It is sometimes necessary to get support from professionals of the relocation industry. ExpatFinder currently helps you find some of those service providers via information search. The second version of your expat search engine will allow you easily find & compare local and global service providersfor expats. In the meantime here is a look at the principal professional networks of relocation professionals.
Whether it is provided by your company in your relocation package or if you choose to subscribe for a service directly, the relocation companies are here to help you on various aspects of the expatriation process.
The relocation companies can offer packaged services as well as tailor made solutions. The scope of service can usually include:
Pre-departure planning
Visa/work permit Administration
Property Management
Pre-Move Orientation, School search, Area orientation
Home Finding and Settling-in Services
Ongoing Destination Support
Language and Cross-Cultural Training
Career Partner Assistance
Expatriate Expense Management
Repatriation Assistance
Here is a non exclusive list of the principle networks of relocation professionals:
- The Association of Belgian Relocation Agents (ABRA)
ABRA is a non-profit making organization representing the interests of its members in the Belgian relocation market. ABRA, with its international heart, strives for professionalism and quality in order to protect the relocation business and its clients.
Full details and ABRA members can be found here.
- The Association of relocation professionals (ARP)
”The ARP is a non-profit making company run by a Council elected from the membership body.
Full details and ARP members can be found here.
- The European Relocation Association (EuRA)
“EuRA is the professional body for relocation service providers across Europe. Our members provide corporate and private relocation services across Europe and worldwide and are bound to the highest professional standards by our rules of conduct.”
For full details of EuRA and its members, go here
- Canadian Employee Relocation Council (CERC)
“CERC is Canada’s only organization devoted to advancing the interests and issues for workforce mobility.”
Full details about CERC can be found here.
The Relocation Network was founded with the aim of providing a forum to support a wide cross-section of specialist relocation service providers throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Full details and Relocation Network members can be found here.
- Swiss Association of Relocation Agents (SARA)
”SARA was formed in 2004 to represent the Swiss Relocation Industry. Their mission statement is: “To spread knowledge and understanding of the issues surrounding corporate mobility and to enhance industry performance standards by communication and education”
Full details and SARA members can be found here.
- Syndicat National des professionnels de la relocation et de la mobilité (SNPRM)
”The SNPRM was formed in 1995 to represent the Relocation Industry in France.”
Full details and list of members of the SNPRM can be found online.
- The International Relocation Associates (TIRA)
“TIRA’s global network of service providers are established relocation specialists and can provide expert relocation assistance to you and your expatriates locally as well as on a global basis.”
Full details and TIRA members can be found here.
- US Employee Relocation Council (ERC)
“Worldwide ERC ® was founded in 1964 to help relocation professionals overcome the challenges of U.S. domestic and global workforce mobility”
Full details and Worldwide ERC ® members can be found here.
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