June 2011 Edition of Mobility Magazine Online

Hi Everyone, If you are in the expat, global mobility and/or relocation industries, you may be interested in the June 2011 edition of the Worldwide ERC® Mobility Magazine, which features the following:

Current Trends in Business Immigration Compliance and Enforcement
By Brendan Ryan

Are Fingerprint Scanners in Our Immigration Compliance Future?
By Lynden D. Melmed

Working Together on the Immigration Puzzle
By Jasmine A. Majid and Rebecca K. Peters

Global Standpoints on Workplace Harassment
By Stephanie R. Schreck, SCRP, SGMS

Middle East Culture Redux
By Sean Dubberke

Destination Profile: Spain
By Ellen Harris, GMS and Rosa Escalona, CERP2

Risk and Relocation: How Consistency Can Drive Success During the Homesale
By Anne Bodin and Pam Milani, CRP

Become a Mobility Enabler: the 12-Step Program: Part 1
By Tom Bruhn, CRP

Prepping and Training for Mobility and the London Olympics
By Caroline Meszaros-Suard

Happy reading! Andrea

Are You A Relocation/Global Mobility Industry Professional Looking For A Flexible, Part-Time Sales Position?

Hi Everyone, We at Expat Women are excited to soon launch our first (of several) high-quality, company-customizable books for the relocation and global mobility industry, which talk about real-life issues for expatriate women and aim to inspire women abroad.

We want to make a real impact on the relocation/global mobility industry, and to do so, we need an industry professional who is available and passionate to help.

Do you know anyone?

Ideally, we are looking for someone with all of the following attributes:

* Has 10+ years genuine experience working professionally in the relocation/global mobility industry (not just moving around yourself, even if you have moved 20 times, sorry), with a major relocation/mobility company

* Is a fabulous networker and already has many legitimate contacts in this industry that they can approach straight away

* Loves people and is not afraid to initiative conversations to help sell our products

* Has excellent written and oral English communication skills

* Has great online skills (email systems, Internet usage, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, LinkedIn and so on)

* Boasts high integrity and trustworthiness

* Is female (given that we are a women's site)

* Resides in the United States

We want the role to be a win-win, so we invite you to work from home and determine your own part-time hours. This role therefore might be perfect for someone taking time out of the full-time workforce (perhaps to raise a family), but who still wants to work in the industry and gain new experiences.

For more information, please send your confidential email (and why this interests you) ASAP to: Andrea Martins, Director, ExpatWomen.com. Thank you.

Expat Women.com is the largest global website helping women living overseas. Our goal is to inspire your success abroad. We share 1,700+ expat women blogs, interviews with successful women living abroad, 300+ readers' stories, information for nearly 200 countries, links for expat clubs and international schools, an inspirational blog, a free monthly newsletter and hundreds of motivational articles. We have 11,000 members, from 175 nationalities, based in 191 countries.

Expat Women: Can You Share A Story?

Hi Everyone, This is a call-out to all expatriate and repatriate women... Living abroad fills your treasure chest with a wealth of stories. We would love it if you could please take the time to share at least one of your stories with our readers in our stories section here.

We have around 300 reader-submitted stories in total (but not very many submitted this month) and we are always looking for fresh, interesting, well-written submissions. It is a really popular section of our site for our readers, so please, contribute if you can. We would love to hear from you.

Thank you so very much in advance! Andrea

Léman Expat Fair in Lausanne, Switzerland, Sunday October 31

Hi Everyone, If you are living in (or planning to move to) Lausanne, Switzerland, don't miss this year's Léman Expat Fair at the Palais de Bealieu in Lausanne, on Sunday October 31, from 11am to 5 pm.

Over 100 exhibitors will be there to help you learn what services and providers are in Lausanne to serve the local international community.  Including: professional services (banking, insurances, auto importing/exporting, tax advice, career coaching, business clubs and professional printing needs); sports camps for kids; adult sports and fitness clubs; language studies; driving schools; international schools and higher education providers; health, beauty and dental services; stress management coaching; real estate advice, house, home and garden services; home decorating; wine distributors and wine tasting; family lifestyle services; international social clubs; churches; entertainment venues and more.

Admission is free, so mark your calendar and go along if you can!  Andrea

Would You Like to Speak at the 'Families in Global Transition' Conference in 2011?

Hi Everyone, If you would like to share your special expertise, research project and/or successful strategies for successful international relocation at the Families in Global Transition (FIGT) Conference next March (17-19) in Washington, speakers' proposals must be submitted by this Friday, 10 September. 

