Thanks to those of you who joined us for the inaugural Asia Talent Mobility Alliance webinar.  We are especially grateful for the time and talents of our esteemed panel of presenters: Janet Chiang, Ella Ong, Lee Quane and Avrom Goldberg.

A Few Highlights  

• Digital Nomad Visas:  The GOOD: They make an attractive offer for individuals to work remotely from Bali for up to 5 years without tax issues.  The BAD: There is not mention yet of what taxation corporations may yet face if an employees takes part. 
• Post-Covid Benefits:  Pandemic darling virtual assignments saw an increase over the past few years.  Recent ECA study reports that virtual assignements were seen more as a contingency measure and in the coming years will fall out of use in favor of all other types of long and short-term assignments.
• Cost of Living:  There are challenges to how companies manage benefit policies.  Some are based upon information now outdated due to local supply/demand issues and inflation, others because the local market has changed (re: Singapore now requires tenants to pay broker fees) or assignee needs have changed with invent of the hybrid working and home office requirements.  But also, there can be an assignee perception of change that doesn't warrant a policy adjustment or enhancement. 
• China - Assignments are shifting to other locations in Asia due to continued Zero-Covid policies.  China will not lose importance, but companies will change how they allocate roles in the country.  Shanghai and Hong Kong may join with Sri Lanka as hardship-locations where it is difficult to attract talent.
• Talent - protecting employee purchasing power and the employee experience are top of mind for relocation benefit packages in the coming year.

Work is already underway for our September webinar, and of course the official launch of the Asia Talent Mobility Alliance.  

Ella Onn

Senior Mobility Manager APAC

BASF

Ella will join will join speakers Janet Chiang and Lee Quane with moderator Avrom Goldberg for the first ATMA webinar scheduled for 9:00 AM SGT on August 3.

Ella embarked on the Relocation & Global Mobility industry career journey over 15 years ago, overseeing the Asia Pacific region. A Malaysian national, she was based in China throughout her career which covers both the service delivery side, and in recent years, as in-house. She repatriated back to Malaysia in 2021 and continues building her expertise in the world of Global Mobility, and striving on providing the highest level of service possible.

The first ATMA webinar scheduled for 9:00 AM SGT on August 3 will focus on the issues most top of mind for everyone in the talent mobility industry.  Titled "The Summer of Discontent", this first webinar panel will discuss how todays challenges of inflation, transportation disruptions and shortages in supply chains are impacting relocations in Asia alongside best practices for mitigating them.

Register to attend the event, or to receive a recording.

  

ATMA was formed to Empower Talent Mobility in Asia.  This webinar series is part of our commitment to Education and Community which represent two of the four Pillars of our not-for-profit organization. 

Lee Quane

Regional Director - Asia

ECA International

Lee will join speaker Janet Chiang and moderator Avrom Goldberg for the first ATMA webinar scheduled for 9:00 AM SGT on August 3.

Lee has been based at ECA International’s Asia operations since 2003 and has been Regional Director since 2009.

Lee works with major organisations in the Asia-Pacific region, providing advice and support in the field of Compensation and Benefits and International Assignment Management, thereby ensuring that ECA’s clients can respond effectively to challenges they face in a rapidly changing globalised business environment. Lee has led multiple projects assisting companies who have either just set up their international assignment operations or established organisations looking to update and ensure that their policies remain competitive.

Since taking over ECA’s Asia operations, Lee has been heavily involved in the establishment of ECA as one of the most authoritative HR data and solutions providers in the region. Lee has spoken at several international HR seminars and contributes to industry publications in the region regularly.

The first ATMA webinar scheduled for 9:00 AM SGT on August 3 will focus on the issues most top of mind for everyone in the talent mobility industry.  Titled "The Summer of Discontent", this first webinar panel will discuss how todays challenges of inflation, transportation disruptions and shortages in supply chains are impacting relocations in Asia alongside best practices for mitigating them.

Register to attend the event, or to receive a recording.

  

ATMA was formed to Empower Talent Mobility in Asia.  This webinar series is part of our commitment to Education and Community which represent two of the four Pillars of our not-for-profit organization. 

 

Janet Chiang

Program Manager, Talent Mobility APAC

Netflix

Janet Chiang will join moderator Avrom Goldberg for the first ATMA webinar scheduled for 9:00 AM SGT on August 3.

Janet has extensive years of Talent Mobility experience in the Asia Pacific region.  Her career covers roles in professional services and in-house in the Manufacturing and Entertainment industries.  She has great passion in driving excellence in users' experience.  

The first ATMA webinar scheduled for 9:00 AM SGT on August 3 will focus on the issues most top of mind for everyone in the talent mobility industry.  Titled "The Summer of Discontent", this first webinar panel will discuss how todays challenges of inflation, transportation disruptions and shortages in supply chains are impacting relocations in Asia alongside best practices for mitigating them.

