International Talent mobility presents a variety of challenges for
HR teams and recruiters.
Increasingly, organisations are recognising that people are their most valuable asset.
Reinforcing your workforce with international talent not only fills skills gaps in the New Zealand market, but also delivers valuable external market perspective and experience.
When resettling new employees into New Zealand, organisations are seeing measurable business value in the increased ‘speed to effectiveness’ a specialist mobility provider can deliver.
Offering this support to your employees and their families not only delivers to your duty of care as an organisation, but can mean they are delivering effectively in their roles much sooner, and also mitigates the risk associated with early departure.
How can Mobile help?
• Relocation policy: Can you attract and retain the talent your business needs from offshore and/or around New Zealand? How do your relocation benefits compare to other New Zealand companies and internationally?
• Cost optimisation: Are relocation budgets being spent in a way that yields the most benefit for the business?
• Assignment management: Can you remove overhead by outsourcing relocation expense management or logistics like shipping, resettlement, immigration, or flights?
• Resettlement services: Are you maximising the productivity of our new or transferring employees? How can you increase their speed to effectiveness?
• Recruitment support services: Are you addressing personal factors that are often crucial to candidate decisions on roles requiring domestic or international moves?
Here’s what Tracey Mannering, HR Manager at Fit For Work has to say about Mobile’s resettlement programme for her employee relocating from England to Wellington
Fabulous, thanks for your hard work. I am sure it is a big relief for our new doctor and her family to have a house to move into right in the school neighbourhood. Excellent result!
Mobile was created in response to the need for a comprehensive suite of services to underpin the global mobility HR function.
We’ve worked with international and Kiwi businesses and organisations in insurance, banking, oil and gas, accounting, IT, digital, professional services, retail, construction, manufacturing, utilities, central/local government and engineering.
Our experience and expertise will be an asset to your business, whether the priority is taking care of the holistic needs of your staff or building efficient cost-effective systems for delivering mobility policy and programmes.
We’ll collaborate with you to devise a plan that brings tangible benefit to your international talent, putting them in the best position to add value to your organisation.
Just like an employee is inducted into a new organisation, Mobile delivers a comparable programme of orientation, logistical set-up, and mentoring to get new arrivals up and running in their new city, freeing them up to focus on work rather than distractions on the home front.
Each customised plan covers the items of most importance to employers and employees, and every person is assigned a dedicated Mobile Resettlement Advisor who develops the personal relationship that underpins successful resettlement.
Here’s what Chandini, an accountant relocating from South Africa to Wellington, has to say about our services:
I found my Advisor so approachable, and I felt she had a real sense of care for me and my adjustment to Wellington. She shared her knowledge of the city openly and honestly. And I appreciated the contact and communication throughout the process, both pre-arrival and when I got to New Zealand. Thanks for your time!
Our services include:
• Pre-arrival contact with tailored information about life in NZ and answers to questions
• Airport meet and greet, and transfer to temporary accommodation or support throughout managed isolation experience
• Information and welcome packs
• Orientation to familiarise the client with their new city and its amenities
• Assistance with finding a property to rent or buy as well as move-in advice
• Assistance with organising initial logistics such as bank accounts, drivers' licences, tax numbers
• Assistance with identifying and enrolling children into schools/preschools
• Ongoing support and networking to facilitate integration into the local community
• Career relaunch assistance for spouses
• Departure services