(From Business Wire) — During the depths of the global economic crisis, containing corporate costs was the driving factor behind companies’ decisions about sending employees on overseas assignments. Now, with fresh statistics showing companies increasing assignments this year, they are refocusing their programs to ensure they clearly support strategic business objectives, according to a new report from Brookfield Global Relocation Services. During the first quarter of this year, Brookfield Global Relocation Services surveyed senior mobility managers from multinational firms to determine the direction and nature of mobility strategy within their companies. The report, aptly titled “What is Your Strategy for International Employee Mobility?”, found that one of the key outcomes of the global economic downturn has been the emergence of the international employee mobility practice as a strategic partner for international companies, impacting purpose, function and alignment of the international assignment program. “What we are seeing and our 2010 Global Relocation Trends Report indicates is that overseas assignments are staging a comeback: 44 percent of multinational firms expect to send more employees on assignment this year,” said Scott Sullivan, executive vice president of Brookfield Global Relocation Services. “Human resources executives are increasingly looking for ways to address the strategic elements of mobility programs in the most deliberate, efficient and meaningful ways,” he points out. Read more.

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What’s Your Strategy for International Employee Mobility?