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The Newbies Complain So Much

Rober Parkinson, the founder and CEO of RMG Selection has been invited by EASY fm to attended the RoundTable to talk about The Newbies Complain So Much by CRIezfm. Topic1 Skilled Labor Jobs VS White Collar Jobs It seems that China has entered the skilled worker era. Recently there’ve been numerous reports that seem to suggest that skilled workers earn more than white collar workers. A typical construction worker in China is earning more than 10,000RMB a month which is higher than many white collar jobs whose monthly salary is 6,000RMB a month in average. What exactly does the word skill workers encompass? Is there a talent shortage for these occupations? Topic2 New Employee Satisfaction Renren.com released a report on new […]

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Global Spotlight on China

Recruiting in China can seem like looking for a needle in a haystack but despite the challenges, the market is full of potential talent “China’s got a huge problem,” David Arkless, the vice president of the International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (Ciett), tells Recruiter: “It’s got one of the fastest-growing economies the world has ever seen.” A nice problem, perhaps, but one exacerbated by the widespread issue Arkless describes, of “too many people with too many of the wrong skills, or no skills”. And indeed China’s magnitude is frequently seen as a problematic element in the country. Anthony Thompson, regional managing director for Greater China at recruiter PageGroup, says in such a huge market, it is “very easy to become […]

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Different Age Groups Different Workplace Performance

You may have already accustomed to being labeled with 1970s , 1980s or even 1990s tags, may also divide the colleagues using intergeneration. The difference behind the behaviour which reflect the various work attitude, appeal, communication and cooperation of people in different age groups  in the workplace. In essence, this is just a characteristic of different age groups. 你可能已经习惯了被贴上70后、80后甚至90后的标签,也可能会习惯性地用代际来划分周围的同事。