17 Jun

Posted at 02:24h in Corporate Culture & Training, Global Mobility, Northern California, Work from Home, Work Life by

How has the pandemic stress-tested the busy digital home? The center of daily life has accelerated connectivity and technology, blurring the lines between our physical lives and the digital world as a result, according to a survey by Deloitte.  The pandemic certainly rallied telecoms, digital service...

11 Jun

Posted at 02:12h in Corporate Culture & Training, Diversity & Inclusion, Global Mobility, Northern California by

How are companies making use of technology in their diversity and inclusion hires? A study by RedThread Research conducted with Mercer looked at the challenges driving the adoption of technology, evaluating the inherent risks and benefits of adoption and what companies were expecting to achieve...

31 May

Posted at 18:45h in Corporate Culture & Training, COVID-19, Expat, Global Mobility, Northern California, Remote Work, Return to work, return to work, San Francisco, San Jose by

Things are looking up in California, especially the Bay Area. With COVID-19 cases dropping and fully vaccinated Californians rising at 45%, the target of fully reopening the Californian economy on June 15 has been set.  The state has reportedly regained nearly half of jobs lost in...

27 May

Posted at 18:30h in Corporate Culture & Training, Expat, Global Mobility, Northern California, Relocating, Remote Work, Talent Management by

As a global mobility professional looking to sign up new talents, it’s good to keep tabs on the current mindset of workers these days. A May survey of 1,000 US adults showed that 39% would consider quitting if their employers weren’t flexible about remote work....

19 May

Posted at 18:22h in Corporate Culture & Training, Global Mobility, Northern California, Recruitment, Remote Work, Return to work, Talent Management by

How do you establish an effective remote working process with creative talents? It begins with good leadership but it requires knowing the comfort zone of these talents to make things work. From a leadership and high level point of view, The Center for Creative Leadership came...

04 May

Posted at 17:58h in Corporate Culture & Training, Global Mobility, Job Prospects, Northern California, Recruitment, Remote Work, return to work, Work from Home by

In an Atlantic piece titled What Bosses Really Think of Remote Workers, it sounds like people who work from home may get fewer raises and promotions. Remote work might feel great now, but it could hurt the career of many talents out there.  Are full-time employees...

28 Apr

Posted at 22:43h in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Northern California, Relocating, Remote Work, Return to work by

Has ROI (return on investment) costs on talent relocations changed in the post-pandemic world? It remains to be seen how global mobility service costs will change, but COVID-19 has accelerated the process for companies and global mobility professionals to find out how they will make...

19 Apr

Posted at 23:00h in Corporate Culture & Training, COVID-19, Global Mobility, Northern California, Talent Management, Work Life by

Competition for global talents and securing their families to have a safe relocation experience have intensified in the past few weeks, thanks to dwindling COVID-19 cases in California, which now has the lowest infection rate against any US state.  Just to be sure, though, many organizations...