Atlanta Apartments | Preparing for a Move

Whether you're relocating to a new home with your family or going solo, moving to a different city or state is a major life change. Everything familiar goes to the wayside when faced with recreating one's lifestyle, let alone an entire family uprooting their familiar turf.

In preparation for relocation, it's always prudent to research the area you're planning to move to. From trailing spouse employment, schools for your kids or finding the best gym, information can be accessed on the Internet ahead of time. The uncomfortable transition period that follows a major move can be minimized so that you and/or your entire family can move into your new surroundings with ease.

A spouse's resistance to a move can have a severe impact on the success of job relocation. Fifty-one percent of survey participants cited spouse's employment as a main reason for a failed or aborted relocation, according to a survey conducted by the Runzheimer Reports on Relocation, a monthly newsletter. A failed relocation can cost a company close to $100,000, so companies are realizing they need to make provisions for trailing spouses if they want to attract and retain first-choice candidates. Moving to another city, state, or country for a job is a major life decision. This is a change that strongly affects every member of the family and ranks high on the list of stress-inducers right up there with death and divorce.

With an increasing number of women holding high-paying management positions, more companies are realizing that company relocation packages fare better when they up the ante and include spousal relocation assistance, industry insiders say. Moving expenses, house-hunting costs, and providing a list of good schools for the kids just doesn't cut it in today's corporate world where there are more than 51 percent dual-career households. Transferees are requesting that companies make a commitment to assist spouses in job-hunting and numerous firms are responding by providing some kind of career support for the relocating employee's partner.

Studies show that there's an increase in employee productivity and also a reduced risk of failed relocations in companies that provide some form of spousal job-search assistance.

No doubt it is difficult to move, but when you employ the services of the right rental moving company, as well as prepare for every step and obstacle, then you have a better shot at making the transition easier.