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Employers’ relocation programmes
can offer support to increase the ease of transfer and assignee success, including the desire to remain on assignment for the duration of the relocation. Types of support managed by a relocation management company can include:
• Language training • Work permit information or advice • Education/training allowance • Job search advice or guidance • Information on local opportunities • CV and résumé advice • Career counselling • Network contacts or vacancies • Tax/pension advice • Interview skills training
Relocation around the globe Some of the most challenging locations
around the world for assignees include Brazil, the Russian Federation, India and China (see Figure 1). While a brief overview of the challenges facing assignees and their families in these countries can be found in the full version of this article on
relocateglobal.com or
graebel.com, Graebel Relocation can provide in-depth information about these and other countries around the world on request.
FIGURE 1: COUNTRIES WHERE PARTNER WORK PERMIT CONCERNS IMPACT EMPLOYEE TRANSFERS
EUROPE
Czech Republic Germany Romania
Russian Federation Spain
AMERICAS AFRICA MIDDLE EAST ASIA-PACIFIC Argentina Brazil
Algeria Angola
Canada
Colombia Mexico
SwitzerlandUS Turkey UK
Abu Dhabi Afghanistan
Botswana Bahrain Gambia Gabon Ghana Kenya
Morocco UAE Nigeria Senegal
South Africa
Tunisia
Zambia Zimbabwe
Comprehensive relocation services Employers have a variety of reasons for supporting dual
careers via policy and practice. The primary reason is to increase staff mobility. Employers that promote family-friendly policies may be viewed as attractive. By increasing the ease of mobility, employers can also reduce the costs of assignment refusal or an early return, meet corporate social responsibility goals through contributions made outside an office setting, and support diversity or gender initiatives.
China
Hong Kong India
JordanIndonesia Kuwait Qatar
Japan Saudi Arabia
Kazakhstan Malaysia Pakistan
Singapore
South Korea Thailand
Vietnam Graebel Relocation supports global employers through its:
• Worldwide Consulting Services group, whose experts offer policy suggestions concerning global relocation talent retention and acquisition, and recommendations that can help to improve the satisfaction of transferred employees and their families, reduce corporate spend, and facilitate assignment success • Proven destination services supply chain • Research and reports on hot topics for global business • In-region educational and networking events, which help multinationals and companies of all sizes, across all sectors of the global economy, to stay abreast of changes that may affect their relocation expenditure and employees’ experiences
Among the thought-leader steps taken by Graebel Relocation
to transform its industry, the company sponsored the first-ever Women on the Move session at the 2015 FIDI Conference in South Africa, as well as the global webcast Developing Women for Leadership Roles Worldwide, presented by Dr Shirley Davis, former president of SDS Global Enterprises, to the I-SHRM worldwide membership.
For further details of Graebel Relocation’s global services, email the EMEA representative, Simon Mason, at
simonmason1@graebel.com
For the full version of this article, visit
relocateglobal.com or
graebel.com
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