Every business around the world wants to make sure their company has a healthy bottom line, and that any services they provide or procure have a minimum Return on Investment, or ROI. ROI measurements can be calculated for many aspects of an international move. By making a few educated value decisions or using hard numbers […] Continue reading… from A simple formula to make your assignment ROI rock
The current debt crisis in Greece has brought the eyes of the world, once again, to the eurozone and to the European Union. With its roots in the years immediately following World War II, the European Union (EU) has had profound effects on life, business, and travel in Europe and elsewhere. In the last twenty […] Continue reading… from What’s new at the EU?
Relocating internationally is a stressful experience with many moving parts. One of the things many people forget is how to plan their periods of relaxation and develop a social life. While your main focus will be on the job, working without fun and laughter can actually have a detrimental effect on your productivity. Expat community […] Continue reading… from What do many expats forget to do?
If you’re like us, most of your working days are spent on fairly serious topics. Our usual focus is on things like finding suitable expat housing abroad, compiling details on international schools, host country banking services, security issues, and business style – just to name a few. Rarely do we spend time on tourism websites. […] Continue reading… from How about being a tourist?
Johnny Depp is currently in Australia, shooting the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie. And, like many globally mobile professionals, he misses his pets. Last month, Depp arranged to have his Yorkshire terriers, Boo and Pistol, flown into the country via private jet. But the dogs returned home a few days later after Agriculture Minister […] Continue reading… from What’s Johnny Depp doing down under?
If you are reading this in Hong Kong right now, you may be using one of the city’s many Wi-Fi options. Connect to “GovWiFi” in major parks, visitor centers, public libraries, sports and cultural/recreational centers, and government buildings. In addition, Hong Kong’s mass transit system, MTR, now provides up to five 15-minute sessions of free […] Continue reading… from Connecting in Hong Kong, communicating in Canada, transporting in Lagos
The arrival of a reissued credit card in the mail can mean inconvenience. But in some parts of the world right now, it should be cause for celebration. Magnetic strip credit cards that are replaced with ‘chip and PIN’ cards mean their owners can look forward to eventually enjoying the same level of fraud protection […] Continue reading… from Did you get yours?
You may well engage your overseas assignees better by spending a little time on their downtime as well as their worktime, writes Iain Yule. Important though it is to get the practicalities of an overseas move right, your assignees may engage with you with closer interest if you can finesse the fun as well as […] Continue reading… from Do You Send Assignees Abroad? Spend Time On Their Downtime
According to a global study by Ipsos, one in five employees works remotely on a frequent basis. Emerging markets rank highest in percentage of telecommuters, with 27 percent in the Middle East and Africa, 25 percent in Latin America, 24 percent in Asia-Pacific. Only nine percent of those surveyed in North America and Europe telecommute […] Continue reading… from Do you telecommute?
