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Read what the Press and other organisations say about international mobility, dual careers and the work of Permits Foundation.
2008
The Challenges of Dual Career Households in a Global Economy
The global economy, growing numbers of dual income households, and the increase of international assignments are producing pressure on American multinationals and the Federal Government to provide career transition assistance to spouses/partners worldwide. New support programs emphasizing entrepreneurial skills training and internet savvy show promise to boost employment opportunities abroad. By Leila Heron in globalEDGE(tm) business review of the International Business Center at Michigan State University.
2007
Permits Foundation 2007 update
An international corporate initiative to promote open work permits for the partners of expatriate employees.
Featured in Issue 29, Summer 2007 of Expatriate Adviser magazine. Copies available via publisher Assunta Mondello, assunta@expatriateadviser.com
The Permits Foundation: building opportunities for expat spouses
Kathleen van der Wilk-Carlton, member of the Board of Directors and Secretary of the Permits Foundation speaks to immigration lawyer Patrick Rovers about how the Foundation’s work is progressing.
Expatica.com, June 2007
Building support for the trailing spouse
By Diane Lemieux for The Telegraph (UK), March 2007
Auslandskarriere im Doppelpack
Article in German by Herta Paulus for Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung at FAZ.NET, February 2007
2006
Women in Science and Technology - a business perspective
What has to be changed to attract more women researchers to industry and to keep them there? The expert group Women in Science and Technology (WiST) examined the situation in a number of Europe’s top companies, looking at the private sector experience of inequality, diversity and gender mainstreaming. Several contributors stress the importance of family friendly policies and support for dual careers.
Published by the European Commission 2006.
The Dual Career Conundrum: Hanging on to you Career Identity
By Geraldine McKendrick for Global Networker, Nov 2006
Spouse Support Services in Europe
As the demographics of a typical migrating family are changing, European relocation companies have been capitalizing in this change of attitude, by trying to offer a more complete and focused programme for potential working spouses by Michele Bar-Pereg for Global HR. April 2006.
Lost in the Shuffle
Recognizing the strain that being unable to work places on trailing spouses of expatriates, organizations seek to remedy the situation.
By Julie Cook Ramirez, Human Resource Executive, January 2006.
2005
Military Recruits: Companies Make New Effort to Hire Spouses of Soldiers
By Sue Shellenbarger, published in the Wall Street Journal December 15, 2005 and www.CareerJournal.com
Foreign spouses can work
A writer to the Taipei Times discusses the work rights of foreign spouses of Tapei residents in response to a recent discussion regarding work permit laws. Friday, Nov 25, 2005,Page 8.
Expatriates and the continuing dual career challenge
The growing number of dual-income families has led to difficulties for employers seeking qualified candidates to accept an international assignment. Samantha Blackhurst and Siobhan Cummins discuss the findings of ORC Worldwide 2005 Dual Career and Assignments Survey. Thomson/West International HR Journal, Fall 2005.
Immigrant Wives' Visa Status Keeps Them Out of Workplace
S. Mitra Kalita writes about the plight of spouses of H1B visa holders in the USA. Washington Post, Monday, October 3, 2005; Page A01.
Solving the dual career challenge
To attract highly qualified employees to an international assignment, companies increasingly have to recognise the needs of the partner and his or her own career. Kathleen van der Wilk-Carlton, board member Permits Foundation, writing for the magazine "theHRDIRECTOR" (July 2005, Issue 16) Copy posted here with permission of theHRDIRECTOR.
Can Spouses of Foreign Employees Also Work?
By Ottawa Business Journal Staff, May 26, 2005
No work permit exemption for expat kids
Amsterdam - The Social Affairs Ministry has confirmed that children of skilled expats will not be exempted from work permit requirements despite the fact that trailing partners could gain an exemption within the next few months. Expatica.com, March 17, 2005
Jobs made difficult for Indian spouses
Vijay Dutt for HindustanTimes.com, UK edition, March 10, 2005
Changing the way governments do business with expat spouses
It's no secret that dual career issues are regarded as a key reason why employees turn down international assignments. But one organisation is working to make it easier for an assignee's spouse to be granted open work permission. Jennifer Hamm reports for expatica.com, March 2005
MNCs to lobby for expat spouses' right to work in Singapore
Multinational corporations (MNCs) that lobbied the US Congress to relax restrictions on work permits for spouses of expatriate staff say they plan to focus on Singapore and Malaysia in the next phase of a campaign to win these spouses the right to seek work. The Straits Times quoted in Asia one careers, February 14, 2005
Fight for spousal work permits shifts to Asia
Robert Holloway in The Standard, a leading business newspaper in China, February 14, 2005
Campaign for expatriate spouses work permits
Daily Excelsior, February 13, 2005
Malaysia, Singapore Focus of Campaign for Expatriate Spouses Work Permits
The Permits Foundation, a group of multinational corporations that succeeded in getting the U.S. Congress to lift some worker permit restrictions for spouses of expatriate workers, is now planning to turn its efforts toward Malaysia and Singapore in hopes of increasing international labor mobility within Asia. Robert Holloway, Agence France Presse, February 13, 2005
Work Permits for Expatriate Partners in the UK
By Patricia Keener, UK Career Advisor, 2005
2004
Dual careers as a barrier to mobility