FIGT is a wonderful conference full of very friendly and supportive peers.  I have been two times (2007 and 2009) and I encourage anyone interested in this arena to go along to the conference, speak/contribute, learn and make some fabulous new friends!

Andrea

"For over 10 years, the annual Families In Global Transition conference has inspired, educated and brought together those serving families on global assignments as well as family members themselves.

The FIGT community of speakers has included top professionals across all sectors. FIGT's mission is to promote the positive value of the international experience, and empower the family unit and those who serve it before, during and after international transitions.

All speaker applicants will be notified by October 2010."

September Edition of Mobility Magazine Online

Hi Everyone, The September edition of the Worldwide ERC® Mobility Magazine went online last week and features the following:

Divorce, Custody, and Employee Mobility
By Peggy Scott, GRI, CRP, GMS

Pre-decision—the 8,000-pound Gorilla in the Room
By Cullen Bunn

Corporate Housing Serves Families in Transition
By Amanda Cook

Families on the Move: Challenges and Opportunities
By Liz Perelstein

2010 Transfer Volume & Cost Survey
By Mariam Lamech

Beyond Chocolate, Gruyere Cheese, and Breathtaking Mountain Scenery: an Overview of Employee Mobility in Switzerland
By Anne-Claude Lambelet, SGMS

The Long and Short of It: Choosing the Best Relocation Program
By Julian Yates

When to Chat With Your Expats
By Virginia G. McMorrow

Group Moves: a Balancing Act for Employers and Employees
By Kathy Sharo

If you are in the expat, global mobility and/or relocation industries, happy reading!  Andrea

August Edition of Mobility Magazine Online

Hi Everyone, The August edition of the Worldwide ERC® Mobility Magazine is now online, featuring the following:

U.S. Immigration Issues for U.S. Employees Assigned Abroad
By Matthew T. Phillips

Visas and Volcanoes: Crisis Planning for Immigration
By Sophy King and Andrea Elliott

Recruiting Foreign Workers in the United States - How to Remain Competitive and Ensure Compliance in a Climate of Increased Government Scrutiny
By Sarah L. Tobocman, Esq., GMS,; Jay Carmichael, Esq.; Luciana C. Melo, Esq.; and Mariana R. Ribeiro, Esq.

Seven Essential Steps to Making the Right Relocation Pay Decisions
By Shari Dunn

The Promise of Personal Branding
By Galen Tinder

10 Ways to Boost Your Relocation Brand Online
By Andrea Martins

Personal Perspectives on Temporary Housing
By Stefani R. Schreck, CRP, GMS

Making the Big Move: Relocating to Singapore
By Siew Kiang Ng

Group Moves: an Analysis of Key Considerations
By Allie Williamson, CRP

If you are in the expat, global mobility and/or relocation industries, happy reading!  Andrea

Meet Danish Authors Lina Lauridsen and Line Morkbak: Be Inspired By Their Collaboration

Hi Everyone, Some time ago, Lena Lauridsen and Line Morkbak wrote to us and told us their 'good news story' of across-the-globe collaboration to write Verden Kalder (The World is Calling), an inspirational guide for Danish families living abroad.  Their book shares the experiences of more than 100 Danish expat families from 69 countries, and covers a wide variety of expat issues, including: culture shock; life as a trailing spouse; pregnancy and childbirth abroad; raising children; and repatriation.

Unfortunately their book is not yet available in English, so we are not profiling their book on our main Expat Women site.  However, we thought that Lena and Line's online collaboration was a real inspiration to other expat women wanting to write/collaborate with co-authors abroad, so we wanted to profile these two great ladies here on our blog instead...

Expat Women: Lena and Line, congratulations for your great achievement of collaborating long-distance to write your book. Whose idea was this book and how was the idea conceived?

Line: The idea was conceived while Lena was living in Mexico.  Lena and her husband had just moved abroad, and Lena went from having her own career to being a 'trailing spouse'.  After navigating the transition, she became pregnant and gave birth to her first child.  During this whole experience she wished she had some sort of resource or guidebook to help her through the process – a book that would reassure her (and other trailing spouses and new mothers abroad) that all of her thoughts and feelings were “normal.”

Expat Women: How did you meet and/or know of each other?