这种行为背后,体现的其实是不同年代出生的公司人在职场中对待工作的态度、诉求,以及与他人沟通合作方式的差异—虽然在本质上,这只是不同年龄段的特征。 在目前的职场上,年龄最大的是60后。他们经历过动荡,相比变动带来的创新,他们更希望能够一切如故按部就班地进行。 1970年代出生的公司人现在已经成为各个行业的中坚力量。罗迈国际高级人才顾问李洛钒将这一年代的公司人称为“最有实干能力的阶层”。 和80前“看不惯”80后一样,80后90前对于90后也有类似的态度。90后在更成熟的互联网环境和比较宽裕的物质生活中长大,他们不相信权威,更注重自我感受,他们不再将工作视为生活的全部,而是更注重两者的平衡,因此也比他们的上几代人更注重享乐,刚步入职场人士的所有特征他们都具备。 2013年3月至4月期间,科锐国际人力资源有限公司对1.038万位雇员进行了调查,结果显示,代际差异显着地影响着公司人的职场期望和职场行为。《第一财经周刊》和宝马中国人力资源副总裁高鹤洁、科锐国际人力资源有限公司工业行业总监曾诚、罗迈国际高级人才顾问李洛钒一起,从年代差异的角度来解析不同群体的公司人的职业需求和他们在职场上的行为差异,希望能为公司人提供一种参考。 不管你出生在哪个年代,我们提供的这些解析应该能帮你更好地完成自我职业定位,了解整个人才市场的景气度,以及参考多方面因素为自己做出更好的职业发展规划。 A 不同年代公司人期待从工作中得到什么 90后对薪酬的期待不切实际 高鹤洁曾经遇到过一名90后实习生向她提出4000元实习工资的要求。“这说明90后其实非常自信”,李洛钒说。 根据科锐国际的调查,90后对于自己的涨薪预期非常高,19%的90后预期自己的薪酬涨幅达到30%以上,较之其他年代公司人比例最高。但是薪酬涨幅总是在理想和现实之间有落差,实际的情况是,90后公司人实际的薪酬涨幅低于5%,是所有其他年代公司人中实际涨幅最低的。 对90后来说,进入职场不过才一两年的时间,缺乏相应经验的同时又有很强烈的自我表达意愿,他们往往表现出对自身认识不足,对职业掺杂了太多理想化的期待,给相对成熟的其它年代的公司人留下了90后“无法准确地定位自己”、“太自我”这些负面印象。当然,随着职场时间增加,这些自然也会得到修正。 相比其他年代的公司人,60后的公司人的满意度最高。因为他们在对薪酬涨幅的预期中,远低于其他年代的公司人。毕竟在经过了多年职场中的磨练后,他们比年轻一代更清楚自己在公司里的地位和角色,也清楚自己应该获得的回报。不过在李洛钒看来,更重要的是因为这一年代的公司人基本已经进入高层,他们的生活稳定,收入也较为固定,所以对于涨薪的要求不会那么明显。 70后最看重股票期权类福利 公司能提供什么样的福利制度已经成为了影响公司人选择一份工作时的主要原因之一。正如我们所做的公司福利调查,越来越多的公司开始针对不同阶段的员工采用弹性的福利制度,并将其作为员工保留计划的一部分。在深入了解不同年代员工对福利的需求后,2012年宝马就在中国推出了菜单形式的“弹性福利计划”,“不同年代的员工可以根据自身的需求选择补充福利项目”,高鹤洁说。 简单的餐补、交通补贴已经不能满足公司人的要求了,尤其是一些对自己的职业规划有较高要求的公司人。根据此次科锐国际的调查报告,70后对于公司福利的“野心”最大,这一年代的公司人最期待拥有的前三项公司福利分别是财富类福利计划、股票期权和补充公积金。 在李洛钒看来,70后和一部分80后85前的职场佼佼者正处于将要进入或者已经进入公司管理层的状态。“他们能够跟公司站在同一个立场上去思考,希望通过股票期权等一类福利制度让自己拥有更多的实权放手去做更多的事情。” 在这一项调查中,90后贯彻了他们“享乐主义”的心态,最期待拥有的前三项福利是旅游项目、住房补贴和福利年假,这足以说明大部分90后尽管迫切地希望能在工作中证明自己,但他们仍然处于职场新鲜人的心态。80后感受到了来自“成家”的压力,补充公积金或住房补贴成了他们最期待拥有的福利之一。 对于60后的公司人,他们最期望的三项福利则是股票期权、补充养老保险和长期雇员奖。正如我们上文所讲,这一年代的人拥有对企业更高的忠诚度,在他们即将退休的时候,长期雇员奖对他们来说将是莫大的肯定。 90后期待老板会沟通 曾诚认为,“90后是注重个人价值、个性鲜明的一代人,他们在职场中的表达方式是充满主见、直抒胸臆,与其他年代公司人不同。”所以对管理者而言,需要时间去适应这种90后的表达。 正处于职业生涯第一个上升期的85后希望自己是直线老板的重点培养对象,期待能从直线老板身上学到更多的技能和经验,所以不少受访的85后把培养人才作为对直线老板的一大期待。 85前和70后受访者均希望自己的直线老板提升在决策、管理团队和创造力及远见方面的能力,60后公司人则是希望直线老板提升决策能力、目标管理能力和管理团队能力。 如今,85前、70后和60后的公司人大部分都已经处于公司的管理层,因而他们的直线老板一般会更接近公司的最高层。“这些人是否具备远见和创造力,将直接影响企业发展,对70后、85前的公司人而言,企业发展意味着个人发展空间、个人经历升值空间。”曾诚说。 Read the original version at: http://www.yicai.com/news/2013/08/2957571.html

