Founder & Director of Expertise in Labour Mobility
Nannette Ripmeester is founder and director of Expertise in Labour Mobility (ELM). ELM is specialised in customising solutions for international labour mobility. Since 1992, HR professionals build on ELM’s strategic and in-depth knowledge when doing business in new markets. Together with her team Nannette works under the motto of Making Mobility Work.
Nannette Ripmeester is considered an expert on global mobility trends. She is regularly invited to speak at international conferences and has written extensively on international job-hunting practices and living and working conditions abroad. ELM has published over 40 career guides in the series “Looking for work in …” focusing on cultural management issues and job hunting differences in over 40 countries. Ripmeester is an acknowledged trainer, who has developed training courses to enhance global corporate success. ELM assists companies and individuals (expats) working across borders and between cultures.
Nannette Ripmeester
The research into recruitment practices, labour migration, globalisation, cultural management differences, and living and working conditions abroad has improved the efficiency of a large number of organisations and helped to make international mobility work.
ELM has a list of diverse clients including multinational companies (Philips, TNT, Royal Bank of Scotland), non-profit organisations (CSU, VSNU), and universities (Bocconi, Trinity College, Oxford Business School, TU Delft) and governmental organisations (CWI, European Patent Office, Family Office-Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Commission).
The major strength of ELM is helping businesses and individuals to become an integral part of the global workplace.