7. A method for identifying a group of associates for expatriate assignments comprising: (a) establishing a date for a new product launch; (b) determining a first period of years in advance of said date to complete an expatriate associate selection process for expatriate assignments applicable to said new product launch; (c) within said first period of years: (1) identifying a first set of candidates who may be eligible for expatriate assignments; (2) administering a plurality of assessments to said first set of candidates; (3) entering in a computer assessment data for said plurality of assessments administered to said first set of candidates; (4) preparing at said computer a candidate selection summary report for comparing assessment data across all candidates in said first set of candidates; (5) creating an Expatriate Pool of candidates by comparing said assessment data to select from said first set of candidates a subset of candidates to add to said Expatriate Pool of candidates; (6) identifying at said computer specifications for each of a plurality of expatriate assignments for said new product launch, wherein said identifying occurs a second period of years after said plurality of assessments are completed, said second period of years being a subset of said first period of years; (7) after identifying said assignments and after creating said Expatriate Pool of candidates, creating at said computer a group of expatriate associates for said expatriate assignments by matching assignments to candidates from said Expatriate Pool; (8) identifying a second set of candidates who may be eligible for expatriate assignments; (9) administering a plurality of assessments to said second set of candidates; (10) entering in said computer assessment data for said plurality of assessments to identify additional expatriate candidates from said second set of candidates for said Expatriate Pool; (11) matching assignments to said additional expatriate candidates in said Expatriate Pool; (12) arranging for said group of expatriate associates to complete said expatriate assignments outside said associates' home countries; (13) arranging for said group of expatriate associates' to return said associates' home countries; (d) after said first period of years and completion of said expatriate assignments and by said date, launching said new product.
7. A method for identifying a group of associates for expatriate assignments comprising: (a) establishing a date for a new product launch; (b) determining a first period of years in advance of said date to complete an expatriate associate selection process for expatriate assignments applicable to said new product launch; (c) within said first period of years: (1) identifying a first set of candidates who may be eligible for expatriate assignments; (2) administering a plurality of assessments to said first set of candidates; (3) entering in a computer assessment data for said plurality of assessments administered to said first set of candidates; (4) preparing at said computer a candidate selection summary report for comparing assessment data across all candidates in said first set of candidates; (5) creating an Expatriate Pool of candidates by comparing said assessment data to select from said first set of candidates a subset of candidates to add to said Expatriate Pool of candidates; (6) identifying at said computer specifications for each of a plurality of expatriate assignments for said new product launch, wherein said identifying occurs a second period of years after said plurality of assessments are completed, said second period of years being a subset of said first period of years; (7) after identifying said assignments and after creating said Expatriate Pool of candidates, creating at said computer a group of expatriate associates for said expatriate assignments by matching assignments to candidates from said Expatriate Pool; (8) identifying a second set of candidates who may be eligible for expatriate assignments; (9) administering a plurality of assessments to said second set of candidates; (10) entering in said computer assessment data for said plurality of assessments to identify additional expatriate candidates from said second set of candidates for said Expatriate Pool; (11) matching assignments to said additional expatriate candidates in said Expatriate Pool; (12) arranging for said group of expatriate associates to complete said expatriate assignments outside said associates' home countries; (13) arranging for said group of expatriate associates' to return said associates' home countries; (d) after said first period of years and completion of said expatriate assignments and by said date, launching said new product. 12. The method of claim 7 wherein identifying a first or second set of candidates comprises: providing each of a plurality of associates with preview information regarding a plurality of expatriate assignments; and determining which associates have reviewed said preview information and withdrawn voluntarily from further consideration.