14 Sep Hiring for Culture Fit Needs a Yardstick or Face Bad Hiring Decisions

Posted at 02:43h in Corporate Culture & Training, Global Mobility, Immigration, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

Foreign talents, be forewarned. When a global mobility manager or company mentions culture fit as one of its corporate policies for hiring a candidate, run -- run as far away from the hiring company. In most instances, culture fit in the global hiring community would...

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11 Sep It Can Be Tricky, So Know What Medications to Bring During Business Trips

Posted at 21:38h in Corporate Housing by Ray [social_share]

Bringing medication during business trips, especially overseas, is a highly personal matter that cannot be ignored or taken for granted. Because what may be a comfortable sleep-inducing pill to a traveler can appear as a forbidden narcotic to the immigration agent in your designated destination. Executives...

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09 Sep Planning a Move? How the Best Move of Your MidCareer Change is to Be an Intern

Posted at 01:56h in Corporate Culture & Training, Global Mobility by Ray [social_share]

What does it feel like to be an intern at 30? Journalist Elizabeth Sergen painted a vivid picture of it for Fast Company -- and even better, she said it was the best move of her career. In the gig economy where the only thing...

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03 Sep Expats from Eastern Cultures Adapt Well to Silicon Valley’s Work Culture

Posted at 01:56h in Global Mobility, Immigration, Northern California, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

How does understanding Western and Eastern cultures work in the corporate setting and global mobility? In an interview with HumanResources, Sara Cheng, CEO of Fuji Xerox Singapore, delved deeper by comparing the differences between the two cultures: “Asian culture is more command and control, top-down...

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31 Aug What Women with Children Face when Accepting an International Assignment

Posted at 01:47h in Global Mobility, Northern California by Ray [social_share]

What if your expat hire got pregnant while on assignment? In her memoir, “Women’s Work: A Reckoning With Work and Home,” former foreign correspondent Megan K. Stack recounts the challenges she faced as a pregnant assignee. Fortunately, her husband was also a foreign talent who...

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30 Aug Air Travel Rights and Negotiating Tips for Expats, Business Travelers

Posted at 01:29h in Business Travel by Ray [social_share]

Flight delays and cancellations are the bane of expats and business travelers. In most cases, one just feels helpless but it doesn’t have to be that way. A little knowledge goes a long way in minimizing frustration.  For example, an American traveling to Europe would need...

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28 Aug Foreign Talents: Are You with OK with Local-Plus Hiring? Same Salary yet Perks-Driven

Posted at 17:23h in Global Mobility, Northern California, Recruitment by Ray [social_share]

The traditional expatriate package is becoming more expensive for organizations to shoulder. Yet paying an assignee or an employee relocating to another country the local rates of their local counterparts might prove too much of an adjustment, and might even demoralize them. Global mobility managers...

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26 Aug 3 Metrics That Global Mobility Managers Should Track

Posted at 17:12h in Global Mobility by Ray [social_share]

Global mobility metrics should always be a major concern of global mobility managers. Come performance assessment time and department budget hearings, the company executives will always ask about the value that global mobility brings to the table.  The issue may not just be a matter of...

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22 Aug San Francisco: Innovation is Followed by a Creative Economy

Posted at 04:03h in Corporate Housing by Ray [social_share]

We have all heard of the knowledge economy, the digital age, and the fourth Industrial Revolution. These terms describe and define the era we live in, the platforms that influence the way we live and work, and the kind of competitive edge we must sharpen...

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19 Aug How a Reading Club and Meetups Can Help Upskill Your Talents

Posted at 03:54h in Corporate Culture & Training by Ray [social_share]

Want to nurture your future leaders, but your company or department is short when it comes to cash and training resources? One inexpensive, efficient, and underrated way to do it is to start -- and follow through on, wait, yes -- an office reading club....

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