2026 is not shaping up to be a year of incremental change. It is a year of structural acceleration. Across AI, recruiting, global mobility, immigration policy, and workforce benefits, the operating assumptions that guided organizations in 2025 are already being tested. The question for HR and...
The structure of work is changing faster than most operating models. Freelancers. Independent contractors. Consultants. Employer-of-Record (EOR) hires. Distributed teams operating across time zones without entity creation. The global contingent workforce is no longer peripheral — it is increasingly central to how companies access skills, manage...
Survey data suggests American workers are entering the year in what researchers are calling “survival mode.” Caution is replacing curiosity. Stability is replacing ambition. And for employers and mobility professionals, that shift could quietly reshape the labor market. New research from MyPerfectResume, based on a survey...
Employers are entering 2026 facing a paradox: they urgently need skilled talent, yet the financial and regulatory cost of moving people across borders keeps climbing. Fragomen’s 2026 Worldwide Immigration Trends Report, which spans more than 75 jurisdictions, underscores how structural labor shortages and rising mobility...
Temporary housing has become a strategic pressure point in global mobility programs, sitting at the intersection of cost control, duty of care, and employee experience. As housing markets tighten and relocation budgets face greater scrutiny, organizations are rethinking how they design and govern temporary living...
Your relocation program does more than move employees from Point A to Point B. It plays a direct role in attracting talent, supporting employee wellbeing, and enabling market expansion. As organizations grow, the central question evolves—from “How do we support moves inside the country?” to...
Corporate relocation rarely returns with fanfare. It tends to reappear quietly, through budget line items, policy changes, and small but telling shifts in workforce planning. That is exactly what appears to be happening now. After several years of pandemic-era pause and experimentation, domestic corporate relocation...
The debate over artificial intelligence and the future of work is no longer theoretical—it’s showing up in people’s daily jobs, career decisions, and expectations of leadership. PwC’s Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2025, based on nearly 50,000 workers across 48 economies, suggests a clear...
In a world obsessed with recruiting the next big hire, companies may be overlooking their best candidates — the ones already on their payroll. For global mobility specialists, whose work traditionally revolves around relocating high-performing employees across borders, this shift in mindset could be transformative. Artificial...
Most companies still treat global mobility as logistics — a function to move people, process visas, and book flights. But as organizations face talent shortages, geopolitical volatility, and remote-work complexity, mobility is emerging as a strategic lever that drives business resilience and workforce agility. Yet according...