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Mobility trends in Australia 2016
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Introduction Key takeaways Recommendations Australia’s Country manager message
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Introduction Asia Pacific is one of the fastest growing regions in terms of economics. It is also a region with a highly diverse range of mid to senior level personnel. This report, commissioned by en world, shows several issues related to workforce mobility and migration in Australia, Japan, Korea, India, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam in 2016. Gaining an insight of these trends will provide the tools to formulate effective recruitment and retention plans and strategies.
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Key takeaways
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The most attractive country to work in
48% respondents in Australia chose Singapore
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Reasons to choose the workplace of choice Respondents from Australia chose the preferred work location based on:
Travel experience
They have friends working there
They have worked there previously
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Top 3 reasons to work internationally
28%
21%
14%
Experience a different culture
Work in an international environment
Better career development
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Why managers hesitate to work in other APAC countries According to the survey, although Australian respondents were ready to choose a country to work in, there was still a big gap between their readiness and realisation.
52% Lack of information on foreign worker policies of host country
50% Personal / family matters holding them to stay
48% Lack of information on policies and laws of host country
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How managers evaluate their own strengths
39%
34%
33%
English
Leadership skill
Good communication
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How they search for regional roles
65%
Ask a recruitment agency in the chosen country to help find a job
55%
Ask a domestic recruitment agency to help find a job in the chosen country
51%
Find a job through online recruitment channels in the chosen country
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Global mobility and family commitment
42%
54%
57%
of respondents in Australia said 1 month is the good time for them to start working abroad after getting the offer letter.
of respondents in Australia said they would bring their families to the chosen country as soon as they found a job
respondents in Australia said they do not intend to settle in the chosen country
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Korea
India
160
108
Japan
378
Vietnam Thailand
558
943
Singapore
104
Methodology We surveyed 1,605 HR person, HRM/HRD who have from 5 years to over 20 years of working experience in 7 countries where en world group is operating. These survey respondents are in en world’s candidate database. They were sent survey questionnaire via email.
Australia
177
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About en world Australia (formerly Calibrate Recruitment) Founded in 1989, Calibrate Recruitment specialised in delivering Technical Recruitment solutions to clients in the Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing and High Technology, Supply Chain and Sales & Marketing sectors. In 2012, Calibrate Recruitment became an en world Group company and in 2014, relaunched as en world Australia. We are now able to offer a more diverse range of managerial positions and professional candidates not only in Australia but across APAC.
About en world group en world is a group of recruiting consultancies specialising in professional and managerial roles. Operating from seven countries, we support global companies’ recruitment needs through our Asia Pacific network.
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Chris Riley Country Manager, en world Australia
Why we conducted this survey at this time is to give an opportunity for all global company to re-think the best way of structure the organization across the region with many different aspect not only economic efficiency but also people’s motivation,characteristic of each nationality and way of work in each country. Global optimization of business value chain is always an important topic for the global company. First step of it is regional harmonization which means effort to understand different motivation, strength and weakness. Singapore has been a location to create this APAC armonization by leveraging geographical advantage and government policy. And that fact is still keep attracting people to work in Singapore.
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Contact AUSTRALIA
INDIA (New Delhi - Headquarters)
JAPAN (Tokyo - Headquarters)
Level 1, 1 Chandos Street St Leonards, Syney, NSW 2065 Phone: +61 2 9431 6500 Fax: +61 2 9901 3811 Email:
[email protected]
1F E-156, Main Road, Kalkaji, New Delhi, 110019 Phone: +91 11 4088 8400 Email:
[email protected]
12F Tokyo Square Garden, Kyobashi 3-1-1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0031 Phone: +81 3 4578 3500 Fax: +81 3 6214 3023 Email:
[email protected]
KOREA
THAILAND (Bangkok - Headquarters)
10F Seoul Finance Center, 136 Sejong-Daero, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-768 Phone: +82 2 6718 9800 Fax: +82 2 6718 9822 Email:
[email protected]
12F Athenee Tower, unit 1201-1202 63 Wireless Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 Phone: +66 2 106 8600 Fax: +66 0 2654 0901 Email:
[email protected]
SINGAPORE
VIETNAM (Ho Chi Minh City - Headquarters)
30 Raffles Place, unit #13-02 Chevron House, Singapore 048622 Phone: +65 6420 0570 Fax: +65 6534 1143 Email:
[email protected]
Floor 7, Room 702, Sunwah Tower, District 1 Phone: +848 3925 5000 Fax: +84 8 3925 5111 Email:
[email protected]
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