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Alison is a director of Marketing. She has more than 20 years of experience in marketing communications, specializing in research and trend information for the relocation industry.

10 Biggest Global Relocation Challenges Facing Companies and Their Employees

April 1, 2013 – 4:00 pm

No matter where country relocation managers are transferring employees,  plenty of challenges are lurking, according to Cartus’ 2012 Trends in Global Relocation Biggest Challenges Survey, released last December.

When ranking factors that posed the greatest challenges to managing their overall global relocation programs in 11 regions around the globe,  relocation managers cited controlling relocation/assignment costs and complying with laws and regulations first (61 percent) and second (51 percent), respectively. Housing ranked third, with 41 percent of respondents considering it a significant challenge.

As our video shows, many of the issues impact not only the company’s relocation managers, but also the daily lives and [...] Read More

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2012 Trends in Global Relocation: Biggest Challenges | Cartus

December 10, 2012 – 4:17 pm

Companies are moving their employees to vastly different locations than they did even a few short years ago – and the challenges these moves present are expanding just as quickly. That’s what 193 global relocation managers told Cartus in our second-annual Trends in Global Relocation: Biggest Challenges survey, which focused on the issues confronting managers of relocation programs and their employees in 11 regions worldwide. The survey examines difficult regions and the specific challenges within them, as well as how companies are dealing with these issues by modifying policies and programs.

Respondents to our “Trends in Global Relocation: Biggest Challenges” survey [...] Read More

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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 [...] Read More

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Back by Popular Demand! Cartus’ 2012 Global Policy and Practices Survey is Ready for Your Responses!

January 27, 2012 – 3:05 pm

One of the initiatives that supports the ongoing guidance Cartus delivers to our clients is our industry-leading research team, now in operation for more than a decade. Over the past several years, we have covered topics ranging from Emerging Markets and Biggest Relocation Challenges to specialized areas such as China, India, and the Middle East.   

Now we invite you to take part in Cartus’ premier research effort: our Global Policy & Practices survey. This year’s survey, the fifth in our continuing series, covers a number of areas key to global relocation managers: move types and trends, emerging challenges, and best practice [...] Read More

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