28 Oct How To Recruit Decade-Long American Expats Back to the US
How do you recruit American expats, also known as sea turtles or “amphibian” expatriates working abroad, to return home after being away for over a decade? One of our blogs has explained why they can be nurtured and tapped to become a significant talent pool...
22 Oct Expats Who Help American Companies Create ‘Business Bridges’ Globally
American companies like Asian talents for many good reasons. Their fluency in several languages, familiarity with or at least openness to the Western corporate culture and mindset, as well as versatility and agility in creating bridges between their home countries and outside enterprises make them...
19 Apr What Hesitant Expats Can Learn From Digital Nomads
The so-called “digital nomadic” lifestyle was once dismissed as a millennial’s escape from responsibility or a Baby Boomer’s one last hurrah at realizing his failed dreams. Their age differences may create a huge generational gap between them, but both sets of adventurers are bound by...
21 Feb Digital Tools are Revolutionizing Assignee and Expat Management
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in Corporate Housing, Corporate Housing Software, Global Mobility, Internet of Things, Smart Home & Cities
It is not surprising that technologies that can cut through boundaries are beginning to play an important part in global mobility. Long before the internet became a household fixture, companies had been sending their best people to other countries as expatriates. At the same time,...
24 Jan The Making of the Super, Single Female Expat
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in Business Travel, Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Female Expats, Northern California, Relocating, San Francisco
Women perform highly in international assignments because of their strong interpersonal skills The status and treatment of women in global mobility are undergoing a critical change. Many young millennial women want to be assigned to foreign posts; their number currently reach 71 percent. But...
09 Jan Global Mobility Guide to Health Care in the U.S.
After getting firm advice on his compensation package, type of accommodations, and possibly support for his family, the next thing that an assignee would ask the global mobility specialist recruiting him would revolve around health care benefits. He would also be very particular about his...
13 Dec How Global Mobility Specialists Can Help Protect Health, Safety of Assignees
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in Corporate Culture & Training, Corporate Housing, Global Mobility, Housing Tips, Northern California, San Francisco
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...
17 Nov Welcoming Your Assignee’s Pet in His New Expat Home
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...