The intern caught napping at his desk with his mouth wide open has become an overnight meme sensation. Unless you crave that type of public attention, you know you have to be quick on your feet about what exactly it is that you do as...
By Dennis Clemente How much did companies spend for their global relocation programs in 2014? For Worldwide ERC member corporations, it was a staggering $12.8 billion. Beyond the total figure, did that amount factor in the exponential risks of immigration, tax, legal and regulatory missteps that...
Mobility is rapidly evolving that a term called purpose-based assignments is nothing new anymore to HR-turned-global-mobility specialists. And if you’re new to this and wondering why there’s the word “global” seemingly attached to mobility specialists all the time, it’s because the world is flat, thanks...
Once deemed a low-volume activity, international assignments have certainly peaked with many global mobility professionals these days constantly on their toes, making sure the talents they recruit are well taken care of in a business environment that has become increasingly global. Growth areas like the BRIC...
Technology helps global mobility specialists deploy talents, but how does one use it? Let us count the ways by which Pwc has done it over the years. It also boils down to being cost efficient as possible. It’s what the firm calls future-proofing your mobility...
By Dennis Clemente Not too long ago, multinationals run global offices like nobody else’s business. They hired people from every corner of the world, if they were not setting up shop at least. Then the new tech economy happened and introduced many new players, all eager...
By Dennis Clemente If you ask us, the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) show this week should have an actual home demonstration somewhere in, say, Silicon Valley. It would be simultaneous with the Las Vegas-sponsored exhibition, so for those who can’t make the trip to the...
It’s been nearly a year since millennial travel professionals converged at the Onyx Room at the Park Hyatt New York to talk about the future of travel. It was the inaugural Young Travel Professionals Future Travel Lab conference and the topic was the future of...
What do assignees (eg. staff being relocated) like to have in their corporate apartments but were afraid or, say, just too polite to ask their employers? It so happens that there are still assignees out there who are not comfortable making demands for their corporate housing...
It’s easy to search for an apartment online. You create a filter for your search and you get the apartment you want, right? Well, it also depends on your preference, of course. Ray Madronio, our CEO and co-founder, has helped assist corporate housing providers for many...