Register to attend the event, or to receive a recording.

  

ATMA was formed to Empower Talent Mobility in Asia.  This webinar series is part of our commitment to Education and Community which represent two of the four Pillars of our not-for-profit organization. 

Asia Talent Mobility Alliance (ATMA) is hosting the first in a series of webinars focused on information-sharing and collaboration.

The first webinar scheduled for 9:00 AM SGT on August 3 will focus on the issues most top of mind for everyone in the talent mobility industry.  Titled "The Summer of Discontent", this first webinar will be moderated by launch committee member, Avrom Goldberg of Weichert Workforce Mobility. 

Avrom will guide our panel's conversation as they discuss how todays challenges of inflation, transportation disruptions and shortages in supply chains are impacting relocations in Asia alongside best practices for mitigating them.

Register to attend the event, or to receive a recording.  

ATMA was formed to Empower Talent Mobility in Asia.  This webinar series is part of our commitment to Education and Community which represent two of the four Pillars of our not-for-profit organization. 

The Asia Talent Mobility Alliance is a growing community of professionals from all areas of the industry.  

The strength and success of an alliance that includes a wide variety of companies across a region the size of Asia relies on membership with diverse backgrounds, unique perspectives, and different locations.  

Our Launch Committee members mirror that ideal and, while standing firmly behind ATMA’s mission, vision and pillars, find personal meaning in each.  We asked them to share their individual views and to permit us to publish their profiles in this series.

The Asia Talent Mobility Alliance is a growing community of professionals from all areas of the industry.  

The strength and success of an alliance that includes a wide variety of companies across a region the size of Asia relies on membership with diverse backgrounds, unique perspectives, and different locations.  

Our Launch Committee members mirror that ideal and, while standing firmly behind ATMA’s mission, vision and pillars, find personal meaning in each.  We asked them to share their individual views and to permit us to publish their profiles in this series.

Representing 30% of the world’s population and 30% of the world’s GDP, RCEP launched in January of 2022 has seen an increase in trade between the 15 member countries.

The world’s largest Free-Trade Agreement is designed to increase job opportunities through the market-integration of the member countries.  A report from China for Q1 2022 states a 6.9% year-over-year increase in China’s trade with RCEP members, which represented both import and export business.

RCEP came into effect for the initial 10 countries on 1 January.  Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Japan, Lao PDR, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam were joined in February by Republic of Korea and by Malaysia in March.   The remaining members, who include all members of  ASEAN will join officially following completion of the process. 

In addition to improving market access to goods and services for businesses, we hope RCEP will echo ASEAN’s work toward ensuring migration policies that support, sustain and protect cross-border and migrant workers.   

The ATMA Launch Committee has been making good progress towards the official launch of the Asia Talent Mobility Alliance.

We are on the final step of formally establishing the organization as a non-profit registered in Hong Kong. Within weeks, the company will be a reality and we will be ready to move onto the next steps.

Following the legal registration, our next tasks will be to open up membership to those who match our community’s vision and mission and to enable registration for our first webinar.

“Members are actively involved or interested in talent management, recruitment, relocation, global mobility or any form of employer-sponsored or managed moves.”

To find out first when the membership registration begins, please register here or you can also follow our LinkedIn page.

The inaugural ATMA monthly webinar series begins in July and we will publish the date on the Events section of our home page as well as LinkedIn.

Articles regarding the Talent Uprising are plenty these days.  The shortage of workers post-pandemic has impacted how companies are approaching talent management overall.

Employers are switching from a reactive to a more pro-active process for sourcing and engaging talent.  The goal has changed from filling vacant positions to strategically thinking about how to ensure talent will be available in the future as positions open.

This recent article “New Recruitment Practices in Asia Pacific” from the HR Exchange Network offers five emerging ways to build up talent capacity.

•     Hire for future talent needs
•    Consider job applicant potential and skills instead of only focusing on qualifications such as university degrees
•  Look for new pipelines of talent including colleges and meeting young job seekers where they hand out online
• Consider incorporating AI-powered recruitment programs
• Use programmatic job advertising to find niche candidates

Relocation benefits were not mentioned, but they make a strong partnership with recruitment especially as the search for talent goes beyond the city location and sometimes the country.  Relocation benefits can be used to improve the company onboarding program by helping with the personal move needs of newly hired employees, paving the way for a great start to the relationship.  Relocation and expatriate benefits also help ensure focus is kept on the job by removing some of the stress involved with a new location, finding where to live or which schools are best for children. 

As an example of using relocation benefits as part of the recruitment offer, The Asian Development Bank publishes their list of employee benefits, including relocation support, on their websites career section.