Where is Global Mobility headed? Key themes from the 2018 Mobility Survey

Carl McLean - AiRINC

Each year AIRINC surveys clients to produce their Mobility Outlook Survey report.

The 2018 Mobility Outlook Survey shares insights, strategies, and challenges of 162 best practice global organizations.

The report, which contains industry-specific information, looks at employee experience, what makes successful global mobility functions, ROI, policy suites that meet business needs, and more.

On Thursday morning at EuRA, Carl McClean of AIRINC London presented a session taking us through the main findings of the report, the trends shaping future global mobility and the implications for DSPs and RMCs.

Many of the conclusions rang true with the audience and will reflect what many of us have heard from clients. Mobility is being re-imagined and re-configured. New activities and responsibilities are replacing the tasks which defined Mobility programs until recently. Clients have to deal with a flexible array of mobility choices; to simplify while they diversify; to increase metrics reporting; while acting as partners to the business; all while doing more with less and controlling costs.

What does this mean for us as vendors? Carl raised some specific takeaways:

• With a view to improving efficiency and the assignee experience, clients expect a one-stop shop when they and their expatriates deal with vendors. This means we have to be prepared to offer this, or to work with partners that can
• Clients don’t have the time, budget or metrics that could identify programme improvements and cost savings- which could help them become the partners to the business they aspire to be. Any metrics we can provide them could be a huge value add- and if we don’t offer this, competitors will
• Having the right technology is essential to provide these metrics, to partner effectively and to respond to the trend towards automation in Mobility 

AIRINC has been the leading authority on international mobility data since 1954, providing organizations with both data services and insight advice to support their workforce globalization strategies. A link to the 2018 Survey can be found here, and if you would like more information on the survey or AIRINC, do contact Carl at cmcclean@air-inc.com or at +44 (0)20 3514 8652