Migrating to Australia in Your 30s: Career Change, Loneliness & Job Market Truths with Ana Asanovic

About this episode

Ana Asanovic shares her experiences of migrating from Serbia to Australia in her 30s, discussing career changes and the realities of the job market.

Moving countries in your 30s is often portrayed as exciting and full of opportunity, but what does the reality actually look like? In this episode, I'm joined by Ana Asanovic to share her journey from Serbia to Australia as a mature age student, to further her education in Communications and take her career in a new direction Driven by her award-winning travel blog, passion for storytelling, and desire to create meaningful impact, Ana explains why she chose Australia over other destinations...

People in this episode

Host: Emma Graham

Guest: Ana Asanovic

Topics covered

• migration
• career change
• loneliness
• job market
• education
• storytelling
• personal growth

Keywords

• migration
• career change
• Australia
• loneliness
• job market
• Communications
• storytelling
• travel blog

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: award-winning travel blog

Places: Australia, Serbia

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