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Career Builder – Relief after being fired

Mistakes are sometimes unavoidable at work. If you make a mistake in your report or a project plan which brings negative results, you might come to the end of your work in the company. In this episode of Career Builder Robert Parkinson, CEO & Founder of RMG Selection, is going to talk about how not to be fired and how to get over being fired. How can you make the employee leave the company with peaceful mind and comfortable mood? Particularly for employees who work for about 5 years or so, asking them to leave is in fact a “mercy-killing”. Be honest to them. Explain to them that the long-term print you foresee is simply not working for them. Due […]

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Career Builder – Build up Your Leadership Step by Step

Last week, we talked about leadership for young managers but we only covered the dons. This week after receiving the feedback from listeners, we are going to clarify the dos for young leaders. Although LinkedIn and alike are full of articles on management and leadership skills, their quality is really questionable. So today, our special guest Robert Parkinson, CEO& Founder of RMG Selection, will give his analysis about leadership skills. In Chinese company, a lot of employees think that they should show up before the boss arrives and they need to leave after the boss leaves. How would you tackle that as a young manager? Surveys and psychology suggests consistently that we do our best work in the morning, not evening. There […]

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Career Builder – Make Social Networking Events Work

For most foreigners who just come to China, they have very limit connections. For many Chinese job seekers who sent thousands of CV with no reply, there is a great way of connecting with others that people are accustomed to. There arises the social networking event. So if you go to the right event and perform in the right way, you might just make big step forward on your career! In this Career Builder show, hosts and hostess from the studio will discuss this topic with Ruben van den Boer, a manager and an experienced recruitment specialist of RMG Selection.  As a Dutch expatriate who have been in Beijing since 2009, Ruben actually went through the whole stage from knowing […]

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Career Builder – Most Valued Aspects at A Job Interview.

Most valued aspects at a job interview? Everyone wants to do their best when going to job interviews. you always want to show your best qualities, but you didn’t display them successfully by the end of the interview, so the question becomes what are most valued aspects at a job interview? Robert Parkinson, CEO of RMG talks to CRI. 1. What are is the employer looking for in a job interview? 2. Is there any difference between HR and Hiring Manager? 3. What’s the best way to show your professional Knowledge/skill during the interview? 4. Communication is listed as the No.2 most valued skill. However, we always find it hard to show the soft skill than the hard skill. (Soft […]

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Career Builder – Beijing Recruiter Views of Different Company Cultures

   Does company culture are varies from different countries? Yes, it does. However there are more similarities than differences says CEO of Beijing recruiter RMG Selection. The essence is that there aren’t so many differences in companies’ background but they are in the backgrounds of the people at work in the companies. The world is flat now. Can you tell us about the difference between Britain Company and Asia Company? Are there any unique characters in Chinese Company? What are the behaviors that Britain Companies will like? What are the behaviors that Britain Companies won’t like? Asian companies seem to be more traditional than Britain companies. And workers in British companies are less diligent and much less hard working compared to […]

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Career Builder – Wonderful Time to Work in China? Analysis of China Jobs

    Recruiter’s Analysis of market for China jobs: The Chinese government has introduced some polices to attract more talent from different cultural backgrounds. Robert Parkinson, the founder and CEO of RMG Selection, gave his advice for expats who wanted to find jobs in China. Here are some key points expats should know about finding China jobs. (This episode on China jobs is part of a series called “Career Builder” where RMG Selection  is invited to talk topics such as China jobs and many related topics every other Wednesday at 3:20pm China Standard time. Further episiodes can be found at https://www.rmgselection.com/category/radio/ or other topics can be found at https://www.rmgselection.com/news – to register with RMG please go to https://www.rmgselection.com/register) The Chinese […]

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Career Builder – Preparing For Company Background Information

  In this Career Builder show Robert Parkinson, CEO & Found of RMG Selection, is going to talk about interview preparations on company background! In a job interview, the interviewer might ask you a lot of questions. Some questions are really easy to answer, but some you might have no idea if it is good or not. One of the most nerve-racking questions for interviewees is what they know about the company. Having checked up the official website and a few experiences sharing on Baidu or Google, do you think that you have prepared enough for this question?! If you do, think again! If you don’t think so, congratulations that you will find out what you need in this Career […]

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People In the Know – China to Further Ease Employment Pressure in 2015

China will create more than 10 million jobs in the urban areas in 2015, and to ensure that registered urban unemployment rate does not exceed 4.5 percent. That is according to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s government work report. He also highlighted in the report that popular entrepreneurship and innovation would be the new engines to spur economic growth in the country. The Chinese government encourages emerging industries and new types of businesses by adding more funds for business development and innovation to the 40-billion-yuan government fund that is already in place. So will China be able to produce millions more new jobs this year, with the downward pressure on its economy? How can China encourage more business startups, especially by […]

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Career Builder – Q&A Session

    March is the peak season for job-hunting and job-hopping. Some of our listeners are about to graduate and try to find jobs, others want to change their jobs and hop to another company. They want some enlightening ideas from the expert in Career builder by putting forward their questions to us. Today Robert Parkinson, founder and CEO of RMG Selection, gave his answers to these challenging questions in this Q&A session of Career Builder. Go and get the answers by yourself. Question from Cattle: In China, there is a common custom for employers to ask what kind of salary package you want. But if there is a proper manner to ask the employer about the salary package and […]

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Career Builder – Think Twice Before You Job-Hop

  At the end of the year, a lot of Chinese, especially the higher-ranking white collars, are thinking about job hopping. Job-hopping is a trend! However, whether we need to think twice or even three times before changing a job? What should be the justifiable reasons for employees to go job-hopping? And how to deal with the situation when you are not satisfied with your current job? Today, our special guest Robert Parkinson, CEO& Founder of RMG Selection, will give his analysis about the topic-job hopping. Why employees prefer to change their jobs around Chinese New Year? It is a habit created by the super labour market. Many Chinese companies always have their new fiscal year started after Spring Festival. […]

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