Karen Cygal, CEO, Global IQ, Global mobility and HR data insights and tools

🎙 On episode 139 of the GMI Rocket show, I’m speaking with a global mobility and HR data company leader, Karen Cygal, the CEO and co-founder of Global IQ!.(❤️ Huge thank you to this episode’s main sponsor, 8am™ DocketWise! With a recent company rebrand to 8am, 8am Docketwise is an all-in-one immigration case management platform with best-in-class forms and questionnaires, industry-leading integrations, a great blog and podcast, and much more. Check out Docketwise here! 👉 https://t.ly/ELlEA 👈)(❤️ Huge thank you as well to the episode's second sponsor, Lawfully! Lawfully Pro, built specifically for immigration law firms, helps them track clients' USCIS, NVC, and DOL case statuses with detailed update history, visa trends visualizations, visa bulletin trends and more. Check out Lawfully here! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzkT-wJS 👈)After finishing her master’s in Economics at NYU, Karen wanted real economic work — not Wall Street — so she joined ORC Worldwide, a major player in global mobility data. She planned to build econometric models for six months… but ended up running the department, learning how companies use data to move people around the world.Karen eventually joined WERC, working with their member data to help make the organization better. But she began hearing from members: “can you help us analyze our own data too?”WERC didn't provide data consulting, so she started helping companies on the side, eventually turning that side hustle into Global IQ.So, here’s what we’re going to talk about:🔹 Karen’s early life, education, and economics degree at NYU which led to her first job in mobility.🔹 Karen’s work at ORC, then Mercer, and then WERC and how she combined data with global HR.🔹 How Karen started helping companies on the side with data analytics, and grew that to Global IQ.🔹 What Global IQ does today, who it helps, and Karen’s thoughts on HR data as a service.And more!So please join us, ask questions and leave comments!----Check out the Global IQ here: https://global-iq-data.com/Follow Karen on LinkedIn here:   / karen-cygal  Digital marketing for immigration & global mobility firms at GMI Rocket: https://gmirocket.com/​Digitize your LCA posting and PAF process with LaborLess: https://laborless.io/