Economy Takes Global Employee Relocations On a Bumpy Ride

Report by Brookfield Global Relocation Services Finds Some Industries, Including Oil and Gas and Telecommunications, Have Increased International Assignments While Others Are Sharply Cutting Back WOODRIDGE, Ill.–(Business Wire)– The ongoing economic downturn has forced many companies to dramatically scale back the number of employees they are relocating for international assignments, but has left other industries [...]

Do I Really Need International Experience to be a Player in HR?

If you are like most type A career climbers, you probably grabbed your passport, your traveling lawn gnome, and were headed out the door faster than you could say CHRO.  Fortunately for you, the Academy of Management has just saved you a bundle in moving boxes and packing tape by dispelling one of the greatest myths in [...]

International Moving Checklist

I came across an excellent article from Kathy Dorf from Clements International that outlines a checklist for people praparing to move overseas.
Planning – International Moving Checklist
It covers just about everything including:

Investigating Your New Country’s Rules
Filing Applications for Passports, Visas and Permits
International Moving and Shipping Companies
Insurance, including Auto, property and health Insurance
Bank and Credit Card [...]

Doing Business in Russia

Anna Shevchenko, senior consultant at Farnham Castle International Briefing and Conference Centre, offers guidance on negotiating the cultural hurdles involved in doing business in Russia. Russia has a very distinct culture, and this needs to be understood and appreciated in order to conduct successful business.
If the effort has not been made to understand the cultural [...]