• Episode 36: MoveMinds: Interns, Housing, and the Future of Talent
    Apr 14 2025

    In this podcast episode, we break down highlights from a recent conversation between Weichert Workforce Mobility's Gina Grover and Marian Sauers of Weichert Corporate Housing, who sat down to explore key findings from their Intern & Early Career Mobility Research. Their discussion sheds light on how the growing housing crunch is reshaping intern mobility and the innovative solutions companies are adopting in response.

    You'll hear the key takeaways on:

    • Why intern talent is more valuable than ever in today's ultra-competitive landscape
    • What are leading companies doing to balance cost and experience when it comes to intern housing
    • How the right housing experience for early career talent sets the stage for long-term success
    • What tools — from roommate-matching platforms to secure housing portals — are helping solve the intern housing puzzle?

    Whether you're scaling your internship program or navigating tricky housing logistics, this episode is a must-listen for future-focused mobility and HR leaders.

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    10 mins
  • Episode 35: Relocating to Australia: The Latest News and Views
    Oct 8 2024

    In this informative episode, we chat with Nidhi Mirpuri, Client Services Director in our Hong Kong office, to discuss the latest trends and best practices around relocating employees into Australia, and examine why Australia has become an important talent destination for today's companies.

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    14 mins
  • Episode 34: Help Your Mobile Employees Hit the Ground Running
    Jun 6 2024

    In this episode, we chat with Oksana Ellalasingham of Cultural Awareness International to discuss the critical role that destination services play in helping relocating employees hit the ground running in their new community. It's the first and arguably most important step to ensuring employee engagement and high productivity and we've got the tips you need to help your employees get the most of this offering, whether they're moving domestically or globally.

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    6 mins
  • Episode 33: Relocating the Family Guy (or Girl)
    Jun 6 2024

    It's a fact that potential disruptions to family harmony will make a relocation less desirable to your employees. So how do you win over any dissenters among accompanying family members? In this episode, we chat with Lauren Herring of The IMPACT Group on the topic of moving families and the relocation benefits that make a difference to them when it comes to adjusting to a new location (not to mention getting their buy-in for a move). It's insightful and important info for mobility managers!

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    9 mins
  • Episode 32: Supporting Veterans Through the Relocation Process
    Jun 6 2024

    In this episode, we sit down with John Merriweather, President and CEO of GO Destination Services, for a detailed discussion of how the relocation industry can best serve veterans, and the types of benefits that are most important to this distinguished demographic. Drawing on his experience as a veteran and a relo professional, John provides timely advice and solid perspective.

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    7 mins
  • Episode 31: Relocation and the Current Real Estate Market
    Oct 12 2022

    Nothing affects the cost of your relocation program -- and the overall experience for your relocating employees -- like the state of the real estate market. In this informative episode, our subject matter experts discuss the current state of the market, trends they're seeing and where they predict things are heading, and how corporate relocation managers can stay one step ahead of every challenge the market conjures. Join Betsy Roche, VP of the Weichert Broker Network, and Joe Palumbo, VP of Real Estate Services, for a valuable and insightful market discussion with Laura Levenson, Practice Leader of our Advisory Services group. It's 30 minutes that can help you make work happen!

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    26 mins
  • Episode 30: The Current Real Estate Market and Its Impact on Relocation
    Mar 24 2022

    Our quarterly look at current trends across the US real estate market (with some insight to the Canadian market) and how they are impacting relocating employees and other buyers. Topics include the current lack of inventory and higher home prices; how these and other challenges are affecting buyers, particularly young professionals who may be looking to relocate into their first home; how companies are adjusting relocation/home buying benefits to accommodate the current market; the shape of things to come; and much more.

    It's a half hour of valuable content presented by Laura Levenson, Practice Leader in Weichert Workforce Mobility's Advisory Services group; Joe Palumbo, Vice President of Real Estate Services for Weichert Workforce Mobility; and Betsy Roche, Vice President of the Weichert Broker Network.

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    32 mins
  • Episode 29: Talent Mobility and the Ukraine Crisis
    Mar 2 2022

    As shocking as Russia's invasion of Ukraine was to the entire free world, it was even more traumatic for people in the country working on assignment. In this special episode we are joined by several key service partners who share insights to the situation on the ground in Ukraine and offer practical solutions to some of the difficult situations companies with international assignees in Ukraine are facing. Topics include safety measures for assignees and their families, immigration and evacuation, and household goods shipping, to name a few. It's actionable info for meeting a terrifyingly complex challenge.

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    46 mins