2018 Corporate Immigration & Relocation Awards

6 Acquisition International - 2018 Corporate Immigration & Relocation Awards GM180007 Best Global Workforce Mobility Specialists 2018 & Workforce Logistics & Wellbeing Experts of the Year Boxx Global Expat Solutions Established in 2006, today Boxx is among the fastest growing providers in the Benelux region focusing on global expat services, supporting a range of clients around the world. Rens shares an insight into the solutions that the firm provides for this global clientele. “At Boxx, our vision and concept are built on delivering and coordinating integrated mobility services on a global scale. Our firm offers these services for multinational businesses around the world, ranging from coordination of vendor support, immigration advice and compliance, HR advice and development of global mobility policies, tax consulting and compliance to payroll advice and compliance: providing expertise and capacity to fully streamline, coordinate and execute mobility management on a global scale. Through their full service offering Boxx can assist its clients with the different types of challenges they face from a global mobility perspective.” “Unique to our industry, we are the only independent global mobility service provider that provides a real one-stop solution for clients worldwide. Further, we are highly flexible to deliver in line with the employer’s and its expats’ needs for which we can show a proven track record of very high appreciation and advocacy scores. Finally, our personal approach towards the expats gives an employer a higher return on investment when assigning someone to work abroad, as this personal attention leads to satisfied expats and in turn a higher loyalty towards the employer.” “Needless to say, is that not all employers are looking for the personal approach that we offer. Some of the employers are so cost or process driven that they seem to forget that they are dealing with actual persons. If an employer really wants to take good care of its employees and is willing to invest in an expected higher return on an assignment, partnering up with Boxx is the best option available.” Operating in the highly competitive, ever evolving expat market, Boxx has a strong insight into the industry and the current trends in this market. Rens outlines these and shares his thoughts on how the market is changing. “A key challenge for employers today is how to attract and retain talent for their organisation. Part of the solution for this can be found in global mobility. As a result of the further globalisation, the new generations starting to work now and in the future, expect that the possibility to work internationally is part of their job and career path. If an employer cannot offer an international assignment or other kind of international working environment, this may be a reason for an employee not to join an organization or to look for another job.” “Further trends are seen in view of cost savings and IT developments, also in the field of global mobility. However, there are also more and more employers that are getting more conscious on how they want to treat their expat population. Over the past decade the focus has become more and more on how to save costs, which obviously is a good development in view of the way they do business, however this has not always resulted in happy employees when they are facilitate less.” “Fundamentally, the wellbeing of employees and more specifically expats will not be increased by having a one size fits all policy and IT tools. The wellbeing of expats is highly influenced by the level of personal attention they will get before, during and after their assignment. Expats are humans and should be treated as such. If they have an issue that they feel needs to be resolved immediately, they want to call someone that can help and not go to a website where they can leave a message which may be answered two weeks later. Maybe this sounds strange, but we know these things happen. What we expect is that there will be have organisations that will have less attention for the well-being of their employees and will be more process driven and there will be other organisations that will be more employee focussed and will increase their personal attention level.” Boxx global expat solutions is an independent service provider, specialised in international tax, HR, legal and the coordination of workforce global mobility. We caught up with Rens van Oers, Business Development Leader, to find out more about the innovative solutions that the firm provides and to explore the secrets behind its incredible success. Company: Boxx global expat solutions Contact: Rens van Oers Address: Heikant 1, 3930 Achel, Belgium Telephone Rens: 0031 6 5024 5241 Email Rens: [email protected] Telephone office: 0032 1155 9910 Web Address: www.boxx-expat.com “If an employer really wants to take good care of its employees and is willing to invest in an expected higher return on an assignment, partnering up with Boxx is the best option available.”