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Read what the Press and other organisations say about international mobility, dual careers and the work of Permits Foundation.
2010
Employers criticise work transfer plans
Complaints that proposals do not help employees' partners receive work permits.
By Jim Brunsden, 22 July 2010.
Seeking permission - The Permits Foundation lobbies for open work visas for spouses of those assigned overseas
The inability of a spouse to find employment can have a dramatic influence on their partner’s career, says Yujiro Otsubo, personnel manager at Schlumberger and the Japan representative for the Permits Foundation in an article published in the EurobiZ magazine of the European Business Council in Japan.
By Kai Kurosawa, Eurobiz Japan, July 2010.
The other half of the expat story
Many high-powered spouses are not prepared to give up careers.
By Carly Chynoweth, The Sunday Times 23 May 2010 and TIMESONLINE
Spouses, partners and international assignments
An article in Re:locate Magazine on the implications for employers of Permits Foundation Global Spouse Survey.
By Sue Shortland, principal lecturer in HR Management, London Metropolitan Business School.
Foreign Talent
More spouses of expatriates now seeking work and human resource experts say they have job skills and should be tapped.
By Melissa Sim, Straits Times, 1st May 2010.
Permits for partners – a passport to mobility
The global corporate initiative, Permits Foundation, promotes open work permits for the spouses of international staff worldwide. Board member, Kathleen van der Wilk-Carlton, spoke to Josephine Woolley of ECA International. April 2010.
Talent Council Workshop Focuses on Diversity Solutions
The Society of Petroleum Engineers Talent Council recently held a workshop in Paris to discuss the ways in which employers can collaborate to encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Support for dual career couples was highlighted as one of the solutions. Permits Foundation highlighted the importance of spouse work permits and the positive impact that being able to work has on attitudes to the assignment, as confirmed by the foundation's global survey of 3000 spouses in 2008.
Article by C. Susan Howes, Chevron Horizons Program Manager in the JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY, Volume 62, number 3, March 2010.
2009
Outdated Visa Rules Don't Support Dual Careers in India
The article by Kathleen van der Wilk-Carlton, director of Permits Foundation, describes why it is important for India and other countries to recognise the needs of dual career couples in establishing work permit policies for highly skilled international staff and intra-company transferees.
The Wall Street Journal, India, 9 December 2009
Visa norms crush Indian job dream for expat spouses
The article highlights how visa regulations in India restrict expatriate spouses who wish to work. Permits Foundation is quoted in the article.
By Shailesh Dobhal & Ishani Duttagupta, the Economic Times, India, 19 Aug 2009.
Increasing and Enhancing the Supply of Petroleum Industry Talent
The results of a workforce survey undertaken by the Talent Council of the Society of Petroleum Engineers among 1711 working members under the age of 35. Both men and women identified expatriation issues related to dual-career couples as the greatest challenge they will face in their careers in the oil and gas industry. This issue was ahead of other challenges of keeping up with advances in technology, lack of technical career path visibility and (gender) barriers to career advancement.
The Society of Petroleum Engineers launched its Talent Council in 2007 during a summit in London that focused on talent attraction and retention in the future. The Council's mandate is to work together to improve the quality and quantity of talent entering the oil and gas industry.
The article mentions the goals of Permits Foundation to relax work permit regulations for accompanying spouses.
By Eve S. Sprunt, Chevron; Monique Simon, Total; Steve Thorness, Baker Hughes; and Paul Musson, Weatherford; The JOURNAL of PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY, Vol 61, No. 1, Jan 2009.
2008
The Rapidly Changing Face of International Mobility
The phenomenon of International Mobility is changing radically or has changed radically especially over the last 10 years. As the world becomes more dynamic and complex, so too do issues surrounding International Mobility. Key findings by the European Professional Women's Network.
It's not all fun to be a memsahib
Report on the challenges of spouses who want to work in India and the difficulty to get a work permit there.
By Lakshmi Kumaraswami, TNN, for Sunday Times of India 23 Nov 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.
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
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
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
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
Six Job-Search Tips For Expatriate Spouses
The Wall Street Journal Career Site, 2004
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 (page 42)
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
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)
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
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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