Part 2 Are we all not noticing the blending of work and life? It used to be that employees only needed to devote 9-to-5 to their job, but with people working remotely and at home, is the blurring work and life -- and yes, even time...
(Part 1 of 2) Talent acquisition is going to see a radical transformation. If global mobility managers and their talents have been content to ride the waves, the search for talent and good skill sets in a pandemic world would be like building an ocean. New skills...
Value and its constant creation for our customers. That is the key differentiator that will enable some businesses to survive over others in our economically challenged times. Global mobility managers who are fighting to keep their departments and projects intact must remind themselves of this reality...
Global mobility managers and their recruited talents need to know the dos and don’ts of social distancing and how to accurately gauge a safe distance that prevents the possibility of a mutual infection. Both have to ask themselves how they can continue sticking by that standard...
The time for complacency is over. At some point since this crisis started, global mobility managers have received these harrowing questions from their talents: How long will I keep my job as an expat? Wouldn’t an expat be the one first one to be let...
Working from home is the new workplace, at least until this pandemic continues to keep office workers in quarantine. Yes, this may give us a reprieve from the traffic gridlock and keep us safe from the coronavirus, but it can also lead to increased bouts...
Money problems and the uncertainty of where the next dollar is coming from are the most painful triggers of stress that have been caused by the coronavirus. As businesses shut down and unemployment looms, the thought of paying the next bill is enough to cause anxiety...
The coronavirus has indeed changed how global mobility professionals and assignees in northern California live, work, hang out with friends, take care of their health, and eat, mostly home-cooked meals these days. Having eaten inside food courts at Google’s campuses, those employees are missing their...
Many corporate apartments like the one you see in California Corporate Housing’s website look like the fancy spreads you see in Architectural Digest. In Silicon Valley, where tech workers’ salaries range from $200,000 to $500,000 or even higher, that is not unusual. Which is also...
The low-touch economy. It’s the new term coined by an Antwerp-based group called The Board of Innovation to describe the new normal we are finding ourselves in. To put it simply, tech is in, and touch is out. Any service that requires personal meetings or visits...