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MAY 31, 2016

After a long weekend, it’s a good idea to get back into the swing of things by catching up on what you missed! Technology Relocation HR

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FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Any company who thought HR wasn't a critical function of their organization is going to be singing a very different tune—and fast. HR positions are taking off and gaining a lot of momentum in the workforce, their roles evolving and changing equally as rapidly. role that was once viewed as the person who enforces rules and picks up all the extra pieces has now transformed into a data-driven, powerhouse, and at some companies, C-Suite level position. HR Recruiting

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UrbanBound HR

MAY 3, 2016

If you’re looking to update your relocation policies to make them more in line with current standards, your best bet is to integrate a Core/Flex style program. You probably already know the basics of this concept, but just in case you don’t, here’s a quick summary. Policy DIY HR

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UrbanBound HR

MAY 10, 2016

The explosion of mobile computing and proliferation of cloud services have revolutionized the types of solutions that can be created. We’ve seen a democratization of technology, as hardware and software are in the hands of more people than ever. The promise of a technologically-driven society is that it will allow us to do more, do it more quickly, and do it better than we could before.

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Can you hear the collective groan when you launch that new compliance course? Do you get complaints both public and private from trainees about the uselessness of the training courses you've launched? Is there anything that can be done about it

UrbanBound HR

AUGUST 15, 2016

We spend years of our lives working through the educational system in order to get the skills needed to obtain the best job we can. But once we have that very first job, should learning instantly come to an end? The answer: No. Learning needs to exceed beyond just what we learn in the classroom and transcend into our roles at work, motivating and inspiring us as we move through our careers.

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UrbanBound HR

JUNE 14, 2016

Looking for the top news in HR Tech and Relocation? Technology Relocation HR

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UrbanBound HR

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The early stages of a relocation program are a lot like the first steps in a relocation. The first piece of information our Relocation Consultants ask for is where a person lives now, and where their destination city is. In the same way, you have to know where you’re starting from in order to get where you’re going. Relocation Policy Relocation HR

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UrbanBound HR

APRIL 26, 2016

Most of the time, relocation programs are the focus of large corporations, companies with many branches or office locations, and fast-growing companies who need to pull in as much talent as possible as quickly as possible. While that attitude may have had a legitimate basis in the past, thanks to shifts in the relocation industry, it is no longer applicable. Technology Policy Relocation HR

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1Making Dynamic Performance. Development a Reality eGuide 3Introduction Does your organization want to adopt. more dynamic approach to managing. performance and developing employees? We see a stampede of organizations. moving in this direction. At the same. time, we also see that, all too often, managers in such organizations are simply. not prepared to follow through because. Without clear. Maybe.

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UrbanBound HR

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Anyone who has a hand in managing or facilitating relocations knows that it's a granular process with a lot of moving pieces. Due to its complex nature, we often find ourselves utilizing a number of different partners and suppliers. While there are numerous benefits to finding solutions that specialize in the problem you're trying to solve, it can get a bit tedious to manage all those different relationships. Luckily though, there are a lot of ways to do it effectively and in a way that is not overwhelming or cumbersome for your team. Relocation HR

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UrbanBound HR

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Even if you’re at one of the hottest, best-reviewed companies, it can be a tough task to find candidates willing to relocate for a position. The prospect of uprooting is intimidating, and can be incredibly financially disruptive. And sometimes, even the most robust relocation benefit isn’t enough to convince someone. Or, you may be having trouble finding new, young talent to develop within your organization due to a dearth of local interns. Focusing on your relocation program as a tool to address both of these issues is a surefire way to get results. Internship Policy HR Recruiting

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UrbanBound HR

OCTOBER 25, 2016

A poor relocation can sour an employee’s relationship with a company, but a poor settlement afterwards can end the relationship completely. Moving to a new area is daunting. The time and mental energy required to learn new routes, meet new people, and understand the cultural quirks of a new city all pile up quickly. Now, imagine that the employee has relocated to a new country.

