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Read what the Press and other organisations say about international mobility, dual careers and the work of Permits Foundation.
2011
Permits Foundation celebrates 10th anniversary
A report on the 10th anniversary symposium and current developments of Permits Foundation, which has been fighting the corner for expatriate spouses and partners to work since 2001.
By Fiona Murchie, managing editor Re:locate Magazine, 29 November 2011.
Plight of the Expat Spouse
Overseas assignments are more brisk after the recession, but accompanying spouses and partners still struggle to find work abroad, too. Board member Kathleen van der Wilk-Carlton is quoted in the article.
By Tanya Mohn, The New York Times, 20 June 2011.
2010
UK migrant quota to be cut by up to a quarter. But 2009 data may have skewed decision, says Permits Foundation
People Management, the magazine of the UK's Chartered Institute of Personnel, reports on the UK Migration Advisory Committee's recommendation of the levels of immigration caps necessary for the government to meet it goal of reducing net migration to acceptable levels. Gill Gordon, chair of Permits Foundation, comments on how the caps could adversely affect UK businesses and the economy.
By Michelle Stevens, People Management, 18 November 2010.
Wer die Arbeitserlaubnis-Bedingungen lockert, wird zu einem Top-Ziel für Top-Talente
Kathleen van der Wilk and Francoise van Roosmalen speak with the BDAE Group about the aims of the Foundation and its global activities (page 3-5).
BDAE, October 2010. (Interview in German)
Married Executives Juggle International Moves
By Joann S. Lublin, Wall Street Journal, 19 September 2010.
Neue EU-Richtlinie lässt Partner von Expats außen vor
Article in German on European Commission's proposals on intra-corporate transferees and the lack of recognition of spouse employment (see page 8).
BDAE, August 2010.
Advocacy group - Spouse work mobility key to attracting high-skilled migrants
The EU is missing a trick by not allowing spouses of multinational company workers to work under new Directive proposals for assigning key international personnel to the European Union, advocacy expert Kathleen van der Wilk-Carlton told EurActiv in an interview.
By Mark Grassi, EurActiv, 20 August 2010.
Employers criticise work transfer plans
Complaints that the EU Commission's proposals do not help employees' partners receive work permits.
By Jim Brunsden, European Voice, 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.
Changing the law to get partner work permits
It is difficult enough for the partners of expats to find suitable employment in their new country of residence. To make matters worse, many governments do not even grant a work permit. The Permits Foundation is trying to change that situation.
By Henk Dam, Global Connection, June 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.
Up or out: Next moves for the modern expatriate
Perhaps the greatest obstacle to the success of an expatriate placement lies with the expat's spouse or children, who may resent the separation from their own career, social life, schooling and routine. This was one of the main findings of a broad report into international assignments, based on a survey of some 400 executives who were currently or recently in expatriate assignments, or had responsibility for them.
Report by David Bolchover and Paul Lewis of the Economist Intelligence Unit, 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.
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
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
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 Permits Foundation
Article by Phillippa Fletcher, Permits Foundation Co-ordinator, The Hague, July 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)
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)
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

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