Managing the dual career issue, ECA 2004
Internationale Entsendung von Mitarbeitern. In weiter Ferne so nah. (Article in German in Forum magazine)
Viele Unternehmen müssen expandieren, um wettbewerbsfähig zu bleiben. Das bedeutet meist den Schritt ins Ausland - für die Mitarbeiter die Möglichkeit, sich fern der Heimat zu beweisen. Doch der Aufwand für Entsendungen ist groß. Immer mehr Unternehmen nehmen professionelle Beratung in Anspruch, um den Aufenthalt ihrer Expatriates effizient zu gestalten und Kosten zu reduzieren. Der Markt wächst. 2004
The German job market
Expatica.com, December 2004
Family values
fDI Magazine, FT Business, June 02, 2004
Benimmregeln für China (article in German)
Vor allem die Angehörigen von Expatriates tun sich in China oft sehr schwer. Doch wer sich richtig vorbereitet, kann Startschwierigkeiten vermeiden. Annette Kaiser, Matthias Kamp, Frank Sieren/PEKING in Wirtschafts Woche, wiwo.de, April 27, 2004
Dual career couples: Trailing spouse's job needs start to get more company time
By Gretchen Lang for the International Herald Tribune. Saturday March 27, 2004
Counselling, contacts and coffee mornings
By Joanna Parfitt, The Telegraph, UK. March 1, 2004
Measures to Improve System Wide Mobility in the United Nations System
Report to the High Level Committee of Management, March 2004
Work permits for spouses of 10,000 non-nationals
The Irish Times, February 18, 2004
Six Job-Search Tips For Expatriate Spouses
The Wall Street Journal Career Site, 2004
2003
Dual careers - a collaberation with the private sector
Association for Human Resources Management in International Organisations. In line with AHRMIO's objective of providing its members with access to developments in the commercial world, as well as academia and the not-for-profit sector, we are very pleased to announce that the recent collaboration between Partnerjob.com and The Permits Foundation, November 6, 2003.
Cómo hacer frente al desafío de las carreras duales
Article in Spanish by Kathleen van der Wilk-Carlton, board member Permits Foundation as part of a feature on dual careers (carreras duales).
Capital Humano, November 2003
Work-life issues
Network, The UN Women's Newsletter, April - June 2003
A better deal for expatriate spouses
Fiona Cameron reports on a new foundation launched to help expatriate spouses obtain international work permits, and which is sponsored by British Telecom, Shell, Heineken and other international companies. Expatica.com, March, 2003
2002
International Assignments Global Policy and Practice Survey results by PwC
Key Trends P18 on Diversity mentions highlights dual careers and Permits Foundation. 2002
Partnerjob.com's win-win proposition
A handful of top multinationals are making life easier for their employees' career-oriented trailing spouses. Kirin Kalia reports on an industry-driven dot-com that works. While Partnerjob.com helps spouses find jobs, the Permits Foundation works to ensure that spouses can easily obtain work permits anywhere in the world. Expatica.com, July 2002
The Dual Career Dilemma
Article by Siobhan Cummins for Worldlink, the newsletter of the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations, July 2002
The Permits Foundation
Article by Phillippa Fletcher, Permits Foundation Co-ordinator, The Hague, July 2002
Women in Science - Schlumberger Position Paper
Annika Joelsson, Diversity Manager Schlumberger, June 2002
Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue
The TABD recommends that the U.S. and EU Member States grant work authorisation for spouses of intra-company transfers as well as speedier visas for temporary assignment. TABD MID YEAR REPORT Brussels, June 5 - 6, 2002
It takes two
Companies who relocate their employees abroad can rarely afford for an expatriate assignment to fail. An unsuccessful assignment can cost an organisation between three to four times that of an expatriate employee’s salary. Robin Pascoe, Canadian author of three popular books on expatriate adjustment Friday May 24 2002, FT expat.
CAREER: The Permits Foundation
The XPat Journal, The Spring 2002 Issue (archive)
Expats per paar (article in Dutch in HR jourmal PWNet)
Spousebemiddeling is in opkomst. Hoogopgeleide partners van expatriates willen niet langer achter de geraniums zitten en zoeken hun weg op de arbeidsmarkt. Nederlandse bedrijven tonen veel interesse in deze native speakers. PWNet, January 12, 2002
US Approval of Spousal Employment Bill
Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas, Inc. January 2002
2001
Don’t leave your career behind when you move
Dual Careers in the 21st Century by Mary van der Boon (this article first appeared in Woman Abroad)
Recruitment, management and retention of young professionals in the WHO
Recommendation 10 refers to spouse work permits
December 2001
Address to the annual conference of the New Zealand Association of Migration and Investment
by Hon L Dalziel NZ, Minister of Immigration, New Zealand, August 10, 2001
New Zealand Parliamentary Debate on work permits for spouses
Hon. LIANNE DALZIEL (Minister of Immigration): In June this year 20 international companies and organisations launched the Permits Foundation to seek to promote access to employment worldwide for spouses of their expatriate executives. The point they have made is that global organisations seeking highly educated and motivated personnel have recognised, not surprisingly, that these individuals' partners are similarly educated and ambitious. New Zealand has already taken up this challenge. Indeed, not only are we moving in a positive direction but we are one of the few countries that is leading the way. August 8, 2001.
Congratulations, you've got the job. Sorry your partner can't work here
European Voice, Economist Group Vol 7, No. 27, 5 July 2001 (mirror site)
Permits for partners
Eureca, ECA - 1 July 2001
Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue
Mid year report 2001 International Personnel mobility and Permits Foundation, page 41

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