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Half of employees open to work abroad
Half of employees open to work abroad
| Published: | 16 Feb at 12 PM |
Nearly half of employees around the world would think about moving abroad for a pay rise, the right job and other incentives like language training and trips home, according to a recent survey.
With the global economy continuing to struggle, employees in Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, India and Russia were the keenest to move if new opportunities arose, while workers in the US, Belgium and Sweden preferred to stay in their own country, showed the Ipsos international poll.
Almost 20 per cent of those questioned revealed that there was a high chance they would work in another country for two or three years if they were offered a 10 per cent pay increase, while 30 per cent admitted it was something they would think about, according to gmanetwork.com.
Keren Gottfried, Ipsos Global Public Affairs’ research manager said that half the population of workers in 24 countries are willing to work in another country, which she described as “huge”. She explained that when you think about the world’s increasing globalisation and how portfolios include multiple countries, added to the fact that international experience is viewed as an asset, it is hardly surprising that so many people are interested.
At almost 40 per cent, a salary increase was cited as the biggest incentive to work abroad, followed by a better standard of living, a good career move, time for a change and adventure. Another big incentive was a guarantee that their current job could be taken up again after two years away.
With the global economy continuing to struggle, employees in Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, India and Russia were the keenest to move if new opportunities arose, while workers in the US, Belgium and Sweden preferred to stay in their own country, showed the Ipsos international poll.
Almost 20 per cent of those questioned revealed that there was a high chance they would work in another country for two or three years if they were offered a 10 per cent pay increase, while 30 per cent admitted it was something they would think about, according to gmanetwork.com.
Keren Gottfried, Ipsos Global Public Affairs’ research manager said that half the population of workers in 24 countries are willing to work in another country, which she described as “huge”. She explained that when you think about the world’s increasing globalisation and how portfolios include multiple countries, added to the fact that international experience is viewed as an asset, it is hardly surprising that so many people are interested.
At almost 40 per cent, a salary increase was cited as the biggest incentive to work abroad, followed by a better standard of living, a good career move, time for a change and adventure. Another big incentive was a guarantee that their current job could be taken up again after two years away.