Lena: We were both members of an online Yahoo-group: Danish Mothers Abroad. We “met” during an online discussion and started e-mailing each other.  Line was about to start up her consultancy firm “CultureCrossing,” so we had many mutual interests and shared ideas.  I asked Line to co-author the book, with the idea that two writers’ perspectives could create an even better book.  At this point we had not yet met face-to-face – we communicated primarily through e-mails and Skype conversations.

Expat Women: What were some of your challenges and how did you overcome them?

Line & Lena: Our first challenge was the time difference (Lena was living in the United States and Line in Slovakia) and the fact that it was difficult to meet in person. (We only met twice during the writing process.)  We had to establish some ground rules for communication very early on.  Misunderstandings are common in a virtual environment and the collaboration could have very easily turned disastrous.  We always asked for clarification when in doubt; we explained everything to each other in detail.  We had all our plans, deadlines and so on, in writing, making it easy for us both to keep track simultaneously.

Once we had the structure for the book in place, we divided the chapters between us.  When one of us completed a first draft, the other took over the editing.  We sent the drafts back and forth so many times that it is difficult for us to know now exactly who wrote what!

Expat Women: What efforts have you made to gain business support for your book and what has been the reaction?

Line & Lena: Going to publishers was a learning experience. We got three “no’s” before we settled on an agreement (it is difficult to publish a Danish book, as the market for Danish books is quite small).  During a meeting with Boersens Forlag (which is the publisher in Denmark on business issues) the editor first turned down the project, but then came up with the idea of getting Danish international companies to support the book financially, making it a smaller risk for the publisher.

After some negotiation, a deal was made that if we could find approximately US$35,000 in sponsor money from Danish companies, they would publish the book.  We managed to find four companies who said 'yes' and we achieved the required sponsorship in only three months. We even got an offer from one of the most influential CEOs in Denmark to write our book's Introduction!

Expat Women: Where do you each live now?

Lena: Line still lives in Oregon on the West Coast with her husband and two children.  I repatriated back to Denmark however in September 2008.

Expat Women: Thank you very much, Lena and Line! We look forward to seeing the English version of Verden Kalder in the future, and wish you and your book the very best success!

Networking Abroad: Easier Or More Difficult?

Hi Everyone, My next guest blog post on Adrienne Graham's online Fearless Woman Magazine was uploaded yesterday and if you are interested, here is how it starts...

"Anyone who is serious about proactively moving their career or business forward, knows they need to network. If this is you, hopefully you have already read Adrienne’s Go Ahead, Talk to Strangers: The Modern Girl’s Guide To Fearless Networking and you are already investing time each month into meeting new people, building quality relationships and offering help to contacts in your inner circle.

Networking Abroad

Many women who are great networkers at home and have worked hard to establish a solid network, worry what it will be like to network (for work and/or pleasure) if they are relocated abroad.

“I am only going abroad for two years. How will I have enough time to build up my network abroad?”

"How can people know how credible I am back home?”

“Will it be easier or more difficult to network on foreign shores?”

To read more, please support Adrienne and click on the full article on her site here: Networking Abroad: Easier or More Difficult? 

I encourage you to leave your comments, feedback, experiences on her site (or ours) as well.

Thanks and best wishes, Everyone! Andrea. :-)

Expat Kids Book: The Mission Of Detective Mike Moving Abroad

Hi Everyone, This is a quick but sincere shout-out for Simone T. Costa Eriksson and Ana Serra's recently-published book for expatriate children: The Mission of Detective Mike Moving Abroad (affiliate link).

"Mike is unsettled. He knows that something odd is happening at home because his parents are whispering all the time. But, being a detective, Mike is quickly on the case. He enlists his friend Ikem to help him get to the bottom of the mystery. Mike and his family are moving to another country, making him confused and fearful. What will happen to his toys, his room, his friends, his house? How will he learn to talk in a new language and how will he ever make new friends? As his mission gathers momentum, Mike and Ikem find the answers to his questions and solutions to his problems.

One of the authors is a psychologist, both are experienced expatriates, parents, storytellers and interculturalists. The Mission of Detective Mike: Moving Abroad will allay the fears of every relocating family member as this sensitive story, written in words and terms that make sense to young children, shares rock solid strategies and advice that anyone will find easy to apply." 
(Back Cover)

It was a little wordy for my young ones (so I paraphrased for them a little), but the messages are good and my kids loved the pictures.  Perhaps 9-10 olds would suit the book best. :-)

Congrats to Simone and Ana for turning their dream for this book into a reality... and good luck to all those families relocating right now!  Andrea

Expat Women: Moving Countries?

