25 Oct Relocating Professionals Like Living the ‘Silicon Valley State of Mind’

Posted at 19:29h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Northern California, Relocating, San Francisco by Ray [social_share]

For many years, the running joke in Silicon Valley was that tech professionals can make $100,000 a year but still could not find a place to live. In the land of FANG (Facebook, Apple, Netflix, Google), that’s not surprising. The median home price in Cupertino,...

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21 Oct Why Flexibility is the New Norm for Global Relocation Strategies

Posted at 20:58h in Global Mobility, Northern California, Relocating, San Francisco by Ray [social_share]

Technology, changing economic landscapes, and the motivations that drive a younger generation are making flexibility the new norm for global mobility specialists crafting packages and strategies that will lure in the next batch of promising talent. The traditional expatriate arrangement, which has an executive staying...

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15 Oct Why Offering Assignees Lump Sum Relocation Packages is a Smart, Strategic Move

Posted at 21:01h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Northern California, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

For U.S. companies, corporate staff relocation is fast becoming a norm, and no longer an exception. The stakes are going high, though. Now there are even lump sum relocation packages which doesn’t sound so crazy. It’s considered a smart, strategic move for organizations. In one...

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02 Oct Most In-demand Jobs in Silicon Valley

Posted at 19:24h in Northern California, Relocating, San Francisco by Ray [social_share]

At the Data-Driven meetup last September 27, two visiting VCs from Silicon Valley, Jeff Chung of AME Cloud Ventures and Mike Dauber of Amplify Partners, intimated how the startup world is not getting enough experienced talent in the tech space, or at least not fast...

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24 Sep Global Mobility Specialists Need to Invest in Reliable Database of Talents

Posted at 15:24h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Relocating, San Francisco by Ray [social_share]

Organizations that can allocate the necessary resources and executive commitment to lay out global mobility strategies are ensuring their future. As the quality of talent is one of the major factors that can influence a company’s rise, stagnation, or demise, a program that relocates the cream...

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24 Sep Mountain View, California: Where Fun Weekends Can Be a Taste of the Unusual

Posted at 15:08h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Relocating, San Francisco by Ray [social_share]

One challenge for global mobility specialists is to keep their assignees always interested and active in their new homes. It can be easy in the beginning, because there are always new places to see and destinations to explore. Afterwards, the novelty can wear off, especially...

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22 Sep Motivating your Young Assignees for Global Assignments

Posted at 02:03h in Northern California, Relocating, Renovating by Ray [social_share]

The Global Mobility Trends Survey 2016 says one out of 10 foreign assignees is a millennial. But these twentysomething to thirtysomething workforce talents see their global assignments through a different lens than their older bosses who took the trip (or several of them) decades ago....

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21 Sep Sunnyvale, CA: Hybrid Hub Combines Comfort and Safety

Posted at 02:16h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Northern California, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

It sounds cliche, but it’s true: Sunnyvale in Northern California does live up to its name, and it’s not just because of the temperate, sunny weather. Assignees, expatriates, and new relocators immediately feel welcome here because the overall atmosphere is bright and optimistic, which can...

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19 Sep 4 Areas to Master in Global Mobility Economics

Posted at 20:00h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Northern California, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

If you want to excel as a global mobility specialist, then you must master global mobility economics. While recruitment is vital to our role and our industry, we get so bogged down on it that we tend to neglect -- or even -- forget that...

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18 Sep Where Do Top Talents Go? NorCal is One of the Top Destinations

Posted at 19:57h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Northern California, Relocating by Ray [social_share]

One factor that is critical to your success as a global mobility specialist is matching your assignee with the right city or neighborhood. This alignment comes automatically when you choose your recruits for your company. Skills and corporate experience are not the only things you...

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