Text & Photo: Cathy Heyne An international relocation strategy is part of every international company’s arsenal for attracting the best talent. But global HR executives often struggle to manage their global mobility programs, because doing so successfully is a bit like juggling perhaps one-too-many balls: one...
Los Gatos is famous mainly because it’s located in Santa Clara County, Northern California, the cradle of many tech companies. Its residents have seen the birth of giants, taking quiet pride as Netflix and Barracuda produced one groundbreaking product wonder after another. But the other...
Northern California is one of the busiest states in the U.S. where both Americans and expatriates want to work and live. As the cradle of innovation and the home of tech giants like Facebook and Google, startups and leading companies alike are drawing in talents...
They’re all phenomenally rich, world-famous, infinitely talented. Mark Zuckerberg, Clint Eastwood and John Lasseter all share one thing in common. They live in Northern California. Your talents or assignees may want to relocate here as well. Anywhere else and these famous could be mobbed, but NorCal...
If you’re a global mobility specialist looking for good top-notch accommodation for your relocating talent, the last thing you want is for it be a mystery. You would prefer your corporate housing provider (read: us) to be as straightforward as possible. If we say we...
Are your talents or hires relocating? Have you asked them if they consulted with your kids? These days, parents are letting their children have a say with regard to moving, but your talents should know where to draw the line. After all, the move is...
It’s not just death and taxes that are permanent in this world: so is change -- and at no time has it been as fast, disruptive, and all-encompassing as in the 21st century. The experts warn that it will not be slowing down any time...
Emailing your team just doesn’t cut it anymore. If you work with more two people and others are from different parts of the world, or you yourself are mobile, as in you’re a global mobility specialist, you might just want to try Slack; that is,...
As a global mobility professional, a visit to another country is an opportunity not to just find top talents or broaden your pool of potential hires, but to find out about a culture as best as you can. Doing so is the more fascinating perks...
All that exercise and clean living are bound to pay off. Eighty percent of the residents of San Mateo, California have healthy weight, 85 percent engage in physical activities, and 90 percent do not smoke. Healthiness and happiness are closely related. A healthy person can...