TSS Sponsored Work Visa and Global Mobility

The new TSS Sponsored Work Visa and challenges for Global Mobility

Australia has a new visa for highly skilled overseas sponsored workers as well as tighter criteria for the permanent sponsored visa pathway. There are no doubt higher associated government fees. The relocation industry is also evolving and constantly responding to global shifts, new technology with the ever present cost/ budget constraints.

Companies are expanding globally as new opportunities arise with countries like Australia welcoming the introduction of innovative technology-driven products and services being rolled out seemingly moments after their launch overseas.

There is a real need to move the workforce ever more quickly and efficiently to exploit these opportunities. So how can we best navigate and assist those organisations, seeking to bring quality skilled workers to Australia in the most effective manner?

Here is what to expect in global mobility over the next two to three years:

• The further rise of global expansion as small business harnesses technology to take their goods and services to places in a way which would hitherto have seemed impossible and with this expansion will come a greater reliance on experts who will make quick decisions possible.
• The expectations of these younger, faster moving companies means that the relocation assistance they seek will need to be delivered seamlessly first time, and there will not be a second chance if things do not meet expectations; they will expect that the information they seek about the move is correct, comprehensive and that those managing the move will respond at times convenient to them.
• Companies will be looking for ways to curb costs and invest in expansion. Many cost savings over the past few years have concentrated on reducing the cost for the provision of a service to such an extent that the resulting service has left additional costs in its wake.
• Smarter ways of reducing costs without jeopardising the quality of service will replace the low price/bad service model with all the hidden costs. Whereas previously relocatees would arrive at their destination, spend time in short term accommodation and have a full blown home and school search service, destination service provides are already seeing an increase for singles and couples of an orientation, followed by unaccompanied services home search service, thus reducing costs and time in short-term accommodation.
• Information apps such as ‘Applocation Australia’, supplement the relocation experience allowing relocatees to access information anywhere on their phones. Cookie cutter relocations will be replaced by relocations allowing for greater flexibility and tailored solutions within a given budget. The value of expertise in assisting relocatees to save time better spent on work matters, is becoming more important as key staff demand high touch personalised support and shrinking global mobility teams, seek reliable experts to alleviate their work load.
• A shift in thinking around moving personal items and the rise of moves where there is very little furniture and white goods being moved and items are being bought online pre-arrival. Companies are realising that to move goods from origin city to destination and back again, three years later does not make sense particularly for singles and couples, who are not emotionally attached to their furniture. Where surveys are required, the uptake of an app to video, of what needs to be moved, avoiding the time of a surveyor and allowing the person moving, to do the survey at a time suitable to them, is becoming increasingly welcome.
• Insurance for moved goods is increasingly sourced online rather than always through the removalists.

These are exciting times and as technology advances are changing many industries, into the future the one unchanging thing is the value of expertise, of heeding the advice of your trusted relocation specialists – Elite Executive Services and Migration Consultants Australia, experienced migration consultants. Contact our respective offices for a confidential meeting.