Archive for April, 2018
Recruiters Killing their own Candidates? Who will kill their own candidates? Crazy people? How about their best candidates? Foolish or insane? Well, we feel that to be good to customers we must be willing to kill our own candidates and even our seemingly best candidates. We do not know of any companies following us, but […]
Continue Reading →I will be speaking next week at this event in Wuxi. Come out and see me speak and not just write. I will be bringing Highlights from Beyond the Interview and Resume. Bo Song will be speaking on IT trends as well. Should be a good night at good venue. Hope to see many of […]
Continue Reading →I recently wrote on one aspect of Paul Midler’s fine book, What’s Wrong With China? Today I have another. In the book, he notes that Returnees Struggle in China. We have noted the same. Though we know some that are great. Paul even says, “Returnees are tragic figures in China.” He then explains that they […]
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Executive Search in China is not easy for a handful of reasons: China is a very different culture than that of the West. I remember when I first came to China, I noticed what you all likely noticed. Meals were by placing the entres in the center and not each person taking some and passing. […]
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If you hope that your recruiter will do whatever it takes to find the best candidate for you, beware of the China contingency recruiter. The contingency system leads to a rushed beauty contest of candidates—when what most companies desire is real data and consistently good hires. Here’s what happens: Companies looking for contingency recruiters are […]
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