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RMG Video – Shanghai B2B Marketer Asia Summit

Shanghai B2B Marketer Asia Summit Any marketing strategy must be aligned with their corporate one. However, confronting much more opportunities and challenges than ever, B2B marketers are taking more responsibilities nowadays. Email Marketing as one of the most traditional marketing methods is advancing to the next development stage now. Let’s watch what Robert Parkinson, CEO & Founder of RMG Selection talked about. You can improve in Email Marketing. Watch the video on Youku: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDU4ODMzNDUy.html Watch the video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tl9Ki6LQ7U&feature=youtu.be&goback=%252Egna_4315498%252Egde_4315498_member_172778728  

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Get Rid of the Underemployment – RMG CEO on Human Resources

 跳出不充分就业的“灰色地带” 正在增加的失业率 温家宝总理曾在中国发展高层论坛2010年会上谈到中国有2亿失业人口。 Read the magazine: https://www.rmgselection.com/images/rmg%20news_hr_sep_rp_10.jpg

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Naked Resignation in Profession – RMG CEO on Occupation

职场”裸辞”进行时            “裸辞”是我最近在中国听到次数特别多的一个名词,顾名思义就是“在没有下一份工作意向的时候就辞掉目前的工作”。 Read the magazine: https://www.rmgselection.com/images/rmg%20news_oc_sep_rp.jpg

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Global Banks Hiring Staff in China – RMG CEO on South China Morning Post

While global giants cut back on staffing around the world, some are moving to take advantage of services aimed at a burgeoning middle class. Banks are shedding staff around the world to cut costs this year with the exception of the mainland, where several European lenders are hiring to support the expansion of their networks. Three European banks – Britain’s HSBC and Standard Chartered, and Germany’s Deutsche Bank – are hiring people for various functions on the mainland, according to headhunting sources. Elsewhere in the sector hundreds of positions have been cut at international banks including Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse in Hong Kong. Most cuts have come in the investment banking areas rather than the retail and commercial banking […]

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Executives Reach Breaking Point – RMG CEO on China Daily

Stress among managers in China is mounting, even causing deaths at work. What is pushing them to the brink? These days, Brian Dong is crying out for a vacation. The stress of running a startup company in China’s finance industry is threatening to overwhelm him. Too bad he does not have the time. As the CEO of an Australian foreign exchange trading company, he has a laundry list of tasks and roles, from dealing with hundreds of emails every day, reporting to the board and investors to giving directions to his employees. “From the moment I get into the office till the time my head hits the pillow, I’ve worked almost 15 hours a day,” the 30-year-old executive says. “I […]

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Underemployment: The Grey Area in HR Management – RMG CEO on Business Tianjin

Recent studies suggested that underemployment, a grey area between employment and unemployment, has become a surging problem faced by both hirers and employees. In the Press Conference of the 2012 Blue Book of the Chinese Society, Professor Chen Guangjin, with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the employment situation in China is still complicated. He claimed that companies are having a hard time finding the right people and job seekers feel there are no opportunities for them. Meanwhile, another survey on working happiness indicators of employees shows low contentment rate in jobs. Both realities clearly illustrated the ubiquity of underemployment at present. According to the data which RMG Selection collected from its clients, some positions have been open […]

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Heading Home for Work – RMG Marketing Manager on China Daily

Foreign companies losing their edge as more professionals turn to Chinese companies for jobs After studying in the US for five years and then taking up a job with a US technology company in China, many thought that Cui Nan had made it in life. But last month, the young engineer surprised everyone when he decided to leave his job and take up employment with a State-owned enterprise. Though the new job came with a salary hike and other perks, in Cui’s case almost double his current earnings, the job shift was more due to a combination of several factors. “Salary counts but it’s not what determines whether one should change a job or not,” says the 31-year-old engineer. “What […]

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Now for a Place on the big Stage – RMG CEO on China Daily

The post-90s generation is about to enter the workforce. what should they, and employers, expect? In the past few years, I have been asked by dozens of media organizations why State-owned enterprises and local employers are so attractive to graduates. However, the latest ChinaHR-sponsored Best Employers List, an annual compilation of the most-desired employers among China’s new graduates, contained a different view. The list, published last month, featured 18 multinational companies (MNCs), and shows an increasing tendency toward working for MNCs as their employment brands become more attractive compared with SOEs and Chinese companies. Moreover, in the discussions started by job seekers on Internet chat rooms in China, foreign companies seem to attract the most attention. “Hasn’t the Philips interview […]

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Colorful Life Lived in Black and White – RMG CEO on China Daily

It is not easy to find Robert Parkinson’s apartment, which is carefully hidden in a cluster of recently completed compounds and winding cobble roads. And that is exactly what he was looking for: something “a little bit out of the city”. Upper East Side, located in the East Fourth Ring Road area, is a location of choice for many expats in Beijing as it is only 15 minutes drive to the Beijing Capital International Airport and 10 minutes drive to the city’s Central Business District. Robert Parkinson is now enjoying his fourth year in the compound. “Before we moved here from the previous company apartment, we looked at 30 to 40 places in this compound. And this is the third […]

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How to Communicate with Your CEO? – RMG CEO on Business Tianjin

Last weekend, when having dinner with an HR manager of a well-known IT company in China, I asked him what he thought of his position in the company. Since we are old friends, he was quite frank and gave me an example. He said, “As you know, ‘dinner culture’ is very popular in China, especially in our industry. I’m often invited for lunches, suppers and cross-sectoral gatherings. Sometimes I’m a little late, but they will all wait for me, including the leaders of other departments. I usually talk a lot during the dinner no matter what the topic is. It is not that I want to talk that much, but that others will lead me into the conversation. Last Monday, […]

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