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Donna Christie
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Talent Africa

 

What Talent acquisition strategies are needed to ensure our future talent is secure?

The Great Resignation is the name given to the global trend of skilled workers resigning from jobs all over the world, it’s going to require businesses to carefully consider the risks of talent management and seek out strategies to ensure businesses can retain their talent or attract and acquire talent. What talent retention strategies can businesses consider supporting and value their talent within the company ecosystem and what talent acquisition strategies are needed when the “war for talent” is real.

There is no doubt that as an employer we want our employees to show up as their whole selves as they perform better and are equipped to unleash the fullest potential at work. When looking for talent retention strategies this is certainly a key consideration when businesses review flexibility and hybrid models to include work from home, work from office or work from anywhere.

There are various initiatives companies can lean on to ensure they can retain and attract talent to their businesses. As referred in an article from the World Economic Forum they propose some retention strategies which are helpful. In the Global Mobility sector, we have identified that companies are finding talent in different locations from their own offices and businesses are needing to convince the talent to relocate for the job. It has been reported that this becomes a barrier to the talent accepting the position. Speaking to a recruiter Phillipa Geard, she mentioned that often young talent are based in a location they have studied and often cannot afford to relocate for a position.  How do businesses overcome these challenges?

Phillipa also mentioned that when there are positions that require high skills sets in a more mature marketplace and currently for example digital and tech skills are highly sort after this talent this requires workplaces to offer attractive benefits, flexibility, and support for relocation to attract this scarce talent pool.

With relocation being the third most stressful life event means that companies should review how they are going to be competitive in acquiring the talent they need when the talent pool is not in their own locality. The world is changing and changing fast and as Lynn Shotwell from Worldwide ERC in her 2022 letter to the industry refers to “Mobility is emerging from the pandemic as a more vital partner with transferees and their organizations. Its role has taken on more talent acquisition, retention, and management elements as it evolves into a more visible bond with the global workforce.”

How is your business managing the talent acquisition strategy?
What strategies do you think businesses could consider to increase the talent pool?

Sisipho Ntsabo
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Relocation Africa Immigration: SA Citizenship

Are you a SA citizen and planning to apply for British citizenship, or citizenship of any other country ? If so, we can assist you with ensuring that you retain you right to SA citizenship.

Our Immigration Expert, Tracy du Plessis is here to help you!

Please read below and head over to our website for more on any immigration needs: https://lnkd.in/dHv37hM

Sisipho Ntsabo
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South African Intra Company Transfer Work Visa

South African Intra Company Transfer Work Visa
All foreign nationals current in SA on intra company transfer work visas issued for 4 years, which will expire on or before 30 June 2022, may apply for new ICT work visas from within SA for a further two years.
A number of requirements must be complied with, including verifiable documentation to prove that the skills transfer to a SA citizen or permanent resident, was completed during the 4 year visa, as per the initial undertaking which the work visa holder would have submitted with their first application.
For information pertaining to these immigration services, please feel free to contact Relocation Africa’s Immigration Lead Tracy du Plessis, via immigration@relocationafrica.com. Please also feel free to visit our website at https://www.relocationafrica.com/immigration/ for more information.
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Relocation Africa: The Effects of the Global Pandemic

The world has come to a complete standstill due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many industries, companies and businesses have been affected by this, compelling them to restructure the way business is conducted. The global mobility and relocation industries are some of the industries that have been severely impacted by the global pandemic. This in turn has affected the mobility industry, ultimately affecting the relocation industry. Relocation Africa, mobility, relocation, and immigration business has been largely affected by this pandemic.

In efforts to combat the spread of the virus and ensure the safety of their citizens, states have enforced bolder border entry restrictions, travel bans, and quarantine adherences. This has made managing the expatriate and international assignee workforce complex and challenging. Relocation Africa, situated in a continent that has been administered severe travel restrictions from third world countries while undergoing a slow vaccine rollout. Relocation Africa provides a variety of Mobility, Immigration, Research, Remuneration and Expatriate Tax services across the continent of Africa, assisting individuals and corporate clients settle into new environments as efficiently as possible.

The mobility, immigration and relocation industry has had to change the way they conduct business, to resort to flexible and remote ways in engaging their mobile expatriates and international assignees. At Relocation Africa has had to change their normal procedure/ operations of mobility and relocation to accommodate the travel restrictions and their clients.

Relocation Africa has flexed all its programs. Adding new services such as remote packing up for clients, remotely or virtually selling products for countries who are not in the country, conducts virtual and adjusted services such as opening bank accounts to allow expatriates to do this more remotely. Relocation Africa has also extended its online platforms to include more information that is readily available to its clients. Relocation Africa has also had to ensure that all training and expectation management has considered COVID-19 protocols and to ensure each assignee safe and prioritised. We have also attempted to communicate more extensively to all our clients as we cover a large geography with very different regulations, border closing and re-opening, as well as immigration regulations that are adjusting as the pandemic changes.  We would like you to connect with us on LinkedIn, Instagram, or Twitter to ensure you are getting our updates on service offerings as well as travel updates and border regulations.

 

 

 

 

 

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