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UrbanBound HR

APRIL 12, 2016

When you’re starting a relocation program, it can be tempting to set your goals based on the policies and procedures you want to be following. This is a mistake. Offering the correct benefits is essential to succeed, but in its infancy, you should be focused on how your program will grow and scale, and how quickly it needs to do so. Technology Policy Relocation HR

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Training and learning organizations today play an active role in contributing to the bottom line of any organization by aligning their objectives to the immediate business objectives. This provides a solid ground for cost justification and encourages businesses to place training groups right where they should be, at the heart of a growing, thriving, learning culture

UrbanBound HR

APRIL 5, 2016

Because you follow best practices, obviously, and you read this blog regularly, obviously, you have a meticulously maintained collection of data that powers your decisions. However, man cannot live on data alone. Technology HR

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UrbanBound HR

MAY 17, 2016

We're back this week with some of the top news from HR Tech and relocation in the past week! It was a busy week in the wonderful world of HR and relocation, so we did you a favor and gathered some of the most noteworthy news and compiled it for you in one place. Relocation HR

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UrbanBound HR

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As a child, field trips were usually viewed as ways to escape the strict confines of the classroom. In reality, though, they are actually opportunities to stoke the fires of curiosity and give students a glimpse of the wide world around them, and the learning that can be done out in it. Your internship program can take a page out of this book. Internship Millennials HR

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UrbanBound HR

JANUARY 12, 2016

As we are all painfully aware, moving can go very, very wrong very, very quickly. Even the most careful planning can be junked in an instant by a moving company error, a severe storm, or a flat tire. In these times of crisis, a transferee may turn to you, the mobility expert, for help. And you, despite being a mobility expert, may be at your wit’s end. Relocation HR

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Employees at the front lines often have better ideas for innovation than others within the business, but when they walk out the door, they take those ideas with them. Want to innovate better and faster than the competition? You need to hold onto your best employees and the ideas they have.

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UrbanBound HR

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

A complicated transferee, a disgruntled transferee, and an overwhelmed transferee all have one thing in common: they stress you out. Assisting a high-needs relocation saps your energy and focus, and draws you away from other tasks and other relocating employees. Sometimes there won’t be anything you can do to deliver an experience that satisfies this transferee. You can sure try, though, and those cases where you’re able to turn a troubled move into a well-executed ballet will be worth it. Relocation New City HR

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UrbanBound HR

MARCH 1, 2016

People, in general, are apt to get swept up into sweeping, grand-scale changes. We see the need to make a gigantic change in order to right the ship when we feel we’ve gotten on the wrong course or caught in rough seas. Pantries are scoured and cleansed of unhealthy food, gym membership contracts are signed, new running shoes are bought, and we’re gonna get healthy, until motivation breaks and our extreme change is dialed back to where it was before, or to a set of manageable, minor parts. This isn’t an effective way to induce positive change on a problem. Policy Relocation HR

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UrbanBound HR

DECEMBER 15, 2015

With another new year quickly approaching, you’re hopefully excited and bracing for an exciting 2016. The easiest way to increase your chances of slaying the next year is by planning today. In fact, the clock is ticking down quickly and it will soon be too late. If you want to lay the minimally-required groundwork for a great year, you have to start now (or two weeks ago).

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UrbanBound HR

MARCH 8, 2016

We’re back with this week top HR tech and relocation news! Technology Relocation HR

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From Performance Management. to Performance Development eGuide 2Part 2: A Roadmap. for Change In Part 1 of this eGuide, we explored the confluence. of factors that’s driving change in how performance. is managed and how organizations are moving. away from the traditional annual review process to. more real-time dynamic approach. This all sounds. very logical, of course, until an organization starts to. push forward with change then finds that there may. be some very real barriers to moving forward. successfully transition from a traditional performance. management approach to a more dynamic.

