In Bladerunner 2049, Ryan Gosling’s character comes home to find Joi preparing his dinner. She flickers like a hologram but her voice is clear, like the voice assistants we’re already used to now, in 2018. The tone in Joi’s voice is something close to our...
The year 2020 is roughly two years away, but global mobility managers should start planning for it this early. Why? While the recruitment and hiring of foreign nationals increased by 25 percent in the last ten years, they will soar by 50 percent from this...
There was a time when culture-fit was as simple as knowing if someone fits in a specific corporate culture. Now they’re even saying that there’s a difference between corporate culture-fit and organizational culture-fit. While traditional homegrown recruiters have to consider the first aspect of this employee...
What company, regardless of size or scale, does not want the global marketplace? America has always thrived for its inclusivity and diversity. As the World Economic Forum points out, inclusivity affects positive changes for companies. Revenues can increase. Market share can expand. The figures in...
Health and wellness programs are no longer an option for the 21st century workplace. They are becoming a must, given that young employees themselves are experiencing medical conditions that are decreasing their productivity and hampering their motivation. Cardiovascular illnesses, chronic fatigue, depression, and other effects of...
The new immigration rules, cost management and reduction, and dealing with evolving tax rules -- these are the top three concerns that global mobility managers have been wrestling with since the start of 2018, and will probably do so in the near future. So if you...
Do you know that people actually prefer natural sunlight at their office as a better perk than office cafeterias? That was the result of a study called “The Employee Experience” by HR Advisory company, Future Workplace. It boils down to this: A person definitely needs...
Networking is global. That’s one truth that global mobility managers have learned their entire professional lives. Even before social media became the phenomenon that it is now, heads of international offices and recruiters alike spent a significant part of their time just keeping in touch...
The transformation that technology and globalization are unleashing in our world are quite unprecedented. Just on a cursory level, all one needs to do is check who’s in and who’s out of high-tech hubs. A smart and forward-looking global mobility manager would not rely on...
Perhaps one of the most overused words in the English lexicon is the term “world-class.” It generally describes an individual, an act, a trait, and an organization (among others) that is apparently at par with the rest of the world. It can hold its own...