In an era that has been described as Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous, assignees and the global mobility managers guiding them have to be more agile than most. This observation can come as a mild shock to those concerned, because assignees are expected to be...
It is a situation that has led many global mobility managers scratching their heads. They have done everything by the book and yet their assignee still seems to be faltering. They had invested in these foreign hires’ training, time in family counseling, and the learning...
This big C is like cancer. It’s definitely cancer to the tech world, but they’re cybersecurity threats that have morphed into something far more lethal. They hijack computers and steal important data in exchange for money or payment in the form of bitcoins. The cancer has...
Leisure travel with all-expenses paid for. The latest Tesla just out of the assembly line. Free tickets to the movies and concerts of popular singers. Not so fast. Those are perks that go to the top honchos. They may be enviable perks and certainly something...
Expatriate long-term assignments may be going out of style with permanent transfers now on top of minds of business owners and global mobility managers alike. Why? Some companies in the San Francisco Bay Area find that -- in the long run -- a permanent transfer would...
STEM or the science, technology, engineering, and math is where it’s at. Any company that wants to grow spectacularly and ride the crest of business disruption will always want to fill their ranks with experts in these fields. Or at the very least, the STEM field...
There are many facets to training an assignees or expatriate. They involve cross-cultural social training, cross-cultural business training, security, remote, and repatriation, according to AZCentral. Training starts as soon as they sign the dotted line, and continues until their last day at work. Training should...
Why does it matter if you have coffee or not with an assignee, after you’ve already recruited and placed them? If anything, having coffee helps put everyone’s guard down and talk casually about anything. For global mobility managers who have assignees in the San Francisco Bay...
The last few weeks leading to an assignees’ exit from their country or company of employment back to their homeland can very well be an emotional one for the global mobility manager who had partnered with them in their professional journey. Global mobility managers often...
Global mobility managers always under pressure to reduce their costs while ensuring a healthy pipeline of talent can resort to one effective, if barely used, solution: build a candidate pool. Now, that should be de rigueur; unfortunately, it’s not always practiced. Having an active database of...