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Premium China recruiting takes a ton of effort. Other recruiters do not follow us in this path as it is entirely too much work. We also see that because I spent 20 years developing this model, it is hard for other companies to match a focused China based method to get the right people consistently. […]
Continue Reading →Wow, getting used to COVID-19 is a like a bad dream. However, this bad dream may last 2-3 years if it is anything like the Spanish flu. That flu had 4 recorded waves and may have had an earlier unrecorded wave that no one realized in 1917. It ended in 1920. We are at the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →A recent post I saw on Linkedin reminded me that people join great vision but leave poor leaders. Seems many companies have a good elevator pitch to bring in top talent but then lose them to the bad leadership they have in place. The article notes that companies often laugh off this person who left […]
Continue Reading →Let’s think more about how hard it is preventing China fraud. China briefing has an excellent blog up on the fraud problem in China. It is very worth reading. We see they make good recommendations on how to limit risk. In organizations I have led, I have always felt it my job to avoid tempting […]
Continue Reading →In the pandemic, We have seen gaps in resiliency in people and in organizations. Let’s take a look at how we get it in our organizations, because resiliency is valuable. Recognizably, it is hard to quantify, but that does not mean you can afford to ignore it. For employees to be able to stand up […]
Continue Reading →Being in HR is a powerless thankless job. I feel for them. However, I also see the pitfall of having your Chinese HR handle recruiters. Chinese HR has several tendencies and positional problems that make them high risk to handle recruiting any significant position. Somehow they see themselves as a cost center. Their key job […]
Continue Reading →I saw an article from Mike Burns last week on making great decisions. I noticed that he said getting enough data is key. We find the same. Everyone can get lucky now and then in hiring. Making great recruiting decisions consistently is another story. Lacking data is the biggest problem. We have mostly seen companies […]
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I blogged on the pitfalls of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) previously, but now see things are even worse then my negative impression. Take a look at this astounding data: According to HireRight’s 2017 employment screening benchmark report, 85 percent of employers caught applicants fibbing on their résumés or applications, up from just 66 percent five years ago. Research […]
Continue Reading →China briefing put up an excellent article on the plant based meat market in China, and they covered a lot of aspects. Notably, they did not name finding the right people as a key to success. That is likely why Western companies are not as strong as they could be in any market. They mention […]
Continue Reading →I say “COVID-19 Let us remember our humanity” as some things happened in the 2009 downturn that I hope will not happen again. Does anyone have any regrets about 2009-2010? Also in times of pandemic how should we see others? I distinctly remember visiting the US the summer of 2010 and visiting some garage sales. […]
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