RELOCATION BLOG
Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) held its annual Make Your Mark Expo between 8th and 12th February and Celsium was fortunate to be one of the guest speakers invited to present to students and teachers.
BSDC's annual Expos present opportunities for students to attend presentations, workshops and exhibitions based on themes such as vibrant learning, teaching and assessment, preparing for work in the global environment and technology enhanced learning.
I love this industry – despite not even knowing of its existence until my first day on the job. Why do I love it? The people, the relationships, the creativity and also being a people pleaser certainly helps as it is at the core of everything we do.
We wrote a piece recently entitled 10 things you should consider for your domestic relocation policy and we think it only fair to extend something similar to those of you dealing with, or just starting out, with international assignment policy.
There are 100 ways to carve a pumpkin and you don't have to do all of this - there are just a few pointers to get you thinking about how you could structure your policy and what you might include.
It always surprises me just how many people I meet that have never even heard of employee relocation, let alone administered or benefited from it. Misunderstandings are common. A recent interlocutor thought it was about moving employees to a new work site from one that was closing down. To a degree, he was right, but that's only part of the picture. And when I start talking about global mobility, people look at me, slightly puzzled, and say, "What, mobility scooters?" For the avoidance of doubt, we don't do mobility scooters. Let's have a quick look and find out what it's all about.
