15 Feb More Expats Are Accustomed to Working Abroad, the Happier They Are

Posted at 17:46h in Corporate Culture & Training, Expat, Global Mobility, Steady Jobs, Talent Management by Ray [social_share]

Economic stability is an important driver of health and well-being, but can an expat working in a country other than his or her own, even with a good compensation package to go with it, claim to feel the same way as their local counterparts?  For some,...

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08 Feb What Global Mobility Pros Need to Learn About Post-pandemic Health Insurance for Expats

Posted at 17:44h in COVID-19, Expat, Global Mobility, Health Care, Northern California by Ray [social_share]

The COVID-19 pandemic has made healthcare even more of a priority for organizations and their international workers. Global mobility professionals think having a solid international insurance for assignees will take priority, resulting in more preventive rather than reactionary measures. The idea is to have not...

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27 Jan What is Acceptable in Global Work, Travel: Virus Testing or Vaccination?

Posted at 21:33h in Business Travel, Expat, Global Mobility, Talent Management by Ray [social_share]

Can organizations require employees and business travelers to be vaccinated? The question stems from the fact that not everyone may be onboard with vaccines.  According to research by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 60 percent of U.S. workers said they will probably or definitely...

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21 Jan AXA Study on Global Mobility: Short-term Work Assignments Projected to Increase in US

Posted at 16:27h in COVID-19, Global Mobility, Immigration, Northern California, Talent Management by Ray [social_share]

COVID-19 has stirred up many questions among global mobility professionals and foreign talents, especially the future of international work, given the current realities and political climate everywhere. But AXA’s recent study, World of Work 2021 offers some positive news.  About 67% of 543 HR respondents believe...

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15 Jan Remote Work: How to Draw the Line Between Personal and Professional Time

Posted at 17:00h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Work from Home, Work Life by Ray [social_share]

How do you stay focused when you’re working from home? This is like asking how do you work alone without losing your mind. The latter comes from a book titled “Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind)” by Rebecca Seal.  Like many people...

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11 Jan What Employees Miss the Most Out of the Current Climate

Posted at 16:12h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Northern California, Work from Home by Ray [social_share]

What do you miss the most about working in an office? Employees say that the pandemic has made them miss office chitchats around the water cooler. If you really think about it, many have taken to having those clandestine talks online -- on messenger apps...

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06 Jan Why Global Remote Teams Will Need to Redefine the Workday

Posted at 21:39h in Corporate Culture & Training, Global Mobility, Northern California, Talent Management, Work from Home by Ray [social_share]

What time is it in __? These days, remote teams have to keep in mind that they may be working across different time zones like many Silicon Valley companies. It’s not new for tech giants to have daily interactions (i.e., scrum) with their teams worldwide....

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22 Dec Hybrid Home-Work Model Allows for Flexibility, Caring for Loved Ones

Posted at 17:09h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Northern California, Return to Work, Work from Home, Work Life by Ray [social_share]

How do you like to work? It turns out that remote work has allowed for flexibility and more time for workers to care for their loved ones. That’s enough in some cases to refrain from relocating elsewhere.  In Gitlab’s comprehensive report on remote work across various...

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16 Dec How to Measure Progress When it Comes to Recruiting for Diversity and Equity

Posted at 16:39h in Corporate Culture & Training, Diversity & Inclusion, Global Mobility, Northern California, Talent Management by Ray [social_share]

Global mobility professionals, recruiters and employers can learn a lot about how to measure their own progress when it comes to hiring diverse professionals from Deloitte, which recently published a guide for fiscal year 2020. Its workforce strategy on diversity and equity in the company generated...

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16 Dec Big Tech Keeps Silicon Valley a Magnet for Global Talents

Posted at 15:25h in Global Mobility, Job Prospects, Northern California by Ray [social_share]

The countless articles about people moving out of San Francisco always leave something out: those who move into the city. In a 2019-2020 report by the California Department of Finance (CDOF), the state’s population increased by over 20,000 people. San Francisco ranks 12th in the...

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