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UrbanBound HR

MARCH 15, 2016

Wish you could catch up on all the best HR Tech and relocation news from the week? Technology Relocation HR

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UrbanBound HR

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

A fter a long weekend, it’s a good idea to get back into the swing of things by catching up on what you missed! Technology Relocation HR

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MARCH 22, 2016

By now you should be familiar, or getting familiar, with these stellar young men and women. But just to be safe, Millennials are the cohort of children born between 1980 and 2005ish, and the largest age group since the Baby Boomers, totalling around 80 million. Just in the last year, they passed Generation X to become the largest percentage of the workforce. Thanks to the New York Times , now is once again a good time to discuss the ways millennials tend to stand out in an office, what the actual root cause is, and how to address it best. Millennials HR

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UrbanBound HR

MARCH 15, 2016

A relocation package can be confusing even to those of us who do this for a living, so imagine how a fresh out of college hiree feels when they see that packet land in their inbox. Clear, consistent communication is the panacea for many relocation snafus. In working with clients, contractors, and coworkers, I’ve found that most people excel at one or the other, but finding a manageable way to consistently deliver clear and consistent is difficult. While pursuing a method that worked to outline complex info and give deliberate next steps, a few common traits of successful strategies emerged.

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Training and development professionals often bemoan the lack of apparent initiative in their trainees. Learning professionals spend huge sums of money creating or acquiring skill aligned libraries of learning content, only to watch almost helplessly as learners refuse to engage with any training available that isn’t mandatory

UrbanBound HR

JUNE 21, 2016

UrbanBound’s weekly roundup of the top news from HR Tech and Relocation is here! Technology Relocation HR

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JUNE 28, 2016

The weekly HR Tech and Relocation news is in! Technology Relocation HR

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UrbanBound HR

APRIL 11, 2016

Most people are familiar with the concept of the unemployment rate and what it means for the economy. A low unemployment rate generally indicates that times are good and people are working, while high unemployment rates indicate layoffs and shrinking productivity. That being saidm the simple ratio of those employed to the labor force doesn't really tell the whole story of why skilled workers can’t find the right job. Relocation HR Recruiting

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UrbanBound HR

MARCH 29, 2016

Almost daily, another staid industry practice or process is swept up into the great wave of tech disruption. This time, the current issue paddling its board out to meet the breaker is the suggestion box. Technology HR

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Today’s workplace is characterized by chaotic forces—low employee engagement and productivity levels, and declining employee well being. HR Leaders have a critical role in defining the vision and strategy to transform and create a more productive and happy workplace

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UrbanBound HR

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

An ideal internship program offers both educational and experiential value. It is an opportunity for young adults to get a taste of what their post-grad careers will be like, gain real-life knowledge of their field, and to just learn how a professional office operates day-to-day. There are some speedbumps, sure, especially when it comes to using tech in this environment. Tackling the following three areas can minimize these pain points with the added benefit of helping your full-time employees as well. Internship Technology HR

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UrbanBound HR

MAY 10, 2016

UrbanBound’s weekly roundup of the top news from HR Tech and Relocation is here! Technology Relocation HR

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UrbanBound HR

DECEMBER 14, 2015

We’ve compiled some trends that will affect HR professionals at small to medium businesses in 2016: HRAs an HR professional, it’s important to follow current trends in the workforce to discover how they will impact you day-to-day. While it can be difficult to keep up with "the newest thing" when trends in tech are always emerging and changing the trend before it, by keeping an eye on the general direction of technology, you can stay somewhat on top of what's coming next.

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UrbanBound HR

APRIL 19, 2016

When you’re planning and running your intern program, the marketing impact of participants is likely the last thing on your mind. You’ve got interviews to finish, housing to book, roommate assignments, and the extracurricular and educational events to plan. You do not have the time or mental bandwidth to read this blog, let alone concern yourself with marketing right now.

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1Why Your Company Will Need to. Rethink Performance Management eGuide Part 1: The Argument. for Change 2 3About this Guide Organizations are increasingly. moving from traditional performance. management systems (organized as. an annual review process) to newer. performance development systems. organized around real-time dynamics). Here, in Part 1, we describe why. happening now. As you’ll see, the.

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