The End of the Beginning

Interesting perspective on global recession, and its impact on expatriates

Negotiation Techniques - Survey(China)

Learn more about negotiating in China. The author, Andrew Hupert (New York University), will share the results with all participants.

The Recession HR Two-Step

A global economic recession is not just going to affect your cash-flow — it is also going to have a huge impact on your manpower planning. Recession HR is going to be even more challenging for China managers than boom-market economics. Your goal — keep the best you’ve...

Googletopia - You really want to work here!

It started out two years ago with a viral email that was sent around China showing pictures of the Google offices in Beijing.They looked pretty much like this first set below. No one is sure who sent the original email but it did a better job of building a Recruitment...

Rising Exports, Rising Salaries, Rising Inflation in China

 From a hiring perspective you could just as easily be watching the rise of salaries in China, but if you want a visual illustration as to why the War for Talent in China is so difficult to win, this video comparison of exports in Asia over the past...

China's Then Versus China's Now

Working in China can feel like pushing an elephant up a steep slope but at least with the elephant you will get to the top, at some point in time.You just have to try reeeallly hard.Most of the time, however, China is like herding cats. Because the culture is synchronous, you...

China is on the Rise

You could just as easily be watching the rise of salaries in China, but if you want a visual illustration as to why the War for Talent in China is so difficult to win, this video comparison of exports in Asia over the past 14 years is just the job.You can...

Recruiter's Future

Intending it to be a little look into the future, the Electronic Recruiting Exchange recently worked with Classified Intelligence to poll 177 recruiters and HR executives about Web 2.0, and its implied consequences for human resource...

Finance Skills? - Head East Young Man...

According to the Financial Times, we all chose the wrong career when we decided to be makers, doers and helpers. The big money is in moving money around, and the best salary deals in China are being given to deal makers right now. Local Chinese...

Enrico Fermi Solves HR Problems?

In 1938 a Physicist called Enrico Fermi won the Nobel Prize for his work on elementary particles. This might not seem very relevant to HR issues but bear with me for a little while … Fermi was famous for his work on the development of the atom bomb but...

China's Best of Breed

Over the past 13 years I have watched with interest the development of managers and executives in China. In the beginning Chinese managers only needed to be able to speak English, and have a pulse, in order to get a job in a multinational company. English...

China HR Specifics for 2008

I am not normally accused a lack of specifity, but recently I had a conversation with someone who asked for much more, specifics that is. So here is a bullet-point-specific-article on China, and about what you can expect to see if you have to come here to do HR or...

China's New Labor Law - What to Do

New Chinese employment legislation, the Labor Contract Law (LCL), is due to be promulgated on January 1st 2008.The response to the law so far has been a kind of fearful anticipation but all of this...

Solution to Training Gap in China

It very true to say, and also obvious, that China can close the talent gap if companies invest in more training. It’s not going to be the solution to your training problems tomorrow, but it will solve them eventually. This advice comes from Pete Engardio, a senior...

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