Discussions about immigration in the United States are often framed in political or social terms. Less frequently, they are examined through the lens of fiscal contribution or corporate workforce strategy. A recent analysis by the Cato Institute provides a long-range view of immigration’s fiscal impact. Covering...
The United States has a high cost of living, but for someone coming from less developed countries, it’s still infinitely better. For instance, the US still ranks 30th out of 53 destinations as a good place for expats, according to the Expat Insiders report by...
COVID-19 has stirred up many questions among global mobility professionals and foreign talents, especially the future of international work, given the current realities and political climate everywhere. But AXA’s recent study, World of Work 2021 offers some positive news. About 67% of 543 HR respondents believe...
Global mobility specialists are reeling just a bit from the couple of shock waves that the industry has recently received from the Trump administration’s emerging policies -- or positions -- on immigration. The first salvo came when the new government announced that it would slow...
Many world events in 2016 caught companies and their global recruiting and mobility managers by total surprise. Response time was slow and uncertain, as some took a “wait-and-see” approach while others tried to make sense of the situation in order to plan more productively for...
The New Year brings new resolutions, and with them the drive to do better in your global mobility efforts and to excel as far as your objectives in ways that you were not able to in 2016. Talent is the central point which a lot of...
The victory of president-elect Donald Trump stunned all sides of the political spectrum not only in the United States but globally as well. As a result, many in the electorate are now grappling to imagine the U.S. under his governance. Global mobility specialists in particular...
A member-nation and one of the prime movers of the European Union decides to depart from it. A populist president that everybody predicted would lose will soon be sworn in as the Chief Executive of the United States of America. Nobody could have predicted these...