There are so many variables to keep track of when trying to make a decision about employee relocation, without facts and figures to assist your decision making process, you might as well just flip a coin. Not only do you need to be aware of all the things your employee relocation package is offering you [...]
Especially when competing for top level executives, the cost of employee relocation expenses can seem excessive. However, there are ways around getting your company involved in a relocation package that it will never recover in executive talent without seeming cheap. Technical employees are rarely granted such extravagant relocation packages, so there is usually little if [...]
When working with large, multinational corporations that seek highly skilled workers, it can be difficult or seemingly impossible to find the right sort of employee. Global / international relocation, when managed properly, can bring the best and the brightest to you. However, the challenge of finding the talent you seek is only exceeded by how [...]
There are generally two types of employee relocation that managers are responsible for administering or outsourcing: importing talent from elsewhere or exporting the whole office to a new location. Either way, even if you’re not in the Human Resources (HR) department, as a manager, you’ll need to let your people know what’s going on and [...]
One of the most popular destinations for tourists, retirees and established businesses is Florida. Employee relocation services are a booming business in the state, however there are some current and emergent trends that may complicate a relocation either to or from the state. Either way, you’ll want to take all these specific variables into account [...]
As the economy becomes far more global, there are more and more people every year who require not only relocation services but also, advice pertaining to laws on employee relocation. Generally these are federal laws that pertain to the entrance of foreign nationals into the country on short or long-term work visas. However, any time [...]
It is time to call in the professionals when companies that need employee relocation and suppliers of relocation services to assist with the moving of an entire office or simply bringing in some fresh talent from afar. While many Human Resource (HR) departments have professionals that are capable of finding the best talent worldwide, it [...]
There are quite a few reasons for companies that have well-staffed Human Resource (HR) departments to hire out a company that specializes in employee relocation. Analysis of countless relocations by the professional organization that serves the professional relocation specialist community, Worldwide ERC (formerly known as the Employee Relocation Council), has shown that not handling such [...]
Even in the cut-throat world of multi-national and corporate business, there are some common sense rules about employee relocation and policies that pertain to the act of seeking, finding and convincing new employees to consider the sometimes very lucrative contacts and signing bonuses for new hires. Head-hunting is the somewhat derogatory term that describes the [...]
In an effort to cut down on costs, many corporations are continuing to offer employee relocation services at progressively lower levels each year. This trend is certainly not uncommon in an era where just about everything is being downsized. Over the last half-century, the packages offered many high-level employees and executives increasingly more comprehensive employee [...]
As reported by researchers with the Employee Relocation Council , Texas cities are among the most suitable for relocation in the United States. Housing prices tend to be rather low and often wages are comparatively high. This is especially true in technical, managerial and executive positions. Thankfully, those are the very positions that people most [...]
When one begins on a career path to become a certified relocation expert, the Level II Employee Relocation Representative is the first level of professional certification that earns you a title after your name. While Level I classes are open to anyone, you must first become a member of the Worldwide ERC organization (formerly known [...]
The scope of laws about employee relocation is as wide as the scope of subjects that are involved in any move. Most of these laws are aimed at immigration, but also figure heavily in the realm of taxation, as some of the costs of relocation are exempt from taxation in some countries. Many of these [...]
When attempting to lure prospective employees, whether foreign or domestic, there are quite a few things you can do to make sure the employee relocation packages that you choose are suitable for the candidates you seek. While larger corporations are expected to produce rather generous benefits, smaller firms can make a very big impact with [...]
When the Employee Relocation Council forms a chapter office in a city, relocation specialists that live nearby then have the opportunity to take advantage of training seminars and have access to materials that the council prepares. Not only a research and lobbying organization, the Employee Relocation Council forms a network of educational opportunities that are [...]
The Employee Relocation Council is a US-based trade organization of sorts that represents over 10,000 facilitators who manage employee relocation for corporate firms worldwide. The membership of the organization is mostly comprised of those who actually organize a package of relocation services that are delivered through third party agents at the site of departure and/or [...]
If your company is interested in hiring the best people out there, you’ll need to consider how you’ll help with the process of employee relocation. This is considered to be an important part of any package offering from large or mid-sized corporations. When courting employees overseas into the United States, there are quite a few [...]
Human Resources (HR) professionals are responsible for employee morale and office relocation when the corporate headquarters calls for it. Sometimes it’s not jut a single employee that moves from one job to another, thousands of miles away. Sometimes everyone is given the chance to move with their jobs, and those who elect to come along [...]
Several states in the US and provinces in Canada have separate Councils for Employee Relocation that serve as local repositories and training centers for those who act as the facilitators of employee relocation programs on behalf of mid- to large sized corporations. These organizations are separate non-profit organizations that are not extensions of the larger [...]
There are laws that pertain to those moving and those assisting a move in the case of corporate relocation and there ethical regulations and rules on employee relocation that govern the conduct of those professionals that specialize in just about any part of the relocation process. These are different, though no less important to someone [...]