Many of our search firm’s assignments are national in scope and conclude with the winner relocating for a new position.  Relocation has become more challenging for companies post-pandemic. Great candidates who became accustomed to hybrid or remote work arrangements are less enthusiastic about uprooting.  The degree of difficulty in successfully recruiting nonlocals has risen considerably.

Therefore, I am revisiting a column I wrote way back in 2012, when relocation was not only common, but was often considered necessary in order to climb the in-house ladder.