The world we are destined to live in is shaped by human migration.

Economically more developed areas attract people to migrate in order to earn a better living. In today's environment people do so when there is lack of employment opportunities in their native area. Globalization has increased interaction among cultures and nations. This globalization has increased interaction and caused intensive migration and relocation. In the last two years, the unemployed managers' percentage has jumped to the highest figure. It is quite obvious that once you are disappointed after trying all possible alternatives to get a job in your locality, you will be willing to do whatever it takes to get a good one anywhere in the world. In my opinion people are now calculating that it is better to relocate themselves rather than being jobless, as it may prove more costly. In addition to very positive signs showed by the labor market, there are still millions of jobless people living in different countries and searching for the job anywhere round the globe. Even before the time of recession, it was pretty difficult to find a job and to make both ends meet. Moreover, in the recent economic conditions, most of the unemployed people are left with no other option but to relocate and move out for the sake of seeking a good job.
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It has been reported that out of the workers laid off during the year 2011, 20% find a good and relevant job up to year 2012 mainly by relocating themselves. Moreover, 32% employers are ready to pay their employees for relocation if they do so for shifting in some other branch of the same company. REASONS FOR RELOCATION An opportunity to start with In the start of your new career, you just need a job to begin with in order to groom your personality and to get some experience. Additionally, if you get a good and impressive job in the beginning you would never like to loose it. Therefore, in order to take a good start you will not like to leave the very first opportunity knocking at your door. And if that opportunity needs you to relocate almost 90% of the people will agree to go if this is their first job ever. Chasing the job intensive areas For some of the specified and specialized type of careers, jobs are confined to some specific areas only. Consequently, people need to relocate themselves to get a good and attractive job in such a specialized industry. In such cases, people are left with no other option instead of migrating to the place where exactly the jobs are. Agriculture, Forestry, Finance and insurance industries are some example of such specialized sectors. While there are certain areas, which do not require you to relocate as their jobs are available worldwide like Information Technology field. Changing priorities In order to advance in your career and to remain more competitive, people prefer to migrate or relocate. While in some cases people after exhausting the limited available job options in their own area, decide to go elsewhere in order to get a better one.

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Offered an increase pay In case company asks you to go somewhere else you will see what incentives are offered by the organization. If there is a remarkable increase in your compensation package and other perquisites as well, you will definitely be adopting the change. Additionally, if your employer assists you in the cost of relocation and in selling your house etc. opting relocation offer will be very useful for you. STATISTICS OF PEOPLE RELOCATING FOR WORK In the first half of 2011, 9.4% of the unemployed people round the globe moved out of the town to find jobs, which is greater than the last year figure that was 7.6%. Moreover, the percentage of 2010 was a little greater than that of 2009, which were 7.5% migrants who relocated themselves for the sake of work. Some statistics, of the people relocating for work, of last few years are plotted and are showing the following pattern.

18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0

Relocation %

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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To relocate yourself or your whole family for the purpose of finding a better job is the most difficult decision one will ever have to make. Additionally, better standard of living and lower cost of living are also some key factors causing relocation. Up till November 2011 the statistics of people relocating for the sake of finding work showed an irregular trend. It cannot be explained exactly in increasing or decreasing pattern. However it is quite obvious from the historical data that most of the migrating people are moving towards United Kingdom considering UK the widest and linguistically the most assorted place. In Europe, statistics showed a 46.7% increase in number of people relocating and migrating towards China for finding jobs and to earn their living. But UK is still getting the highest number of foreign country nationals coming there with an expectation to get a good job relatively easily

PLACES WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE GO FOR RELOCATION

The most famous and favorite destinations where the people would probably want to relocate are USA, UK and Spain. But this is just a general view as the preferences of the people may change depending upon their present location as well. As China is preferred by most of the Asians and United Kingdom is the popular destination for the people of EMEA (Erasmus Mundus Europe Asia) region. Following is the Pie chart representation of the percentage of people

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migrating towards each of the country for finding work.

