Getting the relocation right — ensuring a smooth move — is a major task. Too often, employers fail to pay attention to the employee’s needs after they head off to distant shores.
Executive search firm Spencer Stuart found that one-third of executives who had changed jobs and relocated took at least a full year to settle into a new post.
Day-to-day “living” concerns outside the office can dramatically affect employees’ productivity.
Employers need to provide employees and their families with city-specific information on topics such as:
•schools, private and public;
•art and cultural locations and events in the new area;
•houses of worship, clubs and support groups;
•parks, community resources;
•pet care;
•toddler groups, schools, daycare;
•public transportation;
•housing authorities;
•moving companies;
•voter registration;
•licenses (vehicles, RVs, pets);
•medical care;
•executive and temporary lodging; and
•legal and tax issues specific to a new area.
Executive search firm Spencer Stuart found that one-third of executives who had changed jobs and relocated took at least a full year to settle into a new post.
Day-to-day “living” concerns outside the office can dramatically affect employees’ productivity.
Employers need to provide employees and their families with city-specific information on topics such as:
•schools, private and public;
•art and cultural locations and events in the new area;
•houses of worship, clubs and support groups;
•parks, community resources;
•pet care;
•toddler groups, schools, daycare;
•public transportation;
•housing authorities;
•moving companies;
•voter registration;
•licenses (vehicles, RVs, pets);
•medical care;
•executive and temporary lodging; and
•legal and tax issues specific to a new area.
