Domestic relocation staffing is a workforce model that sources workers from high-unemployment...

Workforce mobility is the practice of systematically relocating workers from labor-surplus regions...

Workforce mobility is the systematic movement of workers from high-unemployment regions to...

Relocating production workers to fill critical manufacturing positions is not complicated, but it does require getting a few things right before you start. Most programs that fail do so because of setup problems, not execution problems.What to Know Before You Start...

The conversation about relocating production workers instead of hiring locally usually starts with cost. HR leaders look at the upfront investment in relocation and conclude it's too expensive. That conclusion only holds if you ignore what local hiring actually...

Most manufacturers who have tried to relocate production workers have done it wrong. They offered a moving stipend, handed someone a check, and assumed the logistics would sort themselves out. Those workers typically left within 60 days. The conclusion most companies...

Hiring workers from Puerto Rico for U.S. manufacturing operations is simpler than most HR leaders assume. There are no visa processes. No immigration attorneys. No work authorization gaps. Puerto Rican workers are U.S. citizens and clear E-Verify without additional...

The conversation about solving manufacturing's labor shortage rarely mentions Puerto Rico. That is a mistake that is costing manufacturers real money.Puerto Rico has a persistent unemployment rate above the U.S. mainland average, a workforce with deep roots in...

When I was living in Puerto Rico in September 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated the island and tens of thousands of skilled workers had no local jobs to go back to. I was running staffing operations there at the time. Within weeks, I was connecting those workers with...

I asked a manufacturing HR director recently how exposed she thought her company was to workforce disruption from immigration enforcement. Her answer was immediate: "Not at all. All of our workers are legal." I hear that a lot. And it reflects a real misunderstanding...

I've seen the same playbook fail dozens of times. A manufacturer realizes they can't fill roles locally. They add a relocation bonus to the job posting. Someone takes the offer. They move. Six weeks later, they're gone. The conclusion most companies draw from that...

Most HR directors I talk to assume their labor shortage is a compensation problem. Raise wages enough and the candidates will appear. I've watched companies follow that logic for years, and the results are predictable: you win a few workers from competitors, you raise...