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If you're an older, tenured male with a sense of adventure and a professional inclination to visit or move to an exotic middle eastern location like Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh, or Cairo, then you might want to spend some time reviewing the Cartus Corporation's new 2010 Pulse Survey Report.

Why? Much of the discussion involves assignees who are overwhelmingly male who become involved in their first foreign assignment – a demographic trend that conveniently aligns with the traditional hierarchy and culture familiar to much of the area covered in the survey.

Historically, the Middle East is considered a large, hot, arid region in southwest Asia that is comprised of 16 countries that include:

In the report entitled Mobility Trends in the Middle East, Cartus explores 12 policy types for handling employee relocation transfers. They include familiar mobility options like Long-term, Short-term, and Rotational (sequential) assignments, Single Status, Commuters, Graduate/New Hires, Returnees, Intra-Regional, Permanent Transfers, Local to Local, Local Plus, and Outbound.

Not only does the report discuss the policies that large international companies traditionally use handle foreign assignments but it looks at some the creative options employers are now considering to improve their mobility programs for transferees.

Click here to review the Cartus Corporation's entire 2010 Mobility Trends in the Middle East report.

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