Today let’s talk about Old Candidates. I recently read a LinkedIn article by Louis Loizou that got me thinking. He indicated he is a 22 year old with 32 years of experience. He is 54. Companies have lots of reasons for not wanting a 54 year old. Let’s see if they make good sense. Companies […]
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Companies focus on getting great talent in China. That is reasonable. However, let’s think about what is beyond talent, and you need a lot. You need honesty, dependability, positive attitude, teachability, transparency, passion, ownership, initiative, inspiration, courage, wisdom, empathy, decisiveness, openness, and conflict capability to name a few. It is actually these unseen things that […]
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Foreign Affairs has an excellent article up that explains the China Political Model and why they are successful. China has been very successful in giving freedom to succeed to its people, and so they have succeeded in 40 years of fabulous growth. How they do it is different than in the West, so it is […]
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How about get better locks for your house and then invite the thieves one by one to come and stay in your home? The fox is in the coop. So let’s get better locks to keep out the predators while we invite more foxes in. Sorry if this sounds like nonsense. However, it does seem […]
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Do you want trained interviewees? Business Insider could be a good place to go. The say that interviewers use trick questions. They say interviewers use these as want to get real answers out of candidates. See the quote below. This question can be a challenge, particularly early on in the interview, because you don’t really […]
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SHI Group is more than a recruiting company. We are a recruiting consultancy with a wealth of knowledge as shown in 700 pages of content on this SHI Group site. Welcome to take a look around. I started blogging Dec 12, 2010. So this is also the 8th anniversary of the blog. We have 680 […]
Continue Reading →This article posted on LinkedIn peaked my curiosity as about interview questions. Note the article has 16,171 likes. The original article can be found here. From this, we sense people are still looking for the magic question to solve their recruiting problems. At SHI Group we think this is over simplistic. We know that interviewers […]
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The 1st and best China fraud prevention strategy is to hire trustworthy people. Then do not leave open any temptation. I have been leading businesses in China or running my own here since 1997, These two things are by far the best means. 3rd step. Treat people who work for you well and fairly. The […]
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Alcoholics Anonymous has a twelve step program that has helped people all over the world. People also use the methodology in other programs facing other addictions. In my own life, I see that if I can get past denial, I have the problem half solved. Alcoholics Anonymous is known for having addicts say, “I am […]
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China Law Blog wrote an article about a US company who complied with the law here, and still lost their business. The American started a business selling soft ice cream out of vans in Suzhou. He did well and then drivers started to quit and compete directly with him except they would use a different […]
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