Relocation Service

With relocation service or Relocator (English: to relocate = move ) is a service offering called, which is aimed primarily at people who leave their home country for a definite or indefinite period for professional or personal reasons, and move abroad. This relocation service providers support these people and their families, but also their employer throughout the entire process of the move. Meanwhile, the term is also used in domestic removals.

The scope of the services in this context services ranging from consulting and preparation in cultural and linguistic questions in advance of the move on assistance in the provision of housing, management of associated with the relocation formalities in the host country, organization of language courses, the selection of suitable schools for the children to action for the reconstruction of a suitable social environment at the new residence. Relocation service provider may, however, provide the basis of the Legal Services Act is not legal advice such as how to apply for residence permits (AG Mönchengladbach 5 C 229 /02) or negotiating lease agreements.

The objective of this - mostly paid by employers - service is it as simple as possible to make the new employee career start at the new workplace in a foreign country. In addition to the acquisition of administrative activities is in this context, the rapid integration of the families in the new social environment is of particular importance, as this, the rate of successful missions abroad can be significantly increased.

The Relocation Service is a relatively new service in Europe. Has its origin the service in the U.S., where traditionally a particularly high mobility and service orientation has created the market for this service.

With the globalization of the economy, the number of posted employees between different countries, making this range of services is growing rapidly in Germany rises. Especially the big international companies in Germany offer their international managers, so-called expatriates, have long been Relocation Packages as part of their contractual remuneration in connection with an activity in Germany or in their foreign subsidiaries. In increasingly now also take innovative medium of this service, just as they increasingly deal international staff, but usually do not have the necessary know -how and sufficient capacity in their HR departments.

In Germany Relocation Services are mainly located in large cities and economic centers. While smaller relocation service provider with customized service packages specializing in particularly demanding top executives, have large, now also active nationwide relocation services often framework agreements with international companies, and provide a standardized care for employees at middle management level.

Also in Switzerland, Relocation Services are not very old. Most companies are local players with special knowledge of the individual cities. On the customer side focuses mainly on banking, insurance and consulting companies that have recognized the added value. Yet little use of the offer, however, make industrial corporations who care actually most expats in Switzerland. Benefits of relocation firms include the Discretion specific needs of expats over the internal HR department, flexible cost pools as needed and the high professionalization. On the supply side, the conditions are similar but not always transparent. A good overview of packages and offers, for example, costs the company Schmid Relocation in Zurich. ( http://www.schmid-relocation.ch ). It is also important that the whole value chain of relocation services can be offered, that is, of the Immigration about the apartment search through to furniture transport. The market will have expected some growth, but the hard Swiss francs (as of 2013) and certain political initiatives is the control system negatively affect a risk to Switzerland's economic position and thus the attractiveness of Europe as location of large companies.