It can appear glamorous or appealing to an executive anxious to climb the corporate ladder. Being sent on an overseas assignment to an exotic land or emerging economy would seem to be a win/win proposition for multinational corporations and the talent they want to cultivate for bigger and better things. So reports SHRM.

We are well in to the new year. What better time to take stock of where you are in your job and your career in a still-sluggish economy?

Amid the curved, ultra-high-definition TV screens that could accommodate a sizable screening room; the so-called “Internet of Things” universe; and countless other consumer innovations on display at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung Electronics unveiled a new generation of tablet computers aimed not at the retail consumer market, but at corporations and their executives. So reports The Wall Street Journal.