Archive for China Recruitment – Getting Good People
Posted by Jim Nelson on February 23, 2021
Some companies come to us as desperation mounts. Actually, quite a few. They make internal discoveries and frustration mounts, and they contact us. It is quite understandable. It is like fire fighting. It is a more expensive but a useful path. Other companies seek wisdom in China hiring and come to us before they make […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on February 9, 2021
SHI Group sees some companies recruit, and notices some background check, and see each have some merit in their effort. We found we needed an integrated process to get the right hire the virtually every time. SHI Group found integrated China recruiting works. Having led other companies in China, I found you need a special […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on February 2, 2021
China is where the action is. We all see it. China is the only major country with a growing economy at this time. We see it in recruiting. Companies are coming to us to get salesmen in China foremost. They see that Chinese people and businesses have money, and so they are coming. We see […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on January 26, 2021
Hiring managers have a hard job. They want to objectively hire the best candidates, but they are inherently subjective humans like the rest of us. Thus, the goal of doing 6 Sigma for recruiting is allusive. Note this quote frrom a Forbes piece on getting work in a pandemic. “Candidates who can run video meetings […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on January 19, 2021
A while back we had a purchasing director candidate for a Western company. For us it was a standard reference check, but it had that result that always makes us shake our head. You see the reference loved candidate, and that is where it got interesting. You see we always find real candidate data. The […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on January 12, 2021
Getting the best candidates on the market by Know Like Trust is valuable. However, many companies do not apply this important marketing idea to recruiting. First, companies may think candidates are a dime a dozen and treat accordingly. Second they do not realize that candidates are checking them out at the same time. This is […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on January 5, 2021
As I mentioned last week, I went to school at West Point. West Point requires that “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.” I learned the value of real work and real words to get things done. It was not until years later that I suddenly saw the power of […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on December 29, 2020
My Alma Mater was in the news this week, and it was not for beating Navy. West Point caught 72 cadets cheating on a remote calculus test. I am well aware that gaps in integrity are worldwide, but when it happens at West Point, it is the top news item. It should be. In the […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on December 22, 2020
Most recruiting in China and in the world is done with one eye open and one eye closed. Most companies also would say they do real data recruiting. However, they are then doing real data recruiting with that one eye. What about the other eye? What I mean by one eye closed is that experienced […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on December 15, 2020
A company I knew installed a fingerprinting check in device as knew many people were taking time off without permission. After they installed, they felt that problem was fixed. Then one day 2 years later someone signed in twice in a 15 minute space. Specifically, a manager signed in at work. A few minutes later […]
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