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My name is Connor, and I’m a student at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. I’m a double-major in Strategic Communication and Interactive Media Studies, and I like to think I have an impressive resume and portfolio. However, my first search for internships quickly proved me wrong. 

With the recent announcement of full FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine, the pandemic remains front page news in the US. For businesses and for global mobility managers, the equally important story is the impact of key economic indicators such as GDP growth (by some estimates as high as 7% vs 2020) and talent management needs (per August BLS estimates, there are one million more job openings than people to fill them). As goes the US, so goes the world. Vaccination rates are increasing and border controls are being reviewed and updated, with national health agencies continuing to govern the process. There are myriad cause and effect analyses behind these statistics, but for the mobility industry, all the data point in one direction: more people are being hired and moved, in larger numbers, while the system to support the activity is still in fragile recovery.

In June, Dwellworks had the opportunity to participate on a panel at a Bay Area Mobility Management event on the topic of B2Me: The Shift of Mobility Benefits Towards the Customer. This timely session coincided with the assertive return in the US of leisure travel and increasingly for business travelers and the globally mobile workforce as well. As the world reopens, what expectations should employers be prepared for in what some are calling the Employee Economy?