CAREER BUILDER - ON CRI
1. As a recruiter and employer, can you explain the application of social media in recruitment? 1) Local Chinese Professional Social Media IT260: It provides professional suggestion about career building. Tianji: It is the first and the biggest professional social media in China. Maimai: You can share your opinions about work with your friends. Wealink: You can get recruiting information by the social interaction with others. Gouda Recruiting: It is based on the geography information to find the candidates. The Beijinger: For expats in China, especially in training and teaching. 2) Professional Social Media in United States LinkedIn: It is a business-oriented social networking service. Levo League: It is the first professional network designed to women. 3) Professional Networks in […]
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Career Builder – Goal-Setting for the New Year
- Thursday, 08 January 2015 07:59
Are you a bad planner? Actually most of us do not like planning, and want a life as free as a bird. However, it turns out that we cannot live well without planning! Why is goal-setting so important in career building? How can we make a reasonable plan to make our life better? In this episode of Career Builder, we are going to focus on goal setting. Robert Parkinson, Founder and CEO of RMG Selection, offers practical suggestions based on his experience. Listen to the radio program to find out more on this topic. We cannot live without planning. But in terms of career building, why is planning so important? Social scientists and psychologists have constantly measured human behavior and […]
Education Today – China’s Minority Language Promotion Plan
- Friday, 26 December 2014 06:14
China is to add more than 30 minority language courses by 2020, such as local languages used in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Belarus. For more on this issue, our host Wu You talks with Ruben van den Boer, Consultant from RMG Selection, an international recruitment company.
Career Builder – Job & Offer Negotiation
- Thursday, 25 December 2014 08:33
Job offer negotiation is probably the most difficult part in the job seeking process. We put so much effort on interview preparation that we must not blow it off at the last step. When you want to ask about salary in job interviews, do you think it is a sensitive issue to talk about? And for employees who work for the same employer for years, how should they negotiate the salary raise after several years? In this episode of Career Builder show, Founder & CEO of RMG Selection, Robert Parkinson shares practical tips for listeners to get over the problem. Everyone loves to have a job offer but there is so much in it. We need to learn […]
Education Today – Undergraduates Starting Business II
- Monday, 22 December 2014 06:27
China’s Ministry of Education has allowed college students to suspend their studies and start up their own businesses. The notice from the ministry requires colleges and universities to set up a flexible education system allowing students to suspend studies temporarily to pursue business ideas. It is said to be a measure designed to help improve employment, given the increasing difficulties college graduates face in landing jobs. For more on this issue, our host Wu You talks with Ruben van den Boer, Consultant from RMG Selection Listen to the original program
Career Builder – Interview Psychology of Rapport Building
- Friday, 12 December 2014 09:47
Psychology gets more and more attention. It seems very useful to everything. For a job seeker, if you know some very easy and basic psychology techniques, interview could be much easier. Today we will discuss an important but often being ignored part of the interview psychology – rapport building. What is Rapport? By definition, rapport means a close and harmonies relationship with someone. It is similar to the Chinese word “Guanxi”, or what we call as people skills. Building rapport lively in a job interview is really powerful and useful. Why is rapport important? As headhunter, we often recommend at least two candidates to one position from our client. When we select the two candidates, there is always one candidate […]
Education Today – Socrative Programme in Classrooms
- Tuesday, 02 December 2014 01:40
Overview: The key point of how people progress in the academic career is through understanding the people in the conventional way. How to choose what you are looking to do? On the one hand, the suggestion is by looking at what is a marketable period to go into, what are the demand and the opportunity for local graduates to choose? On the other hand, if you asked people who were in thirties, forties and fifties to set a clock back 20 years ago and asked them if they would have chosen what they were doing then, the answer will be “No”. The suggestion is that people should not worry too much about what they do when they intend to start […]
Career Builder – Interview Preparation Part I
- Thursday, 27 November 2014 05:39
Everybody knows to prepare for your interview. Why? The preparation can increase your possibility to win the position. The reality is, more reality you know, the better possibility you will get. Here in our studio is Robert Parkinson, Founder and CEO of RMG Selection – a leading Asia focused executive search business. He’s going to tell us how to prepare a job interview today. Listen to the original program 1. Does appearance really matter? I wouldn’t give a second chance to someone in jeans. Of course the appearance in a face to face interview does matter. The appearance includes everything that you bring with you. Not only the cloths, but also your hair style, your cell-phone, bag and so on. ? A […]
Career Builder – The Interview Before Interview
- Tuesday, 25 November 2014 02:56
After you sent out your well prepared CV, what thing that you are looking forward? A notice of a face to face interview, right? Please wait a moment, there is a very important part missed by you. The telephone interview. What’s more, sometimes you even didn’t realize that you just did a telephone interview. Robert Parkinson, CEO and Founder of RMG Selection on CRI talked about how to do a telephone interview. Listen to the original program (in part 2) Should I prepare for telephone interview? Many reasons……….here are some of the most important: 90% tel interview happens before the face to face interview. It can be a double check with the follow interviews. If you think the […]
Education Today – University Graduates’ Job Market in China
- Monday, 24 November 2014 09:22
What are some of the qualities of a desirable candidate? What interview tips that might come to handy to job seekers? Robert Parkinson, CEO & Founder of RMG Selection, was interviewed in China Radio International Education Today on Nov.21st. Robert says that what most companies are looking for are candidates with positive work ethics and hard-working attitude. Most Chinese young people are hoping for highly-paid jobs in their 20s, but Robert promises that if people work hard in their 20s, good pay-back will come in their 30s or 40s. As for the difference between Chinese and western companies, Robert notes that Chinese companies desire well-experienced candidates with expertise in certain areas, whereas western companies prefer those who are mature and can […]