Corporate housing that meets the expectations of the tech workforce in Silicon Valley is par for the course. What concerns many now is how they can even enjoy their life, relationships and home, as many of them take home six figures. A recent millennial graduate...
Reading about the weather and the different seasons that happen in a different country is one thing; dealing with them everyday is another. Fortunately, Silicon Valley has an agreeable weather that hovers between 50-degree and 80-degree Fahrenheit the whole year-round. Still, global mobility professionals would do...
Amusement and recreational parks are reinventing themselves to draw in even larger crowds. With a more enthusiastic customer base, employment is bound to increase. Innovation experts who have a gift in understanding what makes people happy will find that their talents are in demand in...
The art of filmmaking has opened an economic stream that has been bringing in business, revenues, and employment to California for decades, as global mobility professionals can attest to when they take care of their corporate housing. While Hollywood in Los Angeles has remained the...
As the best business leaders and sports coaches will tell you, “Nothing beats preparation.” This is true, especially of assignees who will be transferring to their new place of work in a month or a couple of month’s time. The contracts have been signed, the enthusiasm...
Regardless of the subjects they are teaching or the kind of pupils they nurture, teachers thrive on two things: the desire to impart knowledge, and the connection they must build with a community. Teachers are professionals who work at their best when they relate to...
Most global mobility professionals know how much biomedical researchers, scientists, technicians, and other workers are fast being needed in California where the quest for medical discoveries has created a growing industry hub. As of 2013, the California Healthcare Institute has pegged the entire workforce in the...
How do global mobility specialists deal with housing when it happens simultaneously? And when we talk about simultaneous here, we’re not talking 1 or 2 people but 100 to 200 people. It’s not a dare, mind you. For that number of assignees moving in, you’ll...
Is there really a way for global mobility specialists to save money when you have incoming and move-in transferees and you want only the best for them? That is, you found them a great job, but you know that for them to keep liking that...
When your international assignee tells you the information they found online (read: Google) about housing varies from your claims (misread as: pricey), what do you do? Right at bat, it’s imperative that you point out how online rates differ when it comes to housing expatriates....