The recommendations were developed by Hollis together with Anne Ruddy, CEO of WorldatWork, and William Sheridan, senior director, National Foreign Trade Council, based in part on the finding of their unique research conducted with expatriate employees and their employers earlier this year. The challenge, Hollis said, is best described by contrasting how well employers think they are preparing, supporting and welcoming back their expatriates and what those expatriates themselves think. Co-ordination addresses not only the international experience, but also the return home. Establish strong lines of communication between corporate and local human resources staff and the expatriates, and use those lines of communication to check on the experience and career expectations and opportunities, she recommended. Detailed Recommendations 1.
Expatriates recommend more preparation and support before, during and after assignment.
The expatriate needs real vacation time in addition to home visits. More than 26,000 human resources professionals, consultants, educators and others are members of the association. NFTC members represent 70 percent of all U.S. non-agricultural exports and 70 percent of U.S. private foreign investment. Bilateral and multilateral agreements have proliferated in every region of the world. These include telecommunications, information technology, power and utilities, and insurance.