Global Relocation Trends

The latest Global Relocation Trends survey report from Brookfield GRS makes interesting reading for those managing assignees in Brazil, China, India or Russia. The following extracts are taken from it.

When asked to identify the three countries that were emerging as new assignment locations, 15% of respondents ranked China as the most common new destination, followed by India (13%), and Russia (6%). These three countries also were the top three destinations in last year’s report. Furthermore, with only one exception in the history of this survey (when it was ranked in second place), China always has been the most commonly cited emerging destination.

When asked which three countries produced the greatest assignment difficulties for international assignment programme managers, China was…..

Full article at Survey spotlights global relocation trends.

Helping Expatriate Spouses Find A Job

Satu Kreula, an executive coach working with professionals and executives with international employment, shares some ideas about how expatriate spouses and partners coming into the UK can prepare themselves for job-hunting in today’s very competitive employment market.

In the current economic climate, what is the best way to find work? Here are five things that expatriates we work with, who have recently been employed, have had in common.

Read the complete article at Top tips for finding a job.

Online Recruitment - the way ahead?

It’s official: the global economic downturn has started to take its toll on UK jobs. Figures published by the Office for National Statistics in mid October showed the number of unemployed at 1.79 million, up 164,000. In September, claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance increased by 31,800, to 939,000. Banking and construction continue to be among the hardest-hit sectors.

In this climate, many of those who are in jobs are deciding to stay put for the moment; some commentators are predicting that the economy will start to recover in 2010. However, as well as those forced onto the jobs market through redundancy, there will always be people who decide, for whatever reason, that the time has come for a change.

The full article can be read at Niche job sites for posting and finding jobs – Online Recruitment Overview.

Graduate Recruitment

Attracting bright graduates is something to which every decent company aspires. Which ones are getting it right – and why? Re:locate takes a look…

The 2006 poll of Top 100 Graduate Employers was determined by interviewing some 16,000 final year students chosen at random from across the UK. All were asked the question, “Which employer do you think offers the best opportunities for graduates?” Between them, the ‘Class of 2006’ name some 500 organisations from major manufactures to the ‘Big Four’ accounting and professional services firms, government departments to investment banks, leading charities to well-known IT firms. The one hundred employers who were mentioned most often during the research form The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers.

The full article can be seen on the Re:locate Magazine website – HERE

via Graduate recruitment – Attracting the grads. – Recruiting Graduates.

Interview Advice

Organisations interview in many different ways both in terms of style as well as process. As an interviewee you should never assume that each interview will be structured in exactly the same way and you should always aim to improve your interview style through better preparation and understanding of the interview process. Of course, your greatest ally is the recruitment consultant you are working with who will be able to prepare you based on their knowledge of the organisation and role in question:

Interview Tips

via Tips for when you are attending a job interview – Interview Advice.