Global mobility managers hire their assignees for the long haul, but it’s only a matter of time before they bump into an emerging trend in the global workforce today: the gig economy. Chalk it up to the mobile workforce and smart, thinking machines which are...
Employees are fundamental to a company’s brand image, but a quiet revolution within the global mobility landscape is taking place. Many relocating professionals now serve as brand agents and align with HR persons and activities, from recruitment and selection to training, performance management, and communications,...
Positive people are vastly different from others that thrive on negativity and hate. Haters can always rationalize their hurt by singling out people, especially those who grew up from a different culture, or by simply stating that their own mindset is more aware of the...
Question to global mobility professionals: What kind of expats have you recruited? When they move to a new location, they typically take one to two years to develop a circle of friends. It takes them a matter of weeks. Answer: You know very well there is...
Movies like the “Terminator” depict robots in a more sinister way, always physically imposing and nearly indestructible. The reality is that robots are not all human-like but more invisible and unobtrusive, working in the background to make humans more knowledgeable and efficient. These type of...
Silicon Valley has always been prime real estate, thanks to the sterling tech giants that have set up shop there. Yet it might be experiencing a new and perhaps more elevated resurgence, given the current real estate boom. Global mobility managers and their assignees living...
In the last two years of Deloitte’s global research culminating in the 2018 Global Human Capital Trends survey, the most important human capital trend identified by its survey respondents has been the need to break down functional hierarchies and build a more networked, team-based organization....
One trend that is powerfully impacting the human resources field is also sweeping across their counterparts in the global mobility movement sector: recruiters and people managers -- which HR professionals prefer to be called -- must think of themselves as business partners. Their tasks, mandate, and...
Forget artificial intelligence (for now), automation, and the increasing cost of globalized employment. What is bothering the CEOs and leaders of many companies today is the looming global talent shortage that, if left unaddressed, can end up crippling industries across the world. Ironically, it is...
Global mobility managers are relying on the federal government to make some necessary changes in its H-1B visa policy to help tech companies fill up many vacant positions in tech. Compete America, an industry group that includes Amazon, Google, and Facebook, has reportedly argued that...