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As a new rep for United Van Lines in New Orleans, I'd like to ask HR professionals who deal with employee relocations what is most important to them when working with a moving company and what advice
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posted at 8/27/2009 10:25 AM EDT
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As a new rep for United Van Lines in New Orleans, I'd like to ask HR professionals who deal with employee relocations what is most important to them when working with a moving company and what advice could they give me to find companies that are doing corporate relocations. Thanks a lot
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Employee Relocations

posted at 8/27/2009 10:38 AM EDT
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First piece of advice - don't advertise on these forums!

As for what I look for, I look for a company that our relocating employees will be comfortable with and I won't be dealing with complaints about. I want a reasonable price, good service and essentially "call and forget" service. That is, I call you to give you details like name and places and you handle the rest. At a reasonable cost, of course.

Corporate relos are, as you might imagine, way down. Companies prefer to hire locally in good times, more so in bad.

Keep an eye on businesses on the upswing. Oil operations out of Lake Charles a couple of years ago would've been a good bet, for example. When the economy picks up, perhaps some of the shipping companies operating out of New Orleans. If there's a New Orleans business journal, get a subscription and track business trends.

You might also check in with the placement offices at Tulane and UNO - out of state companies recruiting there might need some local relo assistance.

Dont' bother checking at LSU. Nobody hires those graduates.

Carl
BA, Tulane University
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