Posts Tagged China recruiting
Posted by Jim Nelson on August 9, 2017
I like the China Briefing, and they have a good article up on internal control. However, I want to say a word about how a spot on China Headhunter might lesson your need to make the business uncomfortably rule-bound. You might need Rules Rules or China Headhunter. I am not saying that businesses do not […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on August 2, 2017
Most companies are careful to use data, but if you look closely, strong feeling decisions dominate in China recruitment. Find a way for China Recruitment success to be consistent. Do you fill out a form when you interview? That will not save you. How you fill out the form or even put in numbers to […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on July 12, 2017
Attracting Top Talent is a complex process with many parts and factors. Lets take a look. 1. Manage the Company Well to Give it a Future It is hard to get top talent if you do not have top talent who manage the company well. People like to work for a winner. Assuming you […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on July 8, 2017
Premium recruitment in China is no dream and a worthy investment because this is a big market that needs the Best. China is an amazing land that has grown from poverty when I arrived in 1991 to being a powerhouse with nearly 18% of the GDP of the world within its borders. Recruitment in China […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on June 20, 2017
In a perfect world, ideal China recruitment helps companies find and understand candidates and helps candidates understand companies. Each is transparent with the other and both can accept that there are no perfect hires and no perfect companies. Whether you hire in house or outsource, this would be the ideal. In this world, placements do […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on December 15, 2014
Walmart China has a problem and so do over 70% of the Western Businesses in China. Western Companies continues to think they can hire in China by their own western wisdom and succeed. OK, some of the 70% are succeeding but not nearly as well as they could have. Further, they always face the risk […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on March 17, 2014
“I hired you to get the right people not to pay to outsource recruiting!” Many an owner in the West has poured Millions of USD down the drain in China with this apparently wise phrase. This is a complicated idea I want to unpack. Sometimes the home office should look this way at what is […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on January 27, 2014
Successful business leadership China can occur with the right thinking. I recently visited a GM we placed who is rapidly turning around a previously struggling US WOFE. He said, “Western companies are too cheap when they come to China. They need to spend the money to get the right guy to succeed.” I heartily agree. […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on January 6, 2014
People worthy of our trust in China are rare, and that is worth talking about again. Vernal Management has a blog post that I want us to take a look at it. I recommend this blog, and you can find the whole thing here. I paste one point here: In study after study, two distinguishing […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on October 8, 2013
Hiring sales people in China does not have to be so hit and miss. With right thinking you can have great sales people and even a great team. 12 Steps to Hiring Sales People in China and Keeping Them 1. Clarify what and how you need the salesman to sell. (Most companies do this pretty […]
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