If you were offered your dream job in Cairo or Sydney, would you take it? What about it if it was just across the province, or an hour away from your current city? The Press Trust of India had this to say:
Every four in five willing to relocate for job: Manpower
Mostly lured by higher pay packages, people are becoming more willing to relocate to a new place for their jobs, a new survey by global human resource consultancy major Manpower says.
The Manpower survey of nearly 30,000 people revealed that 79 per cent of candidates are willing to relocate for work, with increased pay accounting for motivating factor for over 82 per cent of those looking to move.
“Todays labour force is highly mobile in a way the world has never seen before. Talent is on the move, both within and across national borders; and as a result, the face of the global workforce is changing dramatically,” Manpower India Managing Director Naresh Malhan said.
The factors behind this trend ranges from shifts in demography, job requirements and a growing shortage of talent but mainly due to the fact that individuals are open to the idea and are also able to find employment far away from their homes.
Relocating for work has many benefits whether they are financial, cultural or career and business-related but in all cases workers need to carefully consider the implications of their relocation on every aspect of their lives.
“They need to be realistic about the challenges that lie ahead as well as the enrichment that will be brought to their careers and cultural experiences that they will encounter as a result of working abroad,” Malhan added.Though a majority of workers relocate for financial reasons, for many this provide an option for learning a new language or just for the sake of adventure. “More than 47 percent of those surveyed in Manpowers Relocating for Work Survey said they would move to learn a new language, while 51 percent said they would move to experience a new culture,” Malhan said.
Recently, World Bank in a recent report on international migration, had said that government should regulate private recruitment agencies in their respective countries to ensure that workers are not paying exorbitant recruitment fees and are not being issued false contracts.
Besides, governments can also protect migrant workers abroad through a migrant welfare fund, managed by the country of origin government, develop a recording mechanism to identify emigrants and promote competition in the remittances industry.
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October 17, 2008 at 3:36 am |
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