Hi Everyone, If you an Expat Women member moving countries in the next few months, or you have recently moved, please email us your old and new location country, so when we send things out to members living in a specific country, we do not send you anything for your old location.  Many thanks and good luck with your move! Andrea

New Expat Mobility Magazine Edition Online

Hi Everyone, We got such a good response last month from our inclusion of the most recent Worldwide ERC® Mobility Magazine articles that we would like to share June's new feature stories as well.  If you are in the expat, global mobility and/or relocation industries, enjoy!  Andrea

The European Union: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask
By Anne Dean, GMS

The Global Economy: Closer Than You Think
By Tom Wortham, CRP, GMS

The Basics of Split Payrolls for Expatriates: Splits and Shadows
By Amy Parrent, GMS, CBP, CCP

The Expatriate Experience in South Africa
By Michelle Colona and Danielle Turner

The New Worldwide ERC® Summary Appraisal Report
By Jan Hatfield-Goldman

Analyzing the Perfect Storm: the Present State of the Moving and Storage Industry
By Eric Reed, CRP, GMS

Afghanistan
By Ellen Harris, GMS, and Greg Forgrave

Israel - Where Cultures Collide
By Michele Bar-Pereg

Locating Suitable Housing in Amsterdam
By Ilona Eichler

Moving Abroad? Don’t Forget to Pack Your Brain
By Maureen Rabotin, GMS

Responding to Change in the Business World Through Industry-Specific Quality Standards
By Boris A. Populoh

Happy reading!

Missed Some Expat Articles On Twitter?

Hi Everyone, Here are some expat-related articles that I have shouted out about on Twitter recently that might interest you:

Managing Yourself: Making It Overseas: Alan versus Debra - Harvard Business Review http://bit.ly/bCl0g1

Expats: The pros and cons of working and living abroad http://bit.ly/au864J

New Manpower research reveals 31% of employers worldwide are having difficulty finding the right talent http://bit.ly/bx7o9V

Thriving as an expat spouse - Success begins before you leave http://bit.ly/aoRyWk

Expat Life, Expat Death, published in the The Telegraph UK online, by long-term expat and Expat Women supporter Apple Gidley. Sending love to you, Apple. x http://bit.ly/aAmV17

Top 50 Most Influential Expats in the Gulf - not one woman made the list http://bit.ly/9XKzd1

Premium expat packages harder to come by: more companies turn to the local pay scale http://bit.ly/aktYNU

Moving? Recommendations for greening your home from the get-go http://bit.ly/9JQpsa

What happens when expats move on? Repatriation post by Kama Frankling http://bit.ly/chNWeg

When an expat family repatriates or moves on, remember those who stay behind, by Emily Prucha http://bit.ly/dmwqXf

French-speaking expats: check out new French language blog from expat writer Vernonique Martin-Place http://bit.ly/aaKdni

Weichert survey results for mobility programs http://bit.ly/cfDcH4

The Results Are In: 500 Entries Received for the Expat Youth Scholarship! Clements International thanks everyone who participated! http://bit.ly/aDmcwc

Click here if you would like to follow me in 'real time' on Twitter. Thanks. Andrea. :-)

New Mobility Magazine Edition Online

Hi Everyone, It has been quite a while since we have given a shout-out to Worldwide ERC®'s Mobility Magazine - designed for professionals (or even those just curious) in the expat, global mobility and relocation industries. 

However, their latest edition is now online, so now is a perfect time to click on some of their great articles below and take a read...

Culture and Communication 101
By Sean Dubberke

Crossroads in the Moving and Storage Industry
By Eric Reed, CRP, GMS

Risk Management for Our Times
By Patrick Moore

Security Impact on the Employee Mobility Industry
By Laura May Carmack

Navigating the Comparable Minefield
By Joseph Palumbo, SRA, and Alvin “Chip” Wagner III, SCRP, SRA

The First Steps in Educating Potential Transferees
By Pamela S. Dunleavy, CRP, and Stefanie R. Schreck, CRP, GMS

Regional Real Estate— Planning for the Year Ahead
By Mike Puckett, CRP, and Renee Carnes-Rook, CRP

How to Maintain Healthy Sleep Patterns: Issues of Civil Liability in Immigration Matters
By Ben Kranc

Managed Care Versus Agent Database: What Works in Relocation?
By Pam O’Connor, SCRP, and Sue Carey, SCRP, GMS

