Question to global mobility professionals: What kind of expats have you recruited? When they move to a new location, they typically take one to two years to develop a circle of friends. It takes them a matter of weeks. Answer: You know very well there is...
Movies like the “Terminator” depict robots in a more sinister way, always physically imposing and nearly indestructible. The reality is that robots are not all human-like but more invisible and unobtrusive, working in the background to make humans more knowledgeable and efficient. These type of...
Silicon Valley has always been prime real estate, thanks to the sterling tech giants that have set up shop there. Yet it might be experiencing a new and perhaps more elevated resurgence, given the current real estate boom. Global mobility managers and their assignees living...
In the last two years of Deloitte’s global research culminating in the 2018 Global Human Capital Trends survey, the most important human capital trend identified by its survey respondents has been the need to break down functional hierarchies and build a more networked, team-based organization....
One trend that is powerfully impacting the human resources field is also sweeping across their counterparts in the global mobility movement sector: recruiters and people managers -- which HR professionals prefer to be called -- must think of themselves as business partners. Their tasks, mandate, and...
Forget artificial intelligence (for now), automation, and the increasing cost of globalized employment. What is bothering the CEOs and leaders of many companies today is the looming global talent shortage that, if left unaddressed, can end up crippling industries across the world. Ironically, it is...
Global mobility managers are relying on the federal government to make some necessary changes in its H-1B visa policy to help tech companies fill up many vacant positions in tech. Compete America, an industry group that includes Amazon, Google, and Facebook, has reportedly argued that...
At an early age, we’re taught how to behave with certain people all within the sphere of our immediate environment. But as adults who travel everywhere and experiences different cultures, how do you behave? In an increasingly global marketplace where people work across cultures, it’s...
Part 2 of 2 Global mobility managers that have access to event management apps have a clear advantage over others. Many of these apps provide data analytics from registrations, while also offering branding and marketing opportunities. While there is no need to create their own event...
Part 1 of 2 Everyone calls it a job fair. These days, a job fair is also called hiring event. A hiring event is where employers, recruiters and interested candidates connect. The event names have changed but they’re the same except now, one schedule interviews...