Global Services
We provide offerings to satisfy your unique needs, whether selling a home in the U.S., managing a cross-country household goods move, or helping employees to get settled into their new homes in Europe. Our global experience means that you can count on seamless international relocation, no matter what’s next.
Departure Services
From the initial policy consulting call through the move itself, there are a lot of moving pieces associated with an employee relocation. Whether an intra-country/domestic or international relocation, lump sum or complete VIP services package, Sirva is expertly positioned to offer the best departure services available during an international relocation in every region around the world.
Destination Services
Setting your employees up for success upon arrival at their new locations will be key to successfully meeting your company’s goals. Sirva's global network and expansive resources allow us to help clients achieve these goals. Our destination services help employees and their families settle in and prosper in their new homes.
Visa and Immigration
Sirva's global team of experienced international relocation specialists are expertly equipped to manage inbound and outbound global immigration services. With Sirva's Immigration team, the focus is on providing a smooth customer experience that enhances the international relocation process, not just achieving a successful application.
Employee Counseling
For your employees, our service delivery model is focused on end-to-end coordination of international relocation services through a single relocation professional. We provide relocation consultants for domestic/intra-country moves and global assignment consultants for international relocation.
These consultants are your employees’ resource for all communication and services relating to their move. International relocation consultants also coordinate the delivery of all authorized services. Regardless of the service being delivered (temporary housing, moving services, etc.), the employee can rely on the consultant as their one call solution to address any concerns.
VIP Services
Sirva offers VIP services for our clients who seeking an enhanced service for their employees, such as their own personal relocation assistants, in-home cleaning services, personalized family assistance, and other tailored and luxury enhancements.
Related Services
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Mobility Trends: Talent Development and Employee Experience
During ongoing conversations with our clients, Sirva continues to explore key trend areas and their impact on mobility strategies. We also discuss strategies organizations have implemented, or are looking to implement, in the future to achieve their talent management and organizational objectives.
This article takes a look at trends and strategies in the areas of Employee Experience and Talent Development.
Employee Experience
When asked about future-focused strategy, organizations are looking to enhance the employee experience, with a keen awareness of the impacts that relocation can have on employees and their families.
The top areas of focus organizations share for improving the employee experience are:
- Reviewing mobility policies
- Improving employee retention
- Focusing on wellness and duty of care
- Establishing greater flexibility in policy and processes
Employee Experience: What are Organizations Planning?Following are some strategies organizations have shared to help enhance the employee experience: |
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EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE STRATEGIES |
Policy and Processes
- Conducting a full policy review to ensure flexibility to reflect new hybrid workforce
- Redesigning policies to be purpose-driven to segment for a transparent experience
- Approving policy exceptions
- Improving coordination of processes between all suppliers/vendors
Employee Support
- Setting expectations upfront with an employee intake call to identify critical to quality service elements (CTQs)
- Understanding the value of relocating employees
- Offering intercultural training
- Conducting security department briefings and intercultural training for LGBTQ+ employees to be better prepared for certain countries
- Improving tech solutions/automation to reduce wait times for employees to connect with vendors
- Getting FAQs to employees quickly via different communication tools
- Facilitating direct meetings for relocating employees to track and improve attrition
Flexibility
- Providing flexibility in language/intercultural training
- Realizing employee needs differ and meeting them with empathy (e.g., technology, flexibility)
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
In the area of talent development, organizations are fostering learning, employee engagement, talent management, and employee development to drive organizational performance, productivity, and results.
The main areas of Talent Development focus for Global Mobility are:
Developing the Organization’s Overall Talent Pool
- Talent acquisition support
- Developmental assignments
Developing Individual Employees
- Supporting different move types
- Supporting employees in challenging locations
- Ensuring assignment success and ROI
Talent Development: What are Organizations Planning?Following are some strategies organizations have shared to help improve talent development: |
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Talent Development Strategies |
Policy and Processes
- Having policies and procedures in place for international moves/assignments
- Conducting candidate and family assessment/selection
- Considering expanding relocation policy to entry-level roles to attract new talent and to develop loyalty
- Reviewing selection and assessment criteria for assignments and transfers
- Putting technical platforms in place to track and report on talent development
Training
- Providing Mobility training basics to Talent Acquisition to help set expectations better and provide simple tools and materials
- Training for employees and all stakeholders along the process
- Providing more development opportunities and communicating to employees that relocation helps diversify experience and is needed to grow
- Offering leadership training, personal development, and continuous excellence training
Align Mobility and Talent
- Continuing to partner with Talent Acquisition to promote internal mobility
- Developing new talent through exposure to different experiences
- Aligning mobility program to broader company talent strategy
- Assessing ROI when an employee returns from a global assignment, keeping employees with the company
| For more information on how we can help your organization shape the future of your program through talent development and mobility policy support, please email us at concierge@sirva.com or reach out to your Sirva representative. |