Benchmarking Relocation Policies: The Results Are in—Now What?
By Janet Olkowski, SCRP, GMS

Standing the Test of Time? Protecting REO and Short Sale Investments
By Lindsay Filby

Subpart A and SEVIS II: Will Your J-1 Program Sponsor Be Ready?
By Darra Klein

The Decade in Review: How Technology Has Improved the Mobility Process
By Matthew Dickerson, CRP

Technology and Global Mobility: The Future Is Today
By Michael S. Cadden, GMS

Repatriation— a Stranger at Home
By Rashel Meiworm

Safeguarding the Most Precious of Possessions During a Move: One’s Identity
By Glenn Maykish

Happy reading!  Andrea

Twitter Updates For Relocation & Conferences: What Have You Missed?

Hi Everyone, If you are interested in conference and/or relocation industry updates, here are some of my recent tweets (nearly all are not already on this blog) that might interest you:

Latest Cartus survey reveals new global relocation trends http://bit.ly/cr6c5v

WITI's Women and Technology Summit, San Jose, CA, 12-14 Sept 2010 http://bit.ly/clxECs

Brookfields' annual Global #Relocation Trends Survey released http://bit.ly/9YKJNL

Top 10 Global #Immigration Mistakes and How Companies Can Avoid Them - Free Webinar http://bit.ly/d6EeDU

43rd Atlas® Corporate Relocation Survey results: Less people willing to relocate. More short-termers http://bit.ly/bMDzqK @Atlas_Van_Lines

Forum for Expatriate Management holding Global Mobility Summit & Awards Dinner, New York, 4 Oct 2010 www.bit.ly/c0xcT7

Forum for Expatriate Management holding Global Mobility Summit & Awards Dinner, London, 15 Nov 2010 http://bit.ly/92ypX2

The sold-out EuRA Conference in Palma this week has been postponed until April due to ash havoc http://bit.ly/aW7w8x

Some of the speakers lined up for the first Fearless #Woman Summit in Atlanta, June 16-17 http://bit.ly/aeupgX

School Choice appoints Global Mobility expert Timothy Dwyer as new COO http://bit.ly/crhoj9 Read our i/v with CEO Liz http://bit.ly/aeaHPX

Did you go to the FIGT Conference in March? If yes, you might yourself in @crossingculture 's photos http://bit.ly/ch0cmZ

Mark your calendar: Next FIGT conference: Mar 17-19, 2011, Washington, DC. Subscribe for updates http://www.figt.org RT @crossingculture

Effective Parenting Conference Dubai 24 April Our friend Becky Grappo speaking: 'How To Get Kids To Think About T'row' http://bit.ly/ab8AfH

PwC's 'Talent mobility 2020: The Next Generation of International Assignments' expects 50% more expats http://bit.ly/aBDZEY RT @expatsguide

Info evening Paris (18 May) http://bit.ly/bB8MHh about Women's International Networking (W.I.N.) conference (6-9 Oct) Paris

Please click here if you would like to follow me in 'real time' on Twitter.  Thanks.  Andrea. :-)

EuRA Conference This Week Postponed

Hi Everyone, After tweeting last week a congratulatory note to EuRA that their conference scheduled for this week in Palma de Mallorca was sold out, I felt really bad for all involved today when they announced that their conference has been postponed now to April 2011 (in Palma), due to the ash havoc disrupting so many flights to/from/within Europe. Our thoughts go out to EuRA and to everyone planning to attend.

To compensate a little, here's a shout-out for EuRA:
"European Relocation Association (EuRA) is an industry body for Relocation Professionals in both Europe and Worldwide. EuRA launched in Brussels in May 1998 in response to the increasing demand for an industry body. The launch was the result of a year of international co-operation. To date EuRA has over 236 members worldwide."

Just Released: Brookfields' Annual Global Relocation Trends Survey (2010)

Hi Everyone, Hot off the press is today's publication of the annual Brookfield Global Relocation Services' (formerly GMAC Global Relocation Services') 2010 Global Relocation Trends Survey Report, which surveyed 120 multinational firms (which manage a combined worldwide employee population of 5.8 million). Key findings:

46% of multinational companies reported a decrease in the number of international assignments last year (the highest rate in the 15-year history of the survey);

Only 17% of international assignees were women (the lowest percentage in nearly a decade);

Only 47% of international assignees had families with children (an all-time low);

A mere 8% of expatriates were new hires (the lowest in the survey’s 15-year history); and

Interestingly, 35% of companies said they provide media-based or Web-based training, as alternatives to face-to-face cross-cultural training (an all-time high).

