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2012 Trends in Global Relocation | Cartus Survey

June 28, 2012 – 3:44 pm

Cartus surveyed 122 relocation managers from the Americas, EMEA, and APAC for our 2012 Trends in Global Relocation survey. They lent their insight into the trends and challenges companies and assignees face and how their global relocation policies and programs are responding.

Among the highlights of the survey:

Global relocation continues to grow, but benefits are being reduced.
A full 57% of respondents expected relocation activity to increase, while an additional 37% expected it to remain constant, for a total of 94% who either anticipate activity to remain at current levels or expect that it will increase.

Companies’ interest in cost control continues to be high
Of respondents, 61% reported an increase in cost focus over the past two years—slightly less than those reporting an increase in 2010 (76%).

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Overall compliance issues
Tax, compensation, benefits, and visa and immigration were rated the areas that will pose the greatest concern to relocation programs in the future.

Emerging market locations continue to grow
The United States, China, and Singapore received the most relocation volume over the past two years, but respondents named 41 separate countries among their top three most frequent destinations. That number grew to 74 when companies were asked about new destinations to which they have been sending assignees.

View the press release press release and the full report for more details.

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Cartus Earns 18 Connecticut Quality Improvement Awards

June 26, 2012 – 4:33 pm

Cartus has a long history of success when it comes to the Connecticut Quality Improvement Awards (CQIA), which are given annually to companies that demonstrate exceptional cost-saving and service-improvement projects. This year, Cartus is honored to receive 18 such awards — one gold and 17 silver — which add up to a grand total of 267 honors over the past 16 years.

Eighteen separate Cartus teams made up of 158 employees earned CQIA innovation prizes, including Cartus’ Gold Award-winning team, which was singled out for the creation of CartusMobile℠ — our revolutionary mobile app that earned Re:locate Magazine’s Creative Application of Technology award a few months ago.

Cartus’ Silver Award-winning innovations represented initiatives in finance, real estate, client services, and safety.

This year, the company has been honored not only by CQIA and Re:locate, but by other organizations, as well. Training Magazine ranked Cartus among the Top 125 companies for organizational development, marking the 11th consecutive year that Cartus has made the list. Also, the Forum for Expatriate Management sponsors an annual recognition program, the Expatriate Management and Mobility Awards (EMMAs), with one event in the United Kingdom and another in the United States. In London, Cartus garnered a highly commended accolade in the Relocation Management Company of the Year award category. The U.S. award applications are being considered now.

We’re proud to have the hard work and dedication of our employees recognized not only within Cartus, but also by groups as prestigious as these.

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Jenny Castelino Wins the 2012 Editorial Achievement Award from Worldwide ERC®

June 22, 2012 – 2:39 pm

We’re honored that Jenny Castelino, Director of Cartus Consulting and Intercultural & Language Solutions for Asia Pacific, was recently awarded the 2012 Worldwide ERC® Editorial Achievement Award for her article, “Culture Clash China – A Corporate Conundrum” published in the March 2011 issue of MOBILITY Magazine.

Jenny’s article offered an overview of the “new normal” economic and business environment in China, looked at key challenges of developing an effective workforce strategy, and laid out some best practice recommendations for managing and developing talent in China. Each year, Worldwide ERC presents the Editorial Achievement Award to contributors with the greatest subject matter relevance and writing excellence for MOBILITY Magazine.

“I would like to thank Worldwide ERC for recognizing my contribution to the global mobility industry,” Jenny said. “MOBILITY Magazine has a wide regional readership and provides a great venue for writing articles on hot topics in the industry in support of our clients’ strategic initiatives.”

I invite you to read Jenny’s winning article as well as the posts she has written for the blog that are based on her experience living and working in different cultures from around the world.

Email this contributor at dana.breitenstein@cartus.com.

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Veteran Art Wiknik Jr. Shares His Vietnam Memories with Cartus

June 21, 2012 – 2:39 pm

A few weeks ago, Cartus’ Danbury Diversity and Inclusion Council sponsored a speaker for the commemoration of National Military Appreciation Month. Arthur (Art) Wiknik Jr., a Connecticut native and author of a book, NAM SENSE, talked about his wartime experiences in Vietnam.

Art (you only have to meet him once to know he doesn’t go by “Mister”) was an understated and down-to-earth, yet dynamic speaker. He used humor to recall his experiences, and the meeting room reverberated with laughter for most of the hour as he recounted his ineptitude—and his incredible good luck—as a new recruit. At one point, however, the room grew quiet, and most in attendance (especially those of a certain age) seemed to be deeply affected.

This occurred when Art described the experience of returning stateside from Vietnam. Sitting in the airport in his dress uniform, waiting for his ride home, Art was given a wide berth by everyone. The seats on either side of him were left empty. The crowded waiting room lacked sufficient seating, yet no one would take the seats next to him. People chose to sit on the floor or on windowsills rather than take the available spaces next to a returning veteran. They simply did not know how to react, or what to say, to someone who was part of a group whose actions were both so publicly and vocally admired and reviled. So they said and did nothing. The pain this caused is still fresh in Art’s heart and mind, yet he understood it, because he is a student of the human condition. (more…)

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Relocating to Panama | On the Ground with Cartus

June 20, 2012 – 2:45 pm

Panama is a culturally complex country, with a history shaped by centuries of colonialists, invading forces, travelers, and entrepreneurs, all attracted by the action involving one of the world’s most important waterways: the Panama Canal. Because Panama has historically served as a crossroads of trade for the Americas, it has attracted workers and entrepreneurs from around the globe.

As part of the Cartus On the Ground video series, we highlight need-to-know information for your employees who are relocating to Panama, pointing to the unique nuances, challenges, and opportunities of securing an apartment or house, locating schools for children, moving with pets, traveling to and from the country, exploring Panama’s many recreational options, and understanding basic social norms and economic principles.

In addition to the On the Ground series, you can find information about this Central American nation in our Panama MarketWatch and learn about other developing countries on the Cartus Emerging Markets microsite.

Email this contributor at nancy.donne@cartus.com.

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