Global mobility managers challenged to find top foreign talent have to add one more daunting task to the mix: how to keep their assignees’ spouses happy and fulfilled. The rules are no longer cut and dry, and partner or spousal arrangements have veered from the...
Colleges and universities were the first to do the virtual job fair. Then, companies which need to recruit a huge number of people continually hold it. With technologies like webinars and social media bringing people closer than before, global mobility managers might want to try...
Exit interviews are no longer seen as unpleasant protocols often dismissed, but a positive exercise that carries many advantages. That’s why global mobility managers must include them as part of their program, especially when they decide not to renew an assignee’s contract. The experience, while initially...
Health. That’s the one concern that global mobility managers, their assignees, and their executives can all agree. Its importance cannot be underestimated. The health of a staffer, regardless if they are full-time or contractual, can affect their morale and their performance. Left unchecked, the negative effects...
A company like Viome, a wellness startup with offices in New York, New Mexico, Seattle, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego, and even India would have been impossible to manage decades ago. What’s more impressive?! The company is still relatively a startup, even if it has...
Foreign assignees in the United States have given some of the most positive satisfaction ratings in terms of their ease of settling in, when compared to those in the other featured countries in a survey published in The Expat Insider Business Edition Country Focus. Their...
What do we really know about millennials? Do they really care most about the pursuit of mission, varied experience, continuous learning, entrepreneurial opportunity, and work relationships --- and less about traditional rewards of pay and hierarchical positions? Mercer’s Haig Nalbantian, co-leader of Mercer’s Workforce Sciences Institute...
Leading companies and employees are seeking more international opportunities as well as more “relationship-focused” and “collaborative” work. As a result, global mobility managers can expect a 73 percent surge in workforce disruption this year, up from 26 percent in 2018, according to the Mercer Global...
Eating the “right food” aka diet is not just a way to stay healthy and energized for expats. To most of them, regardless of which part of the world they come from, it is also a remembrance of home. The pleasure they feel in letting...
Traveling might be the in-thing for younger assignees who want to explore new cities and savor exotic adventures. But the actual process and its different phases might be a small ordeal for some of them. Who among us had not endured our fair share of delayed...