n l What is the type of employee population being relocated abroad? Is the international assignee an executive who needs an international posting for additional global leadership experience, an experienced employee relocated for technical or managerial skills, or a young, and relatively inexperienced, employee?

Is the international assignee part of an international cadre of expatriates who move from one foreign assignment to another or is the international assignee someone who seeks to become established abroad permanently? Each of these types of international assignees has different needs with regard to international assignment compensation.