Helping rural Australia get the most out of mobile workers

One of the by-products of globalisation is an increasingly mobile and transitory workforce, but what does this mean for rural Australia, and how can rural communities make better use of the highly skilled people moving through their towns?

Read more on the research being done by RIRDC by clicking the above link and the results on case studies.  Interesting read on how to keep them in your community once they are there and how to make them feel they are local. 

The myth of how long before you are local in a community comes to my mind when I read each case study. 
Is there a short or a long period or is it a settling in period? 
Does the myth exist?
Does it depend on the community/town? 
Or does it depend on the people who move to a community?

Would like to hear your comments.