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A global assignment refers to the process of sending an employee from one country to work in another as part of an organization’s global workforce strategy. It is a key component of global mobility programs used by multinational companies. A Global Assignment can be Short-term (a few months to a year) or Long-term (1–2 years).
With the latest 2H 2025 release, SuccessFactors Onboarding supports the Global Assignment process, along with support for country/region specific forms in the host country.
With the Global Assignment, you can send an employee on a global assignment. The administrator or manager can add a global assignment for an employee. Once the global assignment is active, there will one home and one host employment. The employee will be onboarded on new employment (host employment).
Process flow: Add Global Assignment:
Onboarding currently supports initiating the Global Assignment from Employee Central only. Once onboarding is initiated, the regular onboarding process is followed:
1. Review New Hire Data: Employment-related data added during the creation of the global assignment needs to be reviewed by the employer.
2. New Hire Tasks: Welcome mail, assign buddy, schedule meetings, goals, equipment, recommend links and people, etc.
3. Personal Data Collection: Update personal data when moved to new employment. For e.g. Contact, National ID
4. Additional Data Collection:
