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14 Dec Assignees, All Foreign Workers: Beware of These Travel Scams!

Posted at 20:00h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Housing Tips, San Francisco by Ray

There just might be a scam around the corner. Unfortunately, that holds true for almost every country or region in the world, even though most parts are as warm, sunny, and friendly as the cities in Northern California. Global mobility specialists who are used to...

13 Dec How Global Mobility Specialists Can Help Protect Health, Safety of Assignees

Posted at 20:23h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Housing Tips, Northern California, San Francisco by Ray

After he has signed the deal and agreed to come onboard, three important things will probably keep your assignee up at night, until you have answered them to his satisfaction. His compensation package and the pay he gets after taxes make the top of the...

08 Dec What To Expect Under a Trump Presidency When It Comes To Recruitment, Taxation and Immigration of Talents

Posted at 15:24h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Immigration, Northern California, Recruitment by Ray

The victory of president-elect Donald Trump stunned all sides of the political spectrum not only in the United States but globally as well. As a result, many in the electorate are now grappling to imagine the U.S. under his governance. Global mobility specialists in particular...

06 Dec Forces Shaping Global Mobility — and Why You Need to Keep Track of Them

Posted at 16:10h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility by Ray

A member-nation and one of the prime movers of the European Union decides to depart from it. A populist president that everybody predicted would lose will soon be sworn in as the Chief Executive of the United States of America. Nobody could have predicted these...

05 Dec The Global Mobility Holy Grail: Measuring the ROI of Your Foreign Assignees

Posted at 16:50h in Global Mobility, Housing Tips by Ray

CEOs and other decision-makers in the C-suite can be forgiven for having a love-hate relationship with global mobility, specifically its precious task of finding, sourcing, and relocating talents. They admit seeing the value that this program adds to their bottom line; however, they do not...

17 Nov Welcoming Your Assignee’s Pet in His New Expat Home

Posted at 18:11h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Pets, Relocating by Ray

Bringing their pets with them to their new location of employment is very important to some assignees -- and helping to see that no harm come to that fuzzy animal can become part of your job as a global mobility specialist. Expatriates see their beloved...

16 Nov Global Mobility Specialists Catch Up on Big Data in Recruitment of Talents

Posted at 18:46h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Housing Tips, Relocating by Ray

Big Data. That’s the buzzword of the digital business landscape today, and organizational disciplines like human resources are fast catching up. It streams through your company’s network of computers and databases every single day. Name it and Big Data has it: images, documents, voice and...

13 Nov Who Knew?! Your Hires are Happier if You Keep Them Moving

Posted at 18:22h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Furnished Apartment, Global Mobility, Relocating by Ray

Are we all creatures of comfort? Well, global mobility specialists are finding out that it’s ok for many of talents or hires to move around if they are already used to traveling and relocating. Rotational assignments are losing their former “bad rep” as it has...

08 Nov Millennials, Their Mobility Mindset, and the Advantages They Create for Global Mobility Specialists

Posted at 22:35h in Global Mobility, Northern California, Relocating by Ray

Only a decade ago, working overseas was considered either a desperate move for those seeking a better life, or a path to leadership for middle-aged executives who wanted to leave a legacy before retirement. Today, millennial employees, from their early twenties to their middle thirties,...

05 Nov Explaining Taxes to Your Assignee? Hand-holding is Mandatory

Posted at 10:24h in Global Mobility, Housing Tips by Ray

Talking about taxes to your assignee is like taking your child or even your spouse to the dentist. The details are never pleasant, and the procedure itself is arduous. However, the entire process is necessary if you are to ensure the wellbeing of your loved...