Sweden she took part in a demanding ice skating tour skating from cabin to cabin Playing sport and going on time to bed necessitates discipline My mother and brother are just like me but we also know how to let our hair down occasionally My father is actually very calm and sometimes we drive him crazy Eline also makes sure that 3 afternoons a week she is at the school playground for her younger 2 children They grow up too quickly so I want to be around The future The future of her company Young Expat Services is looking rosy We are hoping for another couple of big clients and a couple more people to come and work for me I am also always keeping busy with new developments Sitting still is certainly nothing for Eline Contact Eline Hausel Email eline youngexpatservices nl Mobile 31 6 14 36 66 27 Website youngexpatservices com Daring to stick your neck out often pay off
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