Subscribe to our Newsletter here. The age of COVID = the age of more information! The relocation industry has done a great job informing their clients about relocation changes that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. This would include relocation management companies, immigration partners and movers, but there is one supplier in the relocation ecosystem that…
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I was thinking about how it feels to work in the relocation industry in the midst of the #MeToo and #Timesup movements. I have been in relocation for over 20 years, and the thing that is a truism about the relocation industry is that, by the numbers, it is dominated by women. Certainly, from my…
All Points Relocation Canada This domestic relocation information is brought to you by All Points Relocation. Canada can seem like an easy place to relocate employees, but it may be tougher than you think if you are using lump sums. It can help to obtain the services of a company like All Points Relocation. Canada…
In an unprecedented move in the relocation industry, Brookfield Global Relocation Services has sold its small and medium size corporate accounts. Brookfield is reportedly doing this so it can focus on serving larger clients and government business, according to several sources. All Points has always benefited from the business of small to medium volume…
April 1, 2015 Do we hear it with less stigma than we did 5 years ago? What is less stigma? Is it zero stigma? Or is there some stigma-residue left over from the past? Maybe this stigma-residue doesn’t matter. We have come a long way haven’t we? Let’s do a test. Do you hear, “He…
March 9, 2015 It has been a long time since most appraisers in Canadian large cities have seen declining real estate markets. In that time, there have been some significant changes in the relocation and appraisal industries. At All Points, we believe that the last decade has seen the build-up of systemic weaknesses in the…
January 15, 2015 The Canadian Employee Relocation Council (CERC) recently wrote a letter to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, which called out a number of concerns with the government’s most recent Ministerial Instructions regarding the administration of the Express Entry program, which went into effect on January 1, 2015. The letter rightly pointed to…
June 3, 2014 In the last two blogs I looked at the history and structure of the relocation industry and the role of information in order to understand how we have arrived at a recent, significant change to the North American moving industry. What is this important change? One of the largest global relocation companies…
May 6, 2014 This is the second of a three part blog series, which attempts to highlight the last 2-3 decades of the relocation industry’s history by focusing on: a) the industry’s structure and; b) the industry’s flow of information. The blog series’ goal is to help companies understand a recent significant change in the…
Part 1: THE INFORMATION: The Dumbing Down of the Industry. April 3, 2014 There have been significant developments in the relationship between the moving and relocation components of our industry recently, about which anyone involved in relocation should understand. This is a three part blog series, and the third part will discuss this moving industry…