Archive for China Recruitment – Getting Good People
Posted by Jim Nelson on May 30, 2023
It is a sad story when companies place the wrong people and best people leave. Yet, it happens all too often. When we first started this business, a US MNC needed a great plant manager with a niche qualification that made it an exceedingly hard search. Our rigorous recruiting was thus put to the test […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on May 23, 2023
Experience is important and hiring managers seek that as do we. However, digging deeper for who a person is is a higher priority. Who is critical in hiring. By digging deeper and asking who what how and where or certain events, we learn a lot of facts that will be useful to piece together who […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on May 16, 2023
Companies hiring in China often make one bad hire, and their whole team starts to crash. Note this funny video with no commentary on this very issue. Now, we all know replacing the team leader is risky. We have seen companies best efforts to improve there team destroy all their previous efforts. The new team […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on May 11, 2023
Many people talk about fit like it is some mysterious substance. Actually, fit is an infinitely more important topic. Fit begs an important question. Are the candidates expectations and yours a match? If so, and you both are willing, the hire is likely to be long term. Fit is what you expect and what he […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on May 2, 2023
Saving money on recruiting or salaries? Which do you do? Let’s look at the options. Let’s Look At Saving Money on Recruiting You might do it in house, or you might want to get the cheapest recruiter. For many smaller companies, in house recruiting is a sign that they are over staffed as do not […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on April 24, 2023
Among tools for raising productivity are automation, training, and lean implementation. When SHI Group starts recruiting, companies find recruiting can be their key to improve productivity. Why would that be? The quality of recruiting is the key ingredient to how much value you get out of your work force. What contributing factors go down to […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on April 18, 2023
Those of us who have placed many many people know the feeling when the right hire walks in the door that first day. They ask all the right questions and have a positive attitude, They get things done and move forward with purpose. As these are great hires, we all want to do more best […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on April 11, 2023
Internal frustration on the team makes everyone feel bad and even not want to come to work. Many times the boss is favoring a lower level leader who then defies his direct leader or otherwise causes frustration. So, sometimes, it just takes a realization from the boss to get everyone in the right chair and […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on April 4, 2023
The world is filled with bad hiring. Here, I write how to really have better hiring practices. Need is the first issue. Whether you need better bench strength or have growth or want to replace someone, need is the first step. Job descriptions are next and people often go too far on these. Some people […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on March 28, 2023
SHI Group exists to put an end to bad hiring. Factions, jealousy, silos and more all have one root. Bad leadership and bad hiring, hmm, that is two but it seems one. Getting good leadership is clearly the best and most important step. You need one who does not foment politics as gets to know […]
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