Talent in ChinaTalent in ChinaFocused on the talent acquisition cycle in China from candidate identification, through onboarding to exit. Articles
China Salaries, Again?!
2007-06-25 08:05:00 Recently, China Briefing put me on to a report from Hay Group that shows shows China leading the pack for salaries...
Lean Hiring
2007-06-24 15:17:00 Lean manufacturing has been a regular practice in Japan for almost 50 years, where it has helped Toyota achieve high profits and a breakeven point in car manufacturing way below that of competitors. More About: Lean , Hiring
Mr. Woo?s Robots
2007-06-23 14:47:00 It’s a slow Saturday again. Time for the exotic, eclectic or just plain weird. One of the biggest buzzes about China right now is Mr. Woo’s Robo ts . This a great story about a man with such a passion for what he does that he has overcome a seemingly insurmoutable barrier to success. Mr. Woo has no formal training in mechanical engineering, ...
Power Shortage
2007-06-21 17:24:00 Hiring, retention and motivation are huge issues for HR departments in China but it seems that even the best collective efforts of Recruiters and Line Managers would be insufficient to overcome the current shortage of electric power. More About: Power , Workforce Planning , Short
Mature Workers
2007-06-20 13:49:00 Expatriates are a big part of the business life in China. They have brought a good amount of technology, management and practical knowledge to bear on the challenges that face China's industrial base. In many ways you could say that they brought a new manufacturing platform to China and the economy has been at least partly built around it. More About: Workers , Workforce Planning , Worker , Mature
Hiring Heaven
2007-06-19 18:22:00 HR departments in China have a broad range of work that they should be doing right now but the reality is that they spend an inordinate amount of time on the hiring process. Skills shortages abound and the balance of power is firmly in the candidate?s hand. But all is not lost. More About: Heaven , Hiring , Assessment
China Graduates
2007-06-17 13:05:00 According to a report from Hay Group, called Waking Up to China , businesses leaders are turning to MBA students from China because they believe too few local graduates have Chinese language skills. 41% of business leaders surveyed said they planned to recruit Chinese MBA graduates and 16% of executives would like to see business schools ... More About: Workforce Planning , Adua , Graduates
Social Spam
2007-06-16 15:46:00 It's the new email spam (don't click on the link, just roll over it). And yes, I am pointing fingers here. More About: Social , Spam , New Economy
Employer Brand
2007-06-15 16:20:00 Robert Half, the big international recruitment company, just issued an interesting global study on The Rise of the Employer Brand . It makes for interesting reading, even if China was not included in the mix.
Smoke Vs Substance
2007-06-13 12:23:00 After more than 30 years of consulting, I am increasingly sensitive to a measurement dimension I've never read about but continue to experience in the real world. It is the dimension of smoke versus substance. More About: Smoke , Subst , Subs
Lighter Moment
2007-06-13 04:21:00 One day while walking down the street a highly successful HR Director was tragically hit by a bus and she died. Her soul arrived up in heaven where she was met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter himself. "Welcome to Heaven," said St. Peter. More About: Moment , Assessment , Lighter
Recent Salary Reports
2007-06-11 12:04:00 Right now the hiring process is slowing a little as the expatriate managers of multinational companies begin to take their summer holidays. More About: Assessment , Recent , Salary , Ports
Slow Saturday
2007-06-09 16:07:00 Not so sure the Swear Jar would take off as an idea in China. This is not a country for swearing much. Certainly not in the office environment. But the basic idea of the video is funny........... Click here if it does not appear. More About: Saturday , Assessment , Slow
10 Hiring Tasks
2007-06-07 11:45:00 From the beginning of July to the end of August is generally a slow time for hiring in China. Senior managers are away on holidays and budgets have yet to be developed. More About: Hiring , Tasks , Task
The Big Conversation
2007-06-06 15:50:00 The future looks more and more like a barrage of inbound information. Soon, everyone will be able to apply everywhere all at once. Here's the problem. There is an inverse correlation between the likelihood that someone will apply for a job at your company and your desire to employ them. More About: Workforce Planning , Conversation
10 Star Signs
2007-06-06 14:06:00 In China hiring is job number one. But what about the times when you have gone through the process and have actually found someone you think is a strong fit for your company. How can you be sure that they are the right one?. More About: Signs , Star
Achilles Heel?
