It’s the one thing that you may not have seen coming, but in retrospect, should have kept in mind. Unlike most homegrown members of the workforce, assignees or foreign nationals who come to work in the United States do feel and show a deep loyalty...
In the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland early this year, this statement was burnished everywhere: “We live in a fast-paced and interconnected world where breakthrough technologies, demographic shifts and political transformations have far-reaching societal and economic consequences. More than ever, leaders need to...
The warning signs may not be noticeable at first. After all, as a global mobility manager, you are used to seeing assignees exude an unmistakable self-confidence. They know they have to perform and perhaps outshine their colleagues, simply because they are foreigners working in a...
Global mobility specialists who are relocating assignees to either Silicon Valley and/or the San Francisco Bay Area might have to make the effort to distinguish the two. While these new workers who are foreign nationals would already have done their research after signing their contracts, chances...
After years of recruiting the cream of the crop from various countries, global mobility specialists will have acquired a thorough and working knowledge of what finally influences these gifted foreign talents to sign the dotted line. They know the kind of compensation packages that will attract...
The current administration might be on a roll to reduce the number of immigrant workers coming into the United States, but one thing it cannot stop is the rise of bilingualism, because it’s tied to a company’s goal. Businesses and their owners are grappling with...