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July 21, 2008 at 6:12 pm · Filed under banking, jobs, hong kong, recruitment
The job market for professionals in Asia has slowed amid concern about the global economy and hiring can take twice as long as a year ago, recruitment firm Ambition said on Thursday. “There’s a great deal more caution on who employers want to hire and more emphasis on experienced candidates,” , Guy Day regional managing director of Ambition, told a news briefing.
Candidates for even relatively junior positions at multinational companies were sometimes interviewed by very senior management from headquarters before being offered a job, Ambition said.
Hiring generally was taking about eight weeks, compared with 4-6 weeks last year. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 3, 2008 at 2:05 pm · Filed under jobs, executives, china, recruitment
China will start a new round of talent recruitment globally to find 16 senior managers and chief accountants for its elite State enterprises.
The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), which represents the State in more than 150 major State enterprises, will announce its recruitment plan next Tuesday.
The commission will look for three general managers, 10 deputy heads and three chief accountants for 16 major enterprises in a variety of sectors, such as power generation, electronics, chemical and trade. Some firms, such as Baoshan Iron and Steel Co, and FAW, China’s top automaker, are among the world’s top 500 enterprises. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 2, 2008 at 5:33 pm · Filed under talent, executives, china, recruitment
The nation faces a critical shortage of top managers, a situation that could threaten its economic boom.
Chief executive Li Hsu had a problem. The head of Fiberxon, a California manufacturer of components for communications networks, spent three months searching for a vice president of his main operations, which are in China. He finally landed one–who left three months later for a better offer. For another top job, Hsu poached a candidate from one of his vendors in Taiwan. In China, he says, it’s easy to find weak recruits, but topnotch talent? That’s tough–very tough.
China faces a critical shortage: experienced, highly skilled managers. The numbers are astounding. The country has some 25,000 state companies, 4.3 million private firms and massive industrial overcapacity. But it has too few experienced managers for even the elite firms. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 27, 2008 at 11:04 am · Filed under finance, jobs, hong kong, recruitment
According to the report released by the Hong Kong Securities Institute on the 23rd, nowadays it is difficult for Hong Kong’s financial institutions to employ professional staff, especially in the areas of financial product development,promotion,trading and support.
This survey was carried out by Lingnan University from September to December 2007 to evaluate local financial professionals. After visiting 30 local and international financial management representatives and over 800 employees with less than 3 years working experience, they issued a research report on “Financial Professional Training.” Read the rest of this entry »
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June 10, 2008 at 4:55 pm · Filed under jobs, expats, graduates, china, recruitment
Drawn by economic optimism and demand for English speakers, UK university leavers are increasingly heading east, says Danny Vincent
There was a time when a career in China for new graduates was limited to teaching English as a second language in a conversation school, but as a new generation realises its potential, graduates are now making careers from would-be career-breaks.
China has long inspired interest among graduates looking to broaden their horizons while adding to their CVs. The vast landscape, mystique and culture exceeds the nation’s borders, but for all its thousands of years of history, it is the current expectations of the nation which is now capturing the imagination of many.
“I graduated in French and German from Oxford University in 2003, but realised that the bigger opportunities actually lay eastwards,” says Daniel Nivern, 27-year-old director and founder of China Recruitment, an organisation that he set up two years ago to bring UK workers to China, linking them with Chinese companies and businesses that have a need for English speakers. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 3, 2008 at 10:00 am · Filed under jobs, talent, china, recruitment
Multinational companies’ (MNC)’s hiring expectations have largely declined in the second quarter, after sustaining a high level for a long period, but are rising in some sectors, a recently released human resources report said.
However, most respondents of globally leading recruitment and HR management firm Hudson’s survey remained optimistic, saying they considered an imminent recession in China’s employment market unlikely.
The global Hudson Hiring and HR Trends Quarterly Report surveyed 718 executives of MNCs in China from sectors including banking and financial, IT and technology (IT&T), manufacturing, consumer, and media, public relations and advertising.
It said overall hiring expectations in the emerging market are declining, with 52 percent of respondents expecting to increase headcount, compared with 61 percent in both the previous quarter and the corresponding period of 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 19, 2008 at 4:36 pm · Filed under jobs, executives, china, recruitment
Angie Eagan admits she is good at solving problems, and as the general manager with the headhunting firm Hudson Shanghai she is helping multinational companies in China find the talent they need - a task that she also admits isn’t always easy.
Hudson is a worldwide provider of permanent recruitment, contract professionals and talent management solutions worldwide.
With more multinational companies establishing and expanding their presence and more Chinese companies emerging, finding the right people to fill the right positions, especially at the leadership positions, is a challenge for any firm, according to Eagan, who has 20 years of experience in the field and has worked for 12 years in China. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 14, 2008 at 10:37 am · Filed under taiwan, jobs, recruitment
State-run Taiwan Post Co., Ltd. announced last month that it would recruit a total of 758 new employees this year, with their monthly pay to range from NT$24,000 to NT$41,000, according to company sources. The Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance (TABF) has been consigned to take charge of the recruitment efforts.
TABF will start accepting online registration by job applicants from May 16-28. A written test will be held simultaneously on June 22 in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung, and an oral test will be given on Aug. 2-3.
A spokesman with Taiwan Post said that the company will hire 50 management staff with a monthly pay of NT$41,000. They should pass examinations in seven courses, including legal affairs, investment management, system analysis, architecture design, freezing and ventilation, and postal savings. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 8, 2008 at 10:49 am · Filed under aviation, shanghai, jobs, china, recruitment
As the prospects of the development in China’s aviation market are good, Shanghai Airlines’ recruitment of Japanese and South Korean flight attendants, for the first time, is gladly welcome. On April 8, 25 native Japanese and South Korean flight attendant candidates, after a rigorous selection, began their strict “Chinese-style” training at Shanghai Airlines’ training center
Shanghai Airlines‘ recruitment this time around attracted more than 3,000 enthusiastic Japanese and South Korean applicants. Shanghai Airlines, in accordance with the standards of Civil Aviation regulations, and through an overall evaluation of the candidates (appearance, temperament, language ability and ability to handle emergency situations), ultimately recruited 13 Japanese natives and 12 South Korean natives. The majority of these foreign flight attendants already had occupations in China. Among them, the Japanese candidates had work experience as flight attendants. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 6, 2008 at 5:41 pm · Filed under executives, hong kong, expats, recruitment
Hong Kong, May 06 (Korea Newswire)– If finding the right employees isn’t challenging enough, companies in the developed world are about to face a new challenge - recruiters from emerging markets. A survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by SAP AG, found that when talent isn’t available locally, companies in emerging markets will look to western Europe and North America to fill their vacancies.
This is particularly onerous as ageing populations and declining birth rates in much of the developed world are beginning to cause a talent crunch. In some countries, such as Japan, the problem is particularly acute. Three-quarters of Japanese executives view the ageing population as the primary factor in the talent gap their firms are facing. Read the rest of this entry »
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