2007-06-06 02:40:00 China?s HR situation may look complicated on the surface, but once you probe beneath the surface it turns out that it is even more complex and unstable than you thought. More About: Assessment , Hill , Chill , Heel , Achilles
Defining Talent
2007-06-05 04:01:00 Managers ask us to bring them the best talent we can find. We say that quality of hire is our most important metric and that it is tied directly to the kind of talent we can attract. Yet while we bandy about the term "talent," we have no real definition of it. More About: Assessment , Talent , Tale , Lent
Upside Down
2007-06-04 05:48:00 China is definitely flavour of the month, both in the media and for international business people generally. But it's not just about China the country. More About: Side , Upside
Slow Saturday
2007-06-03 06:03:00 Here in China the rich have tended to keep a low profile. Ostentatious consumption is a private indulgence, not a public display. But not in India. More About: Saturday , Slow
Getting Lucky?
2007-06-01 18:17:00 Some people have all the luck. They find the right candidates for their companies, at the right time, and at the right salary. They seem to do it with ease and imply that it is not a difficult thing to do, if you have what they have. Even in a market as difficult as China they tell us that hiring is 'going very well'. More About: Lucky , Luck
By The Numbers
2007-05-31 18:42:00 A large and well respected China industrial giant is completing their project to put in a strategy management system. They have passed through several phases, each one critical for achieving their desired business objectives. One of their internal management challenges involved the question of how to create a strategy management system that was dramatically more ... More About: Numbers , Number
More Gold in China
2007-05-28 22:37:00 The notion of Make China Your Gold Mountain was always interesting. Take on-the-ground HR practitioners in China and bring them to the US for a conference. Then ask American HR practitioners with an interest in China to attend the conference in San Francisco.
Slow Saturday
2007-05-27 06:16:00 Lately I have been harping on a bit about how video is going to enter into mainstream hiring, and soon. But I never thought it would look like this or this. It’s all part of a Disney Dream Job promotion and while I think it would be easy for many to sneer, it has to be the ... More About: Saturday , Assessment , Slow
China?s Gold
2007-05-24 14:03:00 They sound like a very exciting new investment opportunity. Gold Farms .... ah yes!, a place where rich farmers cultivate more wealth than you can possibly imagine. In reality, they are small, grotty internet cafes where young Chinese 'farmers', sometimes real farmers, work 12 hours a day, playing games. More About: China , New Economy
Assessing Assessments (II)
2007-05-23 16:09:00 Choosing the correct type of assessments for your needs requires some careful planning and thought. Despite the fact that all assessment products are not created equal and not all assessments are right for every situation, there are some basic characteristics that are key drivers of success when using an assessment tool. More About: Assessment , Assessments
Assessing Assessments (I)
2007-05-22 07:02:00 The value of properly selected and implemented assessment tools continues to be a hot topic among hiring professionals. Those who are using pre-employment assessments properly have been able to add significant value to their hiring processes. More About: Assessment , Assessments
China Hiring Dangers
2007-05-20 08:00:00 The employment market in China is great news for hiring professionals and 3rd party suppliers, but for companies it offers only challenges. And ‘challenges’, as we all know, are just MBA-speak for problems. So let’s put this more directly. In China the biggest corporate problem by far is hiring. If you are looking at surviving in the China market you need to understand the challenges that you face as you try to build a talent pool of excellent people. To take things a step further, now and in the near to midterm future, success in business in China is contingent on successfully hiring the people that you need. The business is there but the people are not. The biggest danger you face is not taking the hiring challenge seriously. Unfortunately, every step of the way there are barriers to successful hiring. As a start, the availability of experienced, qualified employees will continue to be the biggest problem for all industries. Expanding industries always suffe... More About: Hiring
Slow Saturday
More articles from this author:2007-05-19 19:20:00 I promised myself I would not say it’s a dog’s life but in this case it is. And no jokes about who wrote the Job Description for this role. As reported in the world’s media, a dog in China that is currently nursing TIGER CUBS! Â Â Â More About: Saturday , Slow 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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