24 Jul Why Global Mobility Is Becoming the Status Quo — And What That Means for Specialists Like You
Watch out! Global mobility work, which was once seen as a cutting-edge professional discipline, might soon become the status quo. That means you, as a global mobility specialist who had helped pioneer this particular area in your workplace, will have the advantage over most of...
06 Jul Understanding Inclusion is Not Enough; Work Toward Active Collaboration
It’s not enough for global mobility specialists to understand the concepts of diversity and inclusion, and recognize the need for it in the workplace. They must also take part in ensuring that these ideas become working realities in their organization. Perhaps more than the traditional...
23 Jun Agility is the Word When it Comes to Recruiting Talents
It is not enough for global mobility specialists to become human resource experts, skilled diplomats, a recruitment whiz, and a walking database packed with international laws and customs. In an era that has been characterized as volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, they must learn agility...
27 Apr Widening Multigenerational Workforce Also Means Corporate Housing Needs to Customize Accommodations
If there’s one thing human resource specialists and corporate housing providers like California Corporate Housing have observed, it’s this: the prevalence of three to four generations of talents with unique skills and diverse backgrounds working shoulder-to-shoulder. This phenomenon goes beyond the avuncular executive mentoring a...
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...
25 Mar How to Tell an Employer of Record From an HR and Staffing Agency
Companies known as “employers of record” (EOR) started garnering attention a few years ago when corporations started to outsource human resource (HR) work to them that was related to freelancers and project-based hires. According to CPA Practice Advisor, these EOR were given tasks to form...
24 Jan The Making of the Super, Single Female Expat
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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...
16 Jan Female Expats are Empowered But Need Each Other More
About 71 percent of millennial women are eager to be assigned to foreign posts The number of women who have been recruited for expatriate assignments have grown by almost 800 percent for the past 37 years. Women have come a long way indeed. Only...