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 [social_share]

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...

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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 [social_share]

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...

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04 Nov Global Mobility Talent Forecast: Many of Them are Millennials — and Women

Posted at 17:08h in Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, San Francisco by Ray [social_share]

As one of our earlier California Corporate Housing blogs points out, the global mobility landscape is fast being peopled by millennial hires. Many of these twenty-to-thirty something talents are eager to claim assignments abroad, seeing in them opportunities for learning and advancement. They also provide...

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02 Nov The Ultimate A.I. Service: Robots to Serve Your Needs at Home

Posted at 20:22h in Corporate Housing, Internet of Things, Northern California, Relocating, San Francisco, Smart Home & Cities by Ray [social_share]

Forget chatbots, apps, and Siri-like talking smart devices; the age of the robots is upon us. And while it will still take a generation or two before they can walk and talk like Star Trek’s Data, some of them can vacuum our carpets, cook our...

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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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03 Oct Enter for Your Chance to Win an Amazon Echo

Posted at 18:44h in Corporate Housing, Northern California, Promotional-Sweepstakes, San Francisco by Ray [social_share]

CALIFORNIA CORPORATE HOUSING SWEEPSTAKES California Corporate Housing (CCH) is raffling off an Amazon Echo in time for its exhibit at the OfficeNinjas IRL Silicon Valley, one of the most anticipated events in Mountain View on November 1 at 5:30 pm onwards. Participants only need to sign...

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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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