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Uncover Disguised Costs of Human Capital in the Second and Third Tier Cities (Chinese Version)

With the 12th Fortune Global Forum just being held in Chengdu, a typical second tier city in western China, more and more emphasis has been put on the further development of tier 2 cities in China. Running factories in cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou is considered to be quite costly. With the aim of lowering the cost, an increasing number of businesses start to thinking about building factories in tier 2 and tier 3 cities in China where the cost of labor, resource and land is much lower compare to the expenditure in first tier cities. According to RMG China Talent Flow Survey report, the salary level in tier 2 and 3 cities is about 70% to 80% of […]

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RMG Selection Officially Selected as the Commended Winners of The Asia Pacific Global Recruiter Industry Awards 2013

  We are delighted to annouce that we are officially selected as the Commended Winners of The Asia Pacific Global Recruiter Industry Awards 2013!!! Read more at http://www.theglobalrecruiter.com/news/commended-winners-identified-for-global-recruiters-asia-pacific-awards/4552  

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China Dream Sours for Foreign Companies (Chinese version)

最近,北京当局对外国企业进行严厉审查的事件频频发生,对此,英国《金融时报》8月9号发表评论文章称,在中国的新领导人习近平宣称的“中国梦”之后不久,对于一些国际最强大的公司来说,很快就变成了噩梦。 文章说,习近平在今年3月继任主席之后发表的讲话暗示,为与中国经济实力相匹配,将采取更加自信的方法,于是,政府调查和媒体报道都开始针对外国投资者,这正在变成国家公务的一种常见特征。 中共的官员称,这只是解决不正之风的更广泛的努力,但是一些外国企业的主管们抱怨,在新的中共领导班子下,外国公司遭遇了特别严厉的审查。 文章举例说,当发改委针对六家外国奶粉公司以反竞争定价政策罚款一亿一千万美元时,那些猜疑在本周被实施了。其中,六家中有五家是世界知名的跨国企业,包括美国美赞臣、达能集团的多美滋和新西兰的恒天然集团。 文章评论说,这是中国2008年制定的反垄断法的第14条首次被这样高姿态的实施。这条法律禁止公司对其产品制定最低零售价。而这一罚款决定仅仅发生在中共警方调查英国制药巨头葛兰素史克,指控其职员行贿的几周之后。 文章说,所有这些外企都不敢挑战中国当局,葛兰素史克甚至称他们的职员可能违反了中共的法律。其他在中国的投资者不得不抵挡中国官媒的媒体的宣传运动,这些宣传运动包括指责他们犯了象质量控制缺陷和客户服务差这样的“小点的罪行”。 比如,4月1号,苹果公司的首席执行官库克(Tim Cook)高调的在中国因“误解”而道歉,并强调苹果公司对中国的“巨大尊重”。中共官媒曾指控苹果公司“贪婪”和“无比傲慢”的行为。   由于国营的中央电视台(CCTV)三月份高调进行的调查报告,称大众车的变速箱有问题,导致大众在中国召回38万辆车。 曾在中国工作过的分析师 史蒂芬-冰(Steven Bing)说:“作为中共的官员,调查国有企业是困难的。所以,如果你想要整顿体制,杀鸡儆猴的话,就把外企做为目标。”但是,中共官员否认有联合起来针 对外国投资者的举措。周四(8月8号),发改委否认调查奶粉市场的定价政策是因为反外国人的偏见所致。 一些观察者相信,北京反对外企的行动仅仅是更大范围政府运动的一部分。上海奥睿律师事务所(Orrick)的竞争律师卡洛克辩论说:“我认为反外国人偏见并不像有些人想的那么严重。在实施反垄断法的背后往往有其它动机。” 其中最主要的就是,中共当局决心平息公众对高物价的不满,特别是铺天盖地的宣传运动就是为了在每个中国公民的思想中培养习的“梦”与每个人都相 关的观念。正如人力中介公司、罗迈国家商务咨询(RMG Selection)的帕金森(Robert Parkinson)所说:“对于年轻职员来说,北京的生活成本已经到了疯狂的地步。” 奥睿律师事务所的反垄断法专家洛基尔(Ms Lockyer)女士认为,当局会利用反垄断法作出更多行动,她说:“之前,《反垄断法》都是关于合并法和合并申请的,但是,去年开始就有迹象表明还有别的事情会发生。特别是发改委增加了人力,这是它要开始摩拳擦掌的信号。” 新三才记者李莲编译报道

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China Dream Sours for Foreign Companies- Financial Times

Government investigations and state media exposés targeting foreign investors have become a regular feature of the country’s business landscape By Tom Mitchell in Beijing The “Chinese dream” articulated by China’s new president, Xi Jinping, is fast becoming a nightmare for some of the world’s most powerful corporations. Mr Xi’s speech, on his accession to the presidency in March, hinted at a more assertive approach to match China’s economic power – and since then, government investigations and state media exposés targeting foreign investors have become a regular feature of the country’s business landscape. Public officials say this simply reflects broader efforts to tackle bad practice, but some executives complain that foreign groups appear to be encountering particularly heavy scrutiny under the new […]

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Logistics & Shipping Industry: Build your Sales Team beyond the Client List

China’s Shipping & Logistics industry is hungry. Whether they are Global Top 10 or medium-sized, every carrier and freight forwarder is looking for the same talent: Excellent sales people to get ahead of competitors. A regular used measurement for a good sales person is the ownership of direct business, summarized as a client list. This list of yearly/monthly shipments is often regarded as the “hard skill” of a sales person. The quality of this list often decides whether an offer is extended or not. But how relevant is a client list for the hiring decision? For a sales people, an employer is a platform to develop new business. A sales person depends on the operational strength of the company. A […]

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Logistics & Shipping Industry: Build your Sales Team beyond the Client List

China’s Shipping & Logistics industry is hungry. Whether they are Global Top 10 or medium-sized, every carrier and freight forwarder is looking for the same talent: Excellent sales people to get ahead of competitors. A regular used measurement for a good sales person is the ownership of direct business, summarized as a client list. This list of yearly/monthly shipments is often regarded as the “hard skill” of a sales person. The quality of this list often decides whether an offer is extended or not. But how relevant is a client list for the hiring decision? For a sales people, an employer is a platform to develop new business. A sales person depends on the operational strength of the company. A […]

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HR: What to Do for Employee Retention in 2013

According to the China Talent-Flow Survey Report conducted from January to March in 2013 by RMG Selection, it is shown that amongst over 2000 respondents, the proportion of job hopping reached 32% in 2012. The proportion of people who increased their demand to change their jobs in 2013 reaches up to 43%.  I have to say that the number makes me think of employee retention again, which is quite a bothersome topic to many other companies too. So what can we do to keep them? Firstly, I have to clarify that keeping staff members does not equate to keeping everybody. A low turnover rate does not mean that the company is performing well in keeping staff members. In this regard, […]

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