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Recruiting as a Vocation?
2008-01-03 06:13:00 The other day I was listening to a speaker at a workshop and one thing he said stuck with me. ?No one decides when they are a little kid that they want to be a Recruiter; most of us stumble into the profession.? He didn?t mean for this statement to be received negatively. Nevertheless it ... More About: Recruiting , Assessment , Vocation
China Specifics for 2008
2008-01-01 07:19:00 This is a bullet-point-specific post on China about what you can expect to see if you have to come here to do HR or recruitment in 2008 . It might get you up to speed quicker than a narrative. More About: Assessment
Towers Perrin Compensation Planning 2008
2007-12-31 07:01:00 Tip 'o the Hat to Ann Bares at Compensation Force, who put me on to the recent Towers Perrin report on compensation planning. Not only is the report out, it is available free for downloading. More About: Planning , Benefits , 2008
Slow Saturday - In a Bad Mood?
2007-12-29 12:34:00 In a bad mood this morning? Woken up on the wrong side of the bed? If you are you on your way to work, and still in a bad mood, you should wish to work for the Shengli Oilfield in China’s northern province, Shandong. The company allows production staff to take the day off when they ... More About: Saturday , Slow , Mood , Bad Mood
Are you rich or right?
2007-12-27 13:56:00 Here is an easy way to see if there is alignment between a hiring manager and an employee. Ask them both the same question: "Do you want to be right, or do you want to be rich?" More About: Rich , Assessment
Talent Shortages - Worldwide Phenomena
2007-12-26 08:52:00 A recent research report took the input of 141 HR executives and arrived at the consensus that HR professionals around the world face a War for Talent market, now and in the future More About: Workforce Planning , Worldwide , Ages
Today?s The Big Day
2007-12-25 09:37:00 Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, this is what I wish for you in 2008. More About: Today , Assessment
Slow Saturday - A Dog?s Life
2007-12-23 01:36:00 A lot of professionals in China have moved up the career ladder, fast. It’s called the Peter Principle, and it applies to people who have been promoted to the point where they begin to fail. But a more important issue for many is that they have to be careful how they treat people around them as ... More About: Life , Saturday , Slow
Downside of China?s Miracle Economy
2007-12-20 09:56:00 Starting out from a very low base in 1979 China has managed no less than an economic miracle in the equivalent of only two generations. The country has attracted among the highest rates of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the world. This year’s figure is up 14% in the first 11 months alone, and is due ... More About: Economy , Miracle , Workforce Planning
Microsoft Hiring in China
2007-12-18 13:16:00 As of writing I have sufficient distance from the recent ERE Global Expo to get some perspective on everything that I absorbed. More About: Microsoft , China , Hiring , Assessment
Training Expatriates for China
2007-12-17 09:00:00 An interesting site in China called China Business Success Stories just put me on to a research report on Pre-Departure Training for China Expatriates. The author of the study, Pamela Lau, has done an excellent job of getting inside this process and recommends specific things that companies can do to ensure success. There are no guarantees ... More About: Raining
Rethinking Sourcing
2007-12-17 02:42:00 We all have our routines and habits. For years I drove the same route to work, parked in the same spot, and ate lunch at around the same time every day. Routine is good because it keeps us from wasting time thinking about mundane and unimportant things. It is a necessary component of our lives, ... More About: Workforce Planning , Sourcing
Slow Saturday
2007-12-15 18:22:00 Recruitment branding is gradually emerging as a new tool for HR to use in China. Sometimes though, advertising is not what you might wish it to be, especially if it is for the Ukranian Army. More About: Saturday , Assessment , Slow
Carbon Copy Hiring
2007-12-13 06:40:00 "What an idiot!", you say to yourself as you sign off on a Job Offer letter for the third highly questionable candidate this month. "How could he think that guy has what it takes!", you mutter to yourself on the way back to your office, "It's just like the other two people that he hired last week. All losers. Bit like him I suppose". More About: Carbon , Hiring , Assessment , Copy , Carb
Social Software for Recruiting
2007-12-12 06:09:00 Social software took off a few years ago for recruiting but it is only in the last year or so that it has proved its effectiveness in China. More About: Software , Social , Recruiting , Assessment , Social Software
New Rules for Recruiting
2007-12-10 08:35:00 This post is my manifesto about what I believe about recruiting and the concepts, technologies, systems and processes that it involves. Often, when I think I am going to far astray, I check back in what that post to make sure that I am still on the same page with myself. More About: Recruiting , Rules
Slow Saturday
2007-12-08 06:11:00 As Grandma used to say 'Idle hands beget the devil's work'. More About: Saturday , Slow
Skills Gap Solution In China
2007-12-07 06:40:00 It seems like an obvious thing to say, but nonetheless very true, that China can close the talent gap if companies invest in more training. It's not going to be the solutioin to your problems tomorrow, but it will solve them eventually. This advice comes from Pete Engardio, a senior writer for Business Week, cited in a recent report on China called 'Using Stories to Develop Future Leaders in China'. More About: Workforce Planning , Skills , Solution
Responding to the New Labor Law
2007-12-05 06:01:00 Ed: This an ongoing series of posts that presents specific items of actionable advice for HR in China. Call it the Top 10 things to do, or not do.) New Chinese employment legislation, the Labor Contract Law (LCL), is due to be promulgated on January 1st 2008. The response to the law so far has been a kind ...
