The Working World

Jamie Haerewa is Co-founder and Managing Director of Agile HRO.  She is a recognised thought leader and entrepreneur with her valuable insights featured in popular publications like Business Leader, Grit Daily News, Finance Monthly and HackerNoon.

Jamie’s experience in PEO, Global Mobility and Workforce Solutions for 13+ years has helped her build a strong foundation as an entrepreneur, leader and expert in the industry. Known for her start-up spirit, Jamie has a passion for problem solving, working with people and helping others grow.
 
Since launching AgileHRO, she has led the company to be recognised and awarded #1 payroll provider in Singapore in 2020 and SME100’s fastest moving company in 2022.

Her discussion with Jamie and Keryn centre around the trends that we will be seeing with recruiting and retaining remote workers.

Their interesting discussion includes:

• Why organisations are looking offshore for remote talent and what trends are shaping the future of work
• The key benefits and challenges of engaging remote talent
• Best practices for managing a global digital workplace
• How to comply with legal and regulatory obligations when recruiting remote talent

James is Director of Alidade Australia, whose mission is to enable the world in Hybrid work.  His goal is to create a more efficient demand and supply real estate eco-system, using specialist occupancy simulation technology and a deep understanding of workplace and economics.

With an extensive background in technology, real estate, and the evolving workplace, James offers some great insights into getting the hybrid working model right, and provides solutions that aid corporations to use their office space based on a flex workforce.

Our extremely informative discussion includes: 

•  Current trends of return to office v’s remote working
• Commercial real estate responses and commitment to the hybrid model
• Solutions to effectively utilising office space in this flex-office environment

Margot Andersen is the founder of Insync Network Group, a career advisory and professional network for Australian repatriates, and the Director of Talent Insight Australia, a career management and leadership consultancy.

Whilst Margot is the host of the highly successful Boomeranging podcast, this time she sits in our guest chair and discusses her recently released report which focuses on repatriating talent – ‘Do I stay or do I go?’. We hear some of the key findings and Margot provides us with some recommendations on how organisations can streamline the transition.

Our extremely informative discussion includes: 

• Key reasons for talent resigning from their post and requesting repatriation
• Top tips for leaders looking to retain talent upon repatriation
• Support networks available for those repatriating, outside of their organisation
• And to tie in nicely for International Women’s Day (#InternatonalWomensDay), a discussion around the percentage of female repatriating talent

Marie-Claire Ross, BA (Hons) is a speaker, facilitator and mentor.  She works with leaders and teams to build trusted, thriving team cultures that increase engagement, team credibility and retain great talent.

Marie-Claire works with companies around the world such as Qantas, PETRONAS, the Australian Tax Office, Hamad Medical Corporation (Doha) and Novartis. She is also the author of  Trusted to Thrive: How leaders create connected and accountable teams and Transform your safety communication. 

Marie-Claire is on the SME committee for the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is also a fellow of The CEO Institute. 

Our extremely informative discussion includes: 

• How employee expectations of leaders have changed since COVID
• Why trust is so important in the workplace
• What can leaders do to create and build trust across their teams 

We all know him as the charismatic host of LOVE + RELO, but Ben Cross is so much more than that?  

Like so many others, he has dived into entrepreneurship – forming GLOMO which offers consultancy, recruitment, and M&A services to global mobility companies. 

Growing his company RELO in a short timeframe, Ben along with his team of six, are at the forefront of current global mobility trends, advising their clients, and in this Take 5 episode takes us through his thoughts as to why more people are opting out of traditional work arrangements and entering a new phase of entrepreneurship , the way people look at work will be forever be changed and what recruiters need to look for to find talent who are willing to go into an office.

Dr. Sean Gallagher is Director of the Centre for the New Workforce at Swinburne University of Technology and one of Australia’s leading experts on the future of work. 

Following on from Sean’s fascinating insights in our December 2021 episode, he now brings us a Take 5 update on the latest developments in hybrid working and the challenges facing organisations.  

Explained simply in a few slides, this episode is a ‘must’ for leaders to understand what hybrid working is doing to particular aspects of their business.

Mario Ferraro is Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of ITX Singapore and an internationally recognised thought Leader in the area of Global Mobility and International HR.

In this Take 5, Mario brings us an update on the rise of the Global Employment Company (GEC) and why it’s becoming a popular choice for companies to transition to this model in order to streamline cross-border operations, in the wake of the pandemic and the increase in hybrid and remote working trends.

Ursula makes tax exciting and in this engaging and upbeat podcast, we are enlightened to the world of tax and retirement implications when working overseas.  With the increasing rise in digital nomad visas, Ursula’s expertise is vital to anyone who either wants to travel and work remotely abroad, or who is enabling employees to do as such.

Our extremely informative discussion includes:

•  The need for a position, process & governance when it comes to enabling staff to travel and work overseas
•  Repercussions on the individual and the company, later down the track, on tax and superannuation
•  Ursula’s top three tax tips

Our co-host Jamie Lingham is also the founder, CEO, and Global Immigration Leader at Absolute Immigration.  With over 20 years in the business, Jamie knows a thing or two about immigration, visa options, and how to attract and retain foreign workers.

In 5 minutes, Jamie provides us with some alternative visa options from the standard Sub-class 482.  “We have more tools in our toolkit” and we are provided with a sample of other strategies that can be used when you are addressing the current skills shortage.

Our co-host Keryn Mendes is a global mobility practitioner and in this 5 minute episode, we are given some great tips on how to make your organisations’s mobility program more sustainable.

In a nutshell, Keryn covers areas including aligning your mobility program with your organisation’s pillars, as well as establishing and implementing measures with vendor partners and other key external stakeholders.