Are expatriate partners working abroad? Only 9% percent of expatriate partners were employed both before and during assignments (another all-time low, as the historical average is 14%).

What about 'the family'? Still, the most commonly cited reason for candidates turning down assignments were family concerns, partner’s career, and employee career aspirations. Family concerns also topped the list of reasons for early return from an assignment.

What did they find out about expatriate versus non-expatriate employees? Expatriates received promotions more quickly (33%), but expatriates also changed employers more often (28%).

Where are most people being sent? The United States, China, then the United Kingdom.

Where is it the most challenging? Again, China, India and Russia, for expatriates. India (replacing China this year), for corporate international assignment policy and program managers.

Where do assignments fail the most? China, India and then (yes, this is not a typo) the United States.

What happens to repatriates? "Increasingly, expatriates are leaving companies during the first year after repatriation – 38 percent this year compared to 35 percent in 2009 (the 15-year historical average is 22 percent). This is due to the fact that employees were unable to find jobs at these companies upon their return due to the weak economy and some cases were laid-off."

This report is always an excellent compilation of mobility industry trends. If you work in the mobility industry and you do not already receive a full copy of this annual report, you can request one here.

To register for Brookfield's free webinar presenting their findings of the survey on Tuesday 20 April, please click here. Thanks. Andrea.

Interdean's PanEuropean Mobility Challenges Report 2010

Hi Everyone, Relocation company Interdean recently published their commissioned PanEuropean Mobility Challenges Report in which the following five themes emerged from the 137 surveyed companies (operating international relocation programmes out of Europe):

1. Cost control is king;
2. Keeping up to date with tax compliance is a priority;
3. Talent management is of most importance to large relocators;
4. Repatriation management is critical in Scandanavia; and
5. KPIs are still key to relocation programmes.

The 36-page report also provides individual results for: the UK; France; Germany; Switzerland; Benelux; Iberia; Scandanavia; and Central Europe. It also compares large versus small relocators.

To read the full report, please click here. Thanks.

Re:locate Magazine Gala Awards Dinner, May 2010, London

Hi Everyone, If you are in the relocation/global mobility industry and you either will be (or would like to be) in London on May 6, here is the link to book tickets for this year's annual Re:locate Magazine Gala Awards Dinner at the Institute of Directors in London's Pall Mall.

Individual tickets £150 + £26.25 VAT = £176.25.
Table for 10 people (5% discount) £1,425 + £249.38 VAT = £1,674.38.

This year's celebrity guest speaker will be award-winning author, journalist and broadcaster Libby Purves.

"Now presenter of Radio 4's live talk programme Midweek and its specialist education strand, The Learning Curve, Libby was previously the youngest-ever and first woman presenter of its flagship Today programme. Her writing credits include a weekly column for the Times, plus articles for Woman and Home, Yachting Monthly and numerous other newspapers and magazines. She was awarded the OBE in 1999 for services to journalism, and was Columnist of the Year in the same year.

Libby is the author of 12 successful novels, two autobiographies and a series of books on childcare and family life. One Summer's Grace, her account of a sailing journey around mainland Britain with her husband, Paul Heiney, and their children (then aged three and five), has become a classic travel memoir.

The daughter of a travelling diplomat, Libby has first-hand experience of life as an expatriate in several very different cultures, having been educated in Israel, Bangkok, France and Johannesburg before returning to the UK.

Libby is an extremely entertaining and experienced after-dinner speaker and host, and we are thrilled that she has agreed to participate in this year's Re:locate Awards."

Chicago Residents: Job Opportunity at IOR Global Services

Hi Everyone, IOR Global Services is looking for a new Global Relocation Coordinator in the Greater Chicago Area.

"The Global Relocation Coordinator is responsible for serving IOR's client base by coordinating cultural training and destination services programs from authorization to completion, ensuring client satisfaction along the way. This client services professional interacts with destination services consultants, cultural and business consultants, cultural trainers, client human resource contacts, and IOR team members to deliver outstanding expatriate support programs. The individual provides excellent administrative support to all participants in IOR’s programs. This position reports directly to the Director of Client Services. (Local candidates only)"

"International experience living/working abroad and foreign language a plus."

If you are interested, go ahead and take a look at the skills required and good luck if you apply! Andrea