http://blog.newchinacareer.com/blog Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:14:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://blog.newchinacareer.com/blog/2008/07/21/job-prospects-for-asian-professionals-slow/ CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. , an S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm (in terms of 2007 revenue). With over 29,000 employees, the Company serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers through more than 300 offices worldwide (excluding affiliate offices). ... http://blog.newchinacareer.com/blog/2008/07/09/company-of-the-month-cb-richard-ellis/ Last June, a record 10.5 million young Chinese participated in the national College Entrance Examination (CEE), up half a million from the year before. The CEE is the largest test of its kind in the world. Whether these students succeed or fail on the exam determines their competitiveness for future jobs ... http://blog.newchinacareer.com/blog/2008/07/03/china-and-hong-kong-battle-over-top-students/ 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 ... http://blog.newchinacareer.com/blog/2008/07/03/china-is-hiring-for-its-elite-state-enterprises/ 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 ... http://blog.newchinacareer.com/blog/2008/07/02/chinas-shortage-of-topnotch-talent/ The May 12 earthquake has cost at least 372,000 urban residents in Sichuan their jobs, raising the number of jobless in the province to more than 700,000, a top provincial official said Monday. The quake has deprived 1.15 million farmers of the means of production too, Vice-Governor Li Chengyun told a ... http://blog.newchinacareer.com/blog/2008/07/02/372000-lose-jobs-in-sichuan-quake/ 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 ... http://blog.newchinacareer.com/blog/2008/06/27/hong-kong-short-on-financial-experts/ Asia's expanding hedge fund industry will probably create tens of thousands of jobs in the next five years, even as investment bank recruitment dries up after the U.S. subprime mortgage market collapse, said Sheridan Mather, a managing director of recruitment firm Pinnacle International Ltd. ``We're seeing some streamlining at the ... http://blog.newchinacareer.com/blog/2008/06/27/asia-to-create-thousands-of-hedge-fund-jobs/ High school graduate Yang Caifeng has been racking her brains over which subject to major in college. "I'm not sure if a popular major will secure me a good job four years from now," the 17-year-old from Shandong Province said early this week. Yang said her farmer parents are unable to provide ... http://blog.newchinacareer.com/blog/2008/06/27/hot-majors-of-past-not-getting-jobs/ Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang on Thursday called for more efforts to create jobs and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of employees. Employment and labor rights protection have a lot to do with people's well-being and social stability, Zhang told ministerial and provincial level officials at a workshop on employment ... http://blog.newchinacareer.com/blog/2008/06/27/chineses-vice-premier-underscores-job-creation-labor-rights-protection/