Archive for China Recruitment – Getting Good People
At West Point, I was strongly taught to support my classmates and stick to them like glue. Yes, the Army needs that as war requires that. China teaches it to the whole country since the time of Confucious. Is it good that your workers are sticking together(jiang zai yiqi 将在一起) in China? In the present […]
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One reason interviews are especially suspect in China is that they are the Grand Masters of First Impressions. I have on been to about a dozen countries, so I should not claim to be knowledgeable about all countries. I can say that in the West we are all aware of the importance of making a […]
Continue Reading →Because the Chinese labor law is very tough on employers, negotiating employee resignation is tough. The first rule of thumb is you have lost all leverage if you have not done everything legally. The candidates we provide will not accept work unless you hire then legally and pay all legal benefits. Why do they not […]
Continue Reading →HBR did a survey of roadblocks to innovation. They interviewed 270 people in large US companies. They learned that politics, turf wars, lack of alignment and such things are the clear number one problem. Collaboration and innovation as words get thrown around a lot and may be on the wall of many businesses, but writing […]
Continue Reading →I want to write on how an Open Door Policy can kill your company in China or anywhere. Very few people in the West take advantage of the open door policy. but be sure even fewer in China. Chinese people are taught from childhood to keep their heads down. Just open door? You need a […]
Continue Reading →In our business we are data driven to get the consistently right candidates for our customers. Data is usually something measurable, meaningful and reproducible. However, today I want to note that the most important things in a company are unseen. Invisible things count most actually. Let’s manage the unseen better. For example, every company has […]
Continue Reading →I recently read a book called Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age. The author, Sherry Tuckle, notes that it undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity. China is not immune. A Can we get better Chinese hire productivity in this era? A first loss is conversation ability. Conversation is valuable as it […]
Continue Reading →Not an easy time for China. God bless them in this time. Let’s also see what this time shows us about China. The Cornovavirus shows China in ways we can take note of. Due to the Wuhan Cornovavirus, the Jiangsu government issued an order stopping social and entertaining gatherings from meeting – and some businesses. Here […]
Continue Reading →Fraud exists in all countries and certainly you can find fraud in China. This CNN article notes a huge privately owned Chinese company, DJI, that found that at least 29 of their employees had colluded to defraud them and their customers of money. Consider what it takes to get 29 people to work together to […]
Continue Reading →Everyone wants to hire for integrity, but most assume it at great cost. First, a Warren Buffet quote from Inc: We look for three things when we hire people. We look for intelligence, we look for initiative or energy, and we look for integrity. And if they don’t have the latter, the first two will […]
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