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...
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...
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...
In the anthology film, “Paris Je T’’aime,” the last film, “14e arrondissement” takes only six minutes to tell us the heart-breaking story of an American who finds herself enjoying another culture other than her own--that of Paris, France. She drinks, dines and takes in all...
There was a time when human resources managed all the hiring processes, but the complexities of global mobility lately has made even procurement make their own adjustments. Now it’s not unusual to find both divisions working together to hire the best global talents out there....
Once deemed a low-volume activity, international assignments have certainly peaked with many global mobility professionals these days constantly on their toes, making sure the talents they recruit are well taken care of in a business environment that has become increasingly global. Growth areas like the BRIC...
Technology helps global mobility specialists deploy talents, but how does one use it? Let us count the ways by which Pwc has done it over the years. It also boils down to being cost efficient as possible. It’s what the firm calls future-proofing your mobility...
It’s been nearly a year since millennial travel professionals converged at the Onyx Room at the Park Hyatt New York to talk about the future of travel. It was the inaugural Young Travel Professionals Future Travel Lab conference and the topic was the future of...
What do assignees (eg. staff being relocated) like to have in their corporate apartments but were afraid or, say, just too polite to ask their employers? It so happens that there are still assignees out there who are not comfortable making demands for their corporate housing...