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Messy advice from authoritative organizations makes it hard to hire right. Today, I want to comment on a famous article from the New Tork Times called How to Hire Right. As usual, if anyone actually follows the smart sounding advice, they will be wondering why it did not work. There is very little here that […]
Continue Reading →Recruitment is hard. So hard. I cannot imagine being a normal recruiter. Normal recruiters make the placement 1 out of 5 times. Many even less often than that. 80% of their effort is all for nothing. Thus, their disappointment is vast. Result is high turnover or worse yet, burn out. They are still there, but […]
Continue Reading →What lie do candidates make? People who lie on their resumes and in interviews do not do it randomly. People do it to cover up the very thing that you should know. They know they did something wrong, so they cover it up. They do it to make themselves look good in ways that make […]
Continue Reading →The crap shoot of recruiting in China is no easy business, so we worked hard to develop a made for China recruitment process to get the right people the first time and to find the diamonds in the rough. However, you our customers have your own experience and way of handling recruiting. How do you […]
Continue Reading →With 20 plus years of experience here in China, what comes to my mind for what I would want in a China recruitment agency? Speed Quality High ROI Good Service Now, if I think a little more, I would order them in order of what I would want. Let me try. What Do I Really […]
Continue Reading →If I say the recruiting process is broken, most heads nod. Most recruiters have moved to algorithm key word recruiting without any progress. Well, it sounds good and saved them a lot a labor. Just the same people can only nod that the recruiting process is still broken. Medium has up a post noting in […]
Continue Reading →Be kind. This gets that person to be kind. The ripple effects are super valuable. Once you master that then hire for skill and kindness in China. A study shows that being kind to someone leads them to be kind though often not to the same person. Kindness given has a ripple effect In my […]
Continue Reading →Beware the very best interviewees. They are usually the very smartest and most dangerous candidates. How is it that the best interviewees are the most dangerous you ask? The lie is always more powerful than the real story. Note two real events. Candidate A said- “I managed $100,000 in key accounts and sold $6,000 in […]
Continue Reading →Have Distributors in China, but they are not very knowledgeable about your product? We recruit China Technical Sales Support for our customers. It is a very niche type of position. Sometimes this person needs to be able to not only have deep technical knowledge in your field, but also need to be able to make […]
Continue Reading →Colin Powell on leadership topics is always good. I This one certainly caught my eye. It came from a Tweet from @lead2purpose. Let’s look. The essence of leadership is holding your people to the highest possible standard while taking the best possible care of them. He identifies a special tension. People at work also know […]
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