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MAR 01, 2013

Arnold Schwarzenegger made his name pumping iron in a pair of skimpy swimming trunks, earned a fortune in Hollywood and became Governor of the world's eighth largest economy. If he can manage two spectacularly unrelated career transitions, it begs a question for us: do you really need a payroll background to succeed as a global payroll manager?


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JAN 15, 2013

Influential voices may be calling for the abolition of the term "Eastern Europe", arguing that the region is now so integrated with the rest of Europe that it's a historical anomaly, but it still sometimes seems easier to point to the differences between East and West than the similarities. And that applies as much to international payroll as anything else.


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