Mobilities of the Highly Skilled Towards Switzerland : : The Role of Intermediaries in Defining Wanted Immigrants.

• Superior document: IMISCOE Research Series
• Author: Sandoz, Laure.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2019.; ©2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: IMISCOE Research Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (253 pages)

Table of Contents

• Mobilities of the Highly Skilled towards Switzerland
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• 1.1 Reflections on Highly Skilled Migration
• 1.1.1 Who Are the Migrants?
• 1.1.2 Who Are the Highly Skilled?
• 1.1.3 How to Evaluate Skills?
• 1.1.4 Who Are the Migration Intermediaries?
• 1.1.5 Why Study Highly Skilled Migrants in Switzerland?
• 1.2 Methods for Grasping the Diversity of Mobility Pathways
• 1.2.1 Research Design
• 1.2.2 Para-Ethnographic Experiments
• 1.2.3 Research Locations
• 1.2.4 Data Collection and Analysis
• Recorded Interviews
• Observations
• Documents
• Survey
• References
• Chapter 2: Selecting Foreigners for the Labour Market
• 2.1 Swiss Admission Rules
• 2.1.1 Historical Background
• A Transforming Context
• Cultural Proximity and Qualifications
• EU versus Third Countries
• 2.1.2 Legal Definitions
• 2.1.3 The Symbolic Value of the Swiss Quota System
• 2.2 The Admission Process in Practice
• 2.2.1 The Authorities' Discretionary Power
• 2.2.2 The Practical Meanings of "Economic Interests"
• 2.2.3 Strategies of Employers for Overcoming Administrative Barriers
• 2.2.4 Portrait: Administrative Obstacles for a Brazilian Engineer
• 2.3 Highly Skilled or Highly Wanted Migrants?
• References
• Chapter 3: Creating Attractive Places
• 3.1 Attracting Companies Through Economic Promotion
• 3.1.1 Place-Branding in the "Greater Geneva Bern Area"
• 3.1.2 Targets of Economic Promotion
• 3.2 Retaining "Wanted Immigrants"
• 3.2.1 Integration Services in Basel and Vaud
• 3.2.2 Negotiating Migrant Status
• 3.2.3 Portrait: The Political Engagement of an American Woman
• 3.3 A Neoliberal State?
• References
• Chapter 4: Displacing Workers Between Companies
• 4.1 International Headhunters and Relocation Agents.
• 4.1.1 Headhunters: Finding the Right Person
• Negotiating a Candidate's Value
• Analysing Personality
• 4.1.2 Relocation Agents: Motivating People to Move
• Constructing Smooth Relocations and Status
• Retaining Valuable Employees by Taking Care of Their Families
• 4.1.3 Portrait: The Job Search Experiences of a Colombian Couple
• 4.2 Allocating Experts to Projects: The Case of Management Consultants
• 4.2.1 Constructing an Elite Status
• 4.2.2 Portrait: The Early Career of a Management Consultant
• 4.2.3 Recruiting Consultants
• 4.2.4 Providing Flexible Labour
• 4.2.5 Managing Mobility Infrastructures
• 4.2.6 The Mechanisms of Outsourcing
• 4.3 Mobility as the New Norm?
• References
• Chapter 5: Unequal Access to Support and Privileges
• 5.1 A Statistical Approach to Relocation Support
• 5.1.1 Important Variables
• Education
• Gender
• Nationality
• Professional Sector
• 5.1.2 The Preferences of Employers
• 5.1.3 The Mechanisms of Inequality
• 5.2 A Migration Channel Approach to Privileges
• 5.2.1 Channelling Privileges
• 5.2.2 The Family-Oriented Channel
• 5.2.3 The Company-Oriented Channel
• 5.2.4 The Study-Oriented Channel
• 5.2.5 The Protection-Oriented Channel
• 5.2.6 Portrait: The Struggles of an Eritrean Man Towards Family Reunification
• 5.3 Brain Gain or Body Shopping?
• References
• Chapter 6: Conclusion
• References.