Professional Connections

Your international assignment is a relatively short-term phase in your long-term career. When this post ends, your path may take you back to your previous location, or it may point you in a completely different direction…perhaps to another global experience. Either way, it’s important to keep the lines of communication open with your professional connections at home, including former business associates, Human Resources, the Global Talent Mobility Services team, friends in the industry and others. Learn what’s going on in your home country: new products, marketing campaigns, recent hires, new retirees and so on.

Remember, you make your career happen. Human Resources along with your home manager and mentor will help guide you in your career development—before, during and after your assignment. Robust two-way conversations and networking will help you make an informed decision about your next chapter within PepsiCo when the time comes.

About a year before your assignment end date, you should begin discussions with your home and host country managers and Human Resources. At the end of your assignment, every effort will be made to find an appropriate role that builds on the experience you gained during your assignment. It is essential to continue to mind your career.