Jaguar or Bluebird (a)
Case 3
Successful career
In general, Mark has been managed to do his expatriate career so well. In particular, even there were some obstacles at the beginning, Mark succeeded in accomplishing his international assignments. He has a great background of working in a variety of places such as Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and currently London. After one year moving to Energem, Mark became a level three manager and then was promoted to be an expatriate in London. When the three-year contract ended, with all his working experience, skills and knowledge, Mark earned a promotion to level 1 management and was now responsible for special M&A projects within group IT that were confidential and of a larger scale.
Successful expatriate assignment
Mark Chan and his family led a typical Singaporean lifestyle. However, they managed to settle down quickly and get used to the English lifestyle easily. The reasons for this can be listed as following. First of all, due to the international background, great working experience and cross-cultural skills, Mark was able to adapt quickly and knew how to expand his network of contacts within and outside Energem. Moreover, the company also provided him with attractive benefit package, as well as a very good salary. Furthermore, Mark did not have to worry about his family and spouse. He found it easier to balance between work and personal life because his wife gave up her career to take care of their two children and came to London with him. Additionally, they were so lucky since their neighbors were so friendly and they could make a lot of friends. Thus, it made Mark as well as his family feel like home. In general, the assignment was successful because of an appropriate employee recognition and appreciation that is good salary and appealing expatriate benefit package, the fit between the new lifestyle and Mark’s personality as well as hobbies, and the fact that his family and spouse are with him, happy and
Successful career
In general, Mark has been managed to do his expatriate career so well. In particular, even there were some obstacles at the beginning, Mark succeeded in accomplishing his international assignments. He has a great background of working in a variety of places such as Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and currently London. After one year moving to Energem, Mark became a level three manager and then was promoted to be an expatriate in London. When the three-year contract ended, with all his working experience, skills and knowledge, Mark earned a promotion to level 1 management and was now responsible for special M&A projects within group IT that were confidential and of a larger scale.
Successful expatriate assignment
Mark Chan and his family led a typical Singaporean lifestyle. However, they managed to settle down quickly and get used to the English lifestyle easily. The reasons for this can be listed as following. First of all, due to the international background, great working experience and cross-cultural skills, Mark was able to adapt quickly and knew how to expand his network of contacts within and outside Energem. Moreover, the company also provided him with attractive benefit package, as well as a very good salary. Furthermore, Mark did not have to worry about his family and spouse. He found it easier to balance between work and personal life because his wife gave up her career to take care of their two children and came to London with him. Additionally, they were so lucky since their neighbors were so friendly and they could make a lot of friends. Thus, it made Mark as well as his family feel like home. In general, the assignment was successful because of an appropriate employee recognition and appreciation that is good salary and appealing expatriate benefit package, the fit between the new lifestyle and Mark’s personality as well as hobbies, and the fact that his family and spouse are with him, happy and