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Career Builder: Exceptional Talent

What is a rising star? What does Talent truly mean? In a competitive market for white-collar workers in China’s Eastern Coastal cities and now second and third tier cities, we hear a lot about the word ‘talent’. Talent, in the vernacular of the white-collar masses is casually taken to mean people who are very good at their jobs. We hear a lot of phrases like “Discovering Talent” “Asia Talent Conference” etc.However in truth, when people use the word talent in this casual way, what they are really referring to is ‘above-average’. Q1: Firstly, can you describe what you mean by exceptional talent? A1: Examples would be Sajid Javid a 47 year old British Cabinet minister, who at the age of […]

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Dealing with Stress in the Year of the Monkey

It could be that the economy is booming and there’s pressure to drive a better car, live in a better house and wear more expensive clothes. It could also be the case that the economy is tanking and there is pressure to stay put and maintain a quality of life. There is even a possibility your family is encouraging you to “take it easy” and “have a rest”, even though this may not be practical. It is hard to dispute that in modern China, competition and pressure abound. In this edition of career builder, we address a number of issues surrounding: Pressure, what is reasonable, and when does it become stress? Should we take drastic action to deal with pressure […]

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Notice Period

A special period in your career is the notice period which is the time after you submit your resignation letter to your boss but before you leave your company. We will focus on this special time and give you guideline today. CEO of RMG Selection, Robert Parkinson is going to share some valuable suggestions. How long should it usually be? Is it important for your career development? What’s the employer’s expectation during the notice period? What should the employee do in the notice period? What shouldn’t the employee do in the notice period?

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Dos and Don’ts When Joining a New Company

Along with the arrival of the New Year, many of us may also be planning to continue our career development in a different company. We tend to spend lots of time and energy looking for a new job, but barely pay attention to what to do after joining the company. Today, CEO of RMG Selection, Robert Parkinson is going to share some dos and don’ts when joining a new company. 1.What are the most crucial things people should do after joining a company? 2.What should you pay special attention to on the first day? 3.Are there things the new employee must not do? 4.Do you have any experiences you would like to share that would help our listeners overcome their […]

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Asking for Time off from Work

Inevitably, we all experienced the times when we had to ask for a time off at work for whatever reasons. Yet asking boss for a time off has been regarded as the most nerve-wracking issue by a lot of us. In this episode of Career Builder, Robert Parkinson, CEO of RMG Selection is going to share some of his thoughts and experience from an employer and HR specialist’s perspective. What is the best and efficient way to ask for a time off from work? Give your employer or supervisor a notification as early as you can. It helps them to have an idea of what to be expected as well as the time to make appropriate adjustments. It is never […]

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Career Builder – Impacts of Economic Slowdown on Recruitment Market

The recent economic dilemmas caused by a series of events also raised a lot of concerns: the declining output from the country’s enormous manufacturing sector; the decline in the stock market; the weakest GDP growth figure (The annual GDP growth rate had revised from 7.4% to 7.3%)… all these factors have also affected the talents market, and brought a concern whether the dark days for job seekers are coming. In this episode of career builder, we will be discussing about the influences of Chinese economic slowdown on the recruitment market as well as some suggestions for people who are seeking jobs at this very moment. Does it mean the job seekers can hardly get their jobs if we were experiencing an […]

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Career Builder-Graduates’ Employment

Whilst most of the enterprises have finished their campus recruitment, the graduate employment has become one of the most popular topics in the current recruitment market. With the release of Recruitment Insider Q2 Report, RMG has specifically focused on the Problems of Graduates’ Employment. When it comes to the starting salary level of new graduates, how big of a difference does their education level make? The survey result from RMG’s latest Recruitment Insider Q2 Report suggests that the starting salaries for new graduates have remained in accordance with their education level. 47.4% of bachelor graduates could only get monthly incomes from 3k-5k, while only 22.2%/17.5% of master/PhD graduates were getting this amount of commencing salary. In the 2015 China campus […]

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Career Builder – Inspiring Career Quotes

The vividness of quotes could embed them into our head easily. These inspiring sentences have been using so often, that we could see them everywhere on our social media. But do most of the people really understand the implication of these quotations and really put them into action? In this episode of Career Builder, Robert is going to share some inspiring career quotes and explain why they are important as well as the do’s and don’ts regarding them. Trust is the glue that binds companies together The metaphor“glue” not only makes this quote much more visualized, but suggests the powerfulness of trust between the companies. Without trust, there is no business could be done. But trust does not come from […]

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Career Builder – Challenge Your Manager

One of the most intractable problems for today’s young professionals is how to ‘challenge’ their superior when there are necessities to express their concerns or advices. But is “challenging” your manager really a terrible thing? How to question your manager in a way that won’t put your job security into risks?  Please listen to this week’s Career Builder, here Robert Parkinson, Founder and CEO of RMG Selection – a leading Asia focused executive search business, will share his thoughts about the topic “Challenge” your manager’. Why it’s not terrible to challenge your manager? The best thing about questioning your manager is that it helps you to clarify for yourself and avoids misunderstanding between you and your boss. Building rapport is […]

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Career Builder – Personal Branding

In a commercialized era like today, we really need to think about “sell” our uniqueness in our life for a better job, a better status, or simply getting more businesses. How well we are going to sell ourselves sometimes not only depends on the capacity, but on how loud a “brand name” we have. So today we are going to talk about this “name” thing-personal branding. Ruben de van Boer, senior recruitment consultant of RMG Selection, offers his views on personal branding. As specialized recruitment consultant in the field of logistics and warehousing, Ruben builds up his brand name among friends, candidates and clients gradually. Are you curious about Ruben’s secrets of branding himself to the maximum extent? Then you […]

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