Why Is China So Frustrating?
Why is China so frustrating? This is great question that I asked myself in different ways in the 90’s when I first arrived. My personality is ESTJ for those of you who know MBTI or the best explanations found at www.keirsey.com. My ESTJ shows that I am naturally traditional and judgmental. So, in my early […]
SHI Group Recruiting Free Replacement Work
Like other recruiters, SHI Group Recruiting free replacement work is offered in our contract. If we place someone, and they leave your organization for any reason within 13 weeks, we will replace for free. Some companies offer 6 months. We do not, so let me explain much more.First, replacement seems to be part of our […]
Reducing China Supply Chain Hiring Risk
Reducing China supply chain hiring risk is the core threat facing Western firms today. Our deep checks have proved a stark reality: 72% of candidates are lying to get the job offer. I started this company because I found out what was really happening behind the resume and the interview, but when we compiled the […]
$100,000 White Lies
SHI Group is not just protecting you from the nefarious hires but also from $100,000 white lies. Hiring managers do not want to hire a double dealer who is working for his own pocket book and yours at the same time. They are the obvious bad hire. What about the sales manager who forecasts $500,000 […]
Dissatisfied With Your China Hire or Recruiter?
Dissatisfied With Your China Hire or Recruiter? Join the club. Plenty of leaders are dissatisfied with the international recruiters they’ve used for China hiring. The complaint I hear most often: the same weak candidates keep showing up for interviews, again and again. That’s genuinely frustrating — and switching to another international recruiter usually just means […]
Going Indigenous in China
Going Indigenous in China The risk of “going indigenous” is obvious with your very first placement. It becomes less obvious the more hires you make. Chinese employees tend to know China exceptionally well — how things actually work, and how to work them. That knowledge can be a real asset. It can also drift somewhere […]
Careful China
I’d like to propose that a single word — “careful” — explains a lot about Chinese culture. Let me unpack Careful China. Long ago, I read that the one word to describe China was struggle (争). That made sense to me. Learning thousands of Chinese characters, combined with the pressure teachers and parents place on […]
Recruiting a New China GM?
Recruiting a new China GM ? Whether your old one is leaving, or you simply can’t bear your present one, it is a big move.This person can make or break the business you’ve built. Can you get the right one, and get them successfully in place? Your GM will usually make or break your China […]
Getting the Best Value in China
Getting the best value in China has a couple of aspects to look at. I first talked about China as a confirmed middle income country here. Lets dig in on how that looks to companies purchasing here.China has the world’s best manufacturing base, but now we have more reasons for optimism. Skilled and management pay […]
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics?
“Socialism with Chinese Characteristics” (中国特色社会主义) is a clever phrase disguising the truth of the Chinese economy. In plain terms, China runs a capitalist mixed economy, like every other modern open economy that’s gotten rich. There was no other path to where they are today. Sweden and Germany lean more socialist in some respects than China […]