10% 9%

5%

21%

5% 4% 8% 8% 4% 11%

15%

UK Malay sia Netherland

Germany Singapore Australia

China India France

Italy Japan

You can see that the highest percentages of unemployed people are migrating towards UK for work. Germany is the second most popular place for such people and the other countries are following UK and Germany with relatively very small percentages. The reason behind this result is that United Kingdom has become the hub of business world and a central or focal point for lots of multinational organizations. The increase in the job opportunities in UK is mainly due to the monopoly of European Union. After the formation of EU, United Kingdom has become more popular among the MNCs as well. As a result, there are ample of job opportunities in almost all the fields and industries of UK due to which it is now becoming the most popular destination for the job hunters. Especially for those who are unable to find a good and profitable job in their own country. Such people can easily relocate themselves and get settled in UK as they found UK job market very attractive. Getting a job is easier there due to availability of plenty of job opportunities.

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WHAT TO DO WHILE YOU ARE FACING RELOCATION FOR WORK Sometimes, people do not move out of a job willingly rather they are forced to do so by their employer companies. Organizations mostly decide that they can operate in some other city or country as well and it is better for them to take their own experienced employees on the other place in order to start successfully. In such a situation you must first think and decide whether you will be relocating or you will be finding a new job and will quit this one. Lots of practical factors are there to think about. Cost of living, standard of living and cost of relocation; everything should be kept in mind while deciding what to do. A good and wise cost benefit analysis will take you towards the most favorable decision. WILLINGNESS OF THE PEOPLE FOR RELOCATION A depressed market and downward going market conditions are the basic factors that force people to relocate themselves in order to find a better opportunity. This relocation for the sake of work is a big move and it can put so many heads on fire especially family disturbance is there, every time you relocate. That is the major reason that people hesitate to go for opting relocation. In addition, thinking and perception of people belonging to different areas differ depending upon their own culture and priorities. People from Mexico, Brazil, Turkey and Russia are more fond of exploring and seeing new opportunities round the globe. In contrast, people of United States, Belgium and Sweden are more interested to stay in their own countries, whatever the situation might be. They prefer to stay closer to their homes therefore, they will hardly go for migrating somewhere for doing job. Last month results of a research study were released in which almost 28000 employees were surveyed across about 27 different countries of the world. As
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per the study, 31% of those employees are willing to relocate for a better job and career. These 31% are ready to go anywhere in the world in order to increase their standard of living. Out of these 31% people willing to relocate for work 78% are ready to migrate anywhere within their national borders or offshore for a more lucrative career and to earn a better living. However out of them 41% are willing to relocate permanently while the rest 37% will be willing to migrate on temporary basis.

percentage of people willing to relocate for work

not w illing 22%

ready to move permanently 41%

ready to move temporarily 37%

A per the research, 20% of the people responded that they would be willing to work abroad only if they will be offered at least 10% rise in their salary. This shows that it is not that easy for so many people to shift somewhere else leaving everything behind. Nevertheless, the economic situation prevailing in the world right now and the increasing unemployment level force people to opt such choices even if they are not happy with it.

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Another rather more important fact is that job seekers' age and their career level is major the deciding factor whether they will be willing to relocate for work or not. As it is thought by most of the leading and multinational organizations that bachelor, young and fresh graduates are more interested in relocation as they take it as an adventure. Also, such job seekers have relatively less family problems to cope with. May be due to this reason most of the companies operating in more than one country require a lower aged person or the one who is at a very initial stage in his career. Another survey made by some British researcher reported that there are quite a few employers who are willing to pay the relocation cost and all the related expenses only to some specified, experienced and competent employees in order to motivate or convince them to relocate for the sake of companies' betterment. The employer compensates even the losses of selling the houses in some cases. In such circumstances, relocation percentage increases significantly and more people seem to be willing to migrate to other places for the sake of work. This trend is normally seen in big and leading organizations. However, in small and medium sized companies, are not expected to compensate the employees and therefore in such organizations people usually are not willing to relocate for work. They will either prefer to continue where they are or they will find a better job. Considering the option of relocation is not at all feasible for all the people. However, if someone is facing severe financial problems and in addition to that if the circumstances are right for him and his family to go for relocation, this option should definitely be discussed. As most of the people say that when a job hunter is exposed to extended geographical boundaries, he is more likely to get a good job in a better organization. Concluding the whole story, it is clear that recession has left very dark marks on the economy of the world and to get the revival is not that easy. Due to this reason, unemployment is consistently increasing and therefore in order to cope
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with that people are trying to seek available job opportunities in almost all the areas of the world. Consequently, people need to relocate for finding a good lucrative job. Additionally, we noticed that job hunters are more eager to migrate towards United Kingdom, Spain and China as the job opportunities are growing remarkably in these countries.

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