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The e-commerce boom in China has generated a need for talent in the first quarter of this year and created more job opportunities for graduates, according to a survey by one of the country’s biggest recruitment websites. The survey of 16,978 businesses across 61 industries was conducted by 51job.com from September to December. It found that the job market was quite active this year. 82.3 percent companies plan to recruit more employees than the same period of last year. Employers in e-commerce, computer software and finance showed the biggest need for talent in the job market. Three-quarters of the surveyed employers said they had job openings for applicants with less than two years’ seniority, a higher figure than ever before […]
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Internet changing shape of the job market – RMG on China Daily
- Wednesday, 13 May 2015 03:14
Career Builder – Beijing Recruiter Views of Different Company Cultures
- Wednesday, 13 May 2015 03:05
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 […]
Career Builder – Wonderful Time to Work in China? Analysis of China Jobs
- Wednesday, 13 May 2015 02:45
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 […]
Team Building and Outward Bound Activities
- Friday, 20 March 2015 06:35
Entrepreneurs like talking about the significance of team spirit in developing businesses. Expressions such as 10*10>100 and Together Everyone Achieves More are common in a great many management books. However, my question is how can managers expect positive results to improve by a factor of 10 from a team of 10 employees? The widely-known answer is that employers who hire 10 people for a team have to get them to work together effectively. Unfortunately, some managers find fostering team collaboration fairly difficult. If a team meal is the beginning, what more can managers do to bind the team together? To answer the question, I would like to share some interesting outdoor activities that are helpful for team building. Outward Bound […]
Make it FUN in 2015
- Friday, 20 March 2015 03:44
If you find employees are working listlessly in the beginning of the New Year, instead of snapping at them to work hard you had better find out the real motivator to them. According to the latest employee enjoyment level survey conducted by RMG Selection, a positive and healthy working environment has become the primary factor that can guarantee employees’ enjoyment at work. There is no surprise that working atmosphere already outranked the position of benefits welfare and incentives in the fun factor list. In the Talent Flow Survey 2013 (TFS2), another annual talent report conducted by RMG, the importance of benefits and incentives are in the first place of employee’s consideration. Therefore, it is time for employers and HR managers to think about […]
How Can I Increase Employees’ Efficiency?
- Friday, 20 March 2015 02:42
From an employer’s perspective, the incentive of an outstanding performance review has the potential to motivate. On the other hand, some employers use the other side of the coin-punishment. Unfortunately this usually yields poor results, and if you are about to disappoint and demotivate employees by decreasing salaries or berating them, I suggest you reconsider. Let me start with a question for employers. Have you listened to employees who give reasons or excuses for not finishing their work properly? Most employers reply with a positive answer. However, by “listen” what I mean is not that you are taking phone calls, reading emails, or dealing with other work at the same time. We are talking about a serious performance review, […]
Career Builder – Preparing For Company Background Information
- Thursday, 19 March 2015 08:22
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 […]
People In the Know – China to Further Ease Employment Pressure in 2015
- Wednesday, 18 March 2015 10:06
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 […]
Days of the expats are far from over
- Monday, 16 March 2015 10:31
Debate continues about value of non-Chinese over returnees The fact is, if you ask a thousand professionals in China whether or not expats are still valuable, you will get at least a thousand different answers, possibly more. In 10 years of living in Beijing and commuting between Shanghai and other cities, and after talking to hundreds of people about the role of the expat, particularly the role of the expat versus returnee, I have come to some conclusions, which I share with you here. Let us first analyze the returnee’s role in Chinese business. Returnees (those of Chinese descent who have been brought up or at least studied overseas) usually straddle both sides of the cultural hemispheres: On the one […]
Foreign business in China
- Wednesday, 11 March 2015 09:23
Foreign business find it easier to conduct businesses in China thanks to administrative reforms Robert Parkinson, founder and CEO of RMG Selection, a China-focused international recruitment and human resources consultancy company, recently applied for an ICP (Internet content provider) license for his company and it took him less than a month. When he carried out the same process for another website five or six years ago, the whole process took more than two months, Parkinson recalled. The Chinese Government’s drive to streamline administration and delegate power to lower levels has made it much more convenient for foreign companies to do business in China. “Things have become a little bit easier. The reform has encouraged smaller and medium-sized companies to enter the […]