Onboarding Not Just a Necessary Evil
2007-11-29 17:45:00 A professional approach to hiring and retention must include an onboarding process, and a specified period after the onboarding date, during which time the new employee is continuously monitored and assessed. More About: Evil , Workforce Planning , Necessary Evil
Interviewing High Profile Candidates
2007-11-27 06:01:00 You can't bluff a high profile candidate because if you do you are not only endangering your current search. The wide ranging influence of these candidates puts your business at risk if you are third party search. It puts your company hiring brand at risk if you are an in-house Recruiter. But what if no one else is available to interview them? More About: Candidates , Profile , High , Candidate , Profil
Slow Saturday - Virtual Worlds
2007-11-25 06:17:00 The new site is called Everyscape, and right now it can display Google Earth-style virtual tours of cities. But in December Everyscape will start to go indoors, into the shops themselves. It's not difficult to imagine an extension of the site that allows us to actually buy something, and then deliver like Amazon does. If it were to take off to would increase home working, reduce hiring for retail outlets, and increase demand for software developers and call centre staff. More About: Worlds , Saturday , Virtual , New Economy , Slow
China?s Emotional Advantage
2007-11-23 06:32:00 A recent report by TalentSmart called China ’s Secret Weapon just caught my attention. The basic tenet of the report is that Chinese executive uses emotional intelligence in an intuitive way to manage staff, perhaps even as their primary way of managing. This gives them an advantage over American managers. Specifically, Chinese managers have an ability to see talent management as ... More About: Advanta , Emotional
Long Term Survival - HR?s Challenge
2007-11-20 06:44:00 Yes, I agree, the title is a tad over-the-top, maybe even melodramatic, but I hold to it, and the challenges it implies are not going away soon. Specifically, I am referring to the collapse of in-house HR and recruitment teams in China. More About: Challenge , Long , Survival , Term , Halle
Online Recruitment in China
2007-11-13 07:35:00 Onrec?s recent foray into Asia was a resounding success with a good mixture of both internal HR practitioners and external 3rd party vendors in attendance at the Online Recruitment in China Conference in Hong Kong last week. (I should note that I was one of the presenters but that in no way invalidates the success.)
Slow Saturday
2007-11-10 07:02:00 London has the London Eye, and Singapore will soon have the Singapore Flyer. But we’ve got this …… !!!! When the Beijing Wheel is finished in 2009 it will be the tallest in the world at 208 metres (682 ft). Then you won’t have to travel so far to see the Great Wall Just stand on your tippy toes, so to ... More About: Saturday , Slow
Happiest City in China
2007-11-09 07:42:00 It's official. Hangzhou is the happiest city in China . The cynic in me is tempted to believe that this is just window dressing, without any relevance to real people. Certainly nothing for business people to concern themselves. More About: City , Workforce Planning
Androgynous Attitudes
2007-11-07 06:38:00 Gender confusion seems to be the topic of the day right now, with a recent report that cites 30% of young women identifying their personality as part-male, part-female. This has important implications for the workplace, especially for those who have yet to recognize the sea change in attitudes. According to the survey, which was conducted with 800 ... More About: Assessment , Attitudes
China Banks Hiring
2007-11-05 07:38:00 Many years ago, Ross Perot, a one-time candidate for the US Presidency, coined a phrase to cover his opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He said there would be a 'giant sucking sound' that would symbolize jobs in the United States moving to Mexico. Naturally it didn't happen but we may have a similar, more plausible scenario happening right now for bankers outside China . More About: Banks , Hiring , Workforce Planning
Slow Saturday
More articles from this author:2007-11-03 09:22:00 Of all the places that you might associate with crime, Japan is definitely not one of them. More About: Saturday , Slow 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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