The Chinese culture is about face as children are criticized a lot and need more positive encouragement. That means your Chinese GM or other managers may not be very open to criticism. They also might have self deception. That’s a shame. Note this quote from The BAM Review “That’s a key part of learning from […]
Continue Reading →I have generally felt that rule of law is taking hold progressively in China. However China Law Blog indicated China scams up and quality down. That is a little different than rule of law. I agree with China Law Blog on the scam problem. Well, competition is getting tougher. Chinese morality is not getting […]
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We all want to see perfectly the future performance of a stock. In our line of work, we focus on future performance of a candidate. Neither is a perfect science, but we can get a lot closer on the right future performance of a candidate. It relates closely to past behavior. Psychology Today has an […]
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Google has spent a fortune on how to hire smarter. They have tried a myriad of ways and learned quite bit. Their data can help us and with more of our local thought you can reach farther Let’s take a look. They used tests with 200 questions and then correlated data and found no piece […]
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Recruiters Killing their own Candidates? Who will kill their own candidates? Crazy people? How about their best candidates? Foolish or insane? Well, we feel that honest recruiters kill their own candidates and even their best candidates. We do not know of any but guess there must be some. Let’s go a step further. Who will […]
Continue Reading →I will be speaking next week at this event in Wuxi. Come out and see me speak and not just write. I will be bringing Highlights from Beyond the Interview and Resume. Bo Song will be speaking on IT trends as well. Should be a good night at good venue. Hope to see many of […]
Continue Reading →I recently wrote on one aspect of Paul Midler’s fine book, What’s Wrong With China? Today I have another. In the book, he notes that Returnees Struggle in China. We have noted the same. Though we know some that are great. Paul even says, “Returnees are tragic figures in China.” He then explains that they […]
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Executive Search in China is not easy for a handful of reasons: China is a very different culture than that of the West. I remember when I first came to China, I noticed what you all likely noticed. Meals were by placing the entres in the center and not each person taking some and passing. […]
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If you hope that your recruiter will do whatever it takes to find the best candidate for you, beware of the China contingency recruiter. The contingency system leads to a rushed beauty contest of candidates—when what most companies desire is real data and consistently good hires. Here’s what happens: Companies looking for contingency recruiters are […]
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In his book, What’s Wrong with China, Paul Midler looks deeply into issues in the China business culture that desperately need to be understood. He has modern insight and also done considerable research on how Westerners saw China 50 to 100 years ago. He quoted a man named Gilbert 80 years ago saying The cultural […]
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