Experience and the ability to adapt in a changing international environment will easily trump the best of education if you want to advance your career as a global mobility professional. You’ve earned the title and position, and enjoyed the attendant perks. You’re the company’s go-to...
You’ve spent a huge portion of your professional life handling the affairs of your peers as a human resource manager. You also spend a lot of your downtime reading up on the latest Chinese expansion into Africa or the connectivity challenges that are facing the...
Homesickness is one of the challenges foreign assignees face upon relocation to their new workplace, and acceptance in a culturally diverse society is one of the best support systems that a global mobility professional can rely on to help provide a solution. An Asian, European, and...
Cultural openness and sensitivity are crucial to your success as a global mobility professional. The assignee you move from his country to the US must be able to trust and communicate with you, and this can happen only if you show him that you are...
Any relocation for work, whether its Silicon Valley or other cities, can be a major adjustment for anyone, local or foreigner. Pressure can intensify if the assignee brings his spouse and children with him. At first glance, it seems like an ideal solution: the assignee...
Corporate housing that meets the expectations of the tech workforce in Silicon Valley is par for the course. What concerns many now is how they can even enjoy their life, relationships and home, as many of them take home six figures. A recent millennial graduate...
Reading about the weather and the different seasons that happen in a different country is one thing; dealing with them everyday is another. Fortunately, Silicon Valley has an agreeable weather that hovers between 50-degree and 80-degree Fahrenheit the whole year-round. Still, global mobility professionals would do...
Amusement and recreational parks are reinventing themselves to draw in even larger crowds. With a more enthusiastic customer base, employment is bound to increase. Innovation experts who have a gift in understanding what makes people happy will find that their talents are in demand in...
The art of filmmaking has opened an economic stream that has been bringing in business, revenues, and employment to California for decades, as global mobility professionals can attest to when they take care of their corporate housing. While Hollywood in Los Angeles has remained the...
As the best business leaders and sports coaches will tell you, “Nothing beats preparation.” This is true, especially of assignees who will be transferring to their new place of work in a month or a couple of month’s time. The contracts have been signed, the enthusiasm...