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Career Development And Job Search Information For
Greater China
Professionals
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February,
2008
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What’s In Store For China’s
Job Market
And Hiring Outlook In 2008
by Larry Wang
From what we’ve seen in the first two months of this year, the job
market situation in China is so far, so good. At least, based on the volume
of search cases that we’re working on currently, our company is still
seeing the carry-over from 2007 of aggressive hiring attitudes and strong
hiring activity from clients.
It’s hard to escape the news though. Every day, there are
headlines about the sub-prime crisis in the United States and the
likelihood of a U.S. recession. In addition, there is also the
continued weakening of the U.S. dollar, which has the overall effect of
making products from China more costly for U.S. buyers who make up the
mainland’s top export market. Domestically, the especially harsh
weather this winter is creating inflation pressures that were already a
concern for the Central Government, even before the snowstorms
struck. This combination of events is resulting in a GDP growth
forecast for China of around 10% for 2008, a lower growth rate than has
been seen in the past few years. Given all these macroeconomic
factors, what will be the effect on China’s job market and hiring outlook
for this year? <For full
article> top
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Upcoming
Wang & Li Career Development Open-House Event
For
those of you in Shanghai, we are pleased to invite you to attend our
first-ever, Wang & Li Career Development Open-House, to be held on 3/20,
Thursday evening, from 7 - 9:30 pm. By the way, this is a free-of-charge
event!
The
inspiration to hold this first-time event comes from many of you.
Mainly, in the course of speaking with you, we continually receive requests
for the chance to meet with our Consultants and Associates
face-to-face. Many people would like to better understand what is
happening in the hiring and talent market. Many would like to get
feedback or advice on their own personal career development track
and objectives. And others would just like to get to know better a valuable
resource that they can both access and stay in touch with
regarding career and job trends in China. Unfortunately, given
the tight deadlines that we face with clients and resource
limitations of meeting so many candidates face-to-face, we are not able to
respond to many of these requests.
At
this Career Development Open-House, you will have the chance to
interactive with and speak freely with our Wang & Li Consultants and
Associates who will be there, as well as access our career
development information, materials, and expertise. As with other
Wang & Li events, this Career Development Open-House will be held in a
very relaxed and informal environment, mainly our new Shanghai office, which
is located on Rm16B, Crystal Tower, No. 567 Weihai Rd, JiangAn District
Shanghai. (Near the Four Seasons Hotel at the corner of Shi Men Yi Lu).
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New Career Development Book Preview!
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Excerpt from Larry Wang's
new career development book for mainland professionals, called How To DYFET, or How To Develop
Yourself As A Future Executive Today, which is due out in May of 2008
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Part III:
Having A Sound Career Development Approach
Chapter 6:
What
You Should Be Doing Today For Your Success Tomorrow?
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Building
The Skills Now That You’ll Need Later
On
When we interview candidates for a management position that they
have yet to hold, many will tell us of how confident they are in their
ability to learn quickly and perform in the role. They’ll say things
like, “I know I haven’t done it before, but if given the opportunity, I’m
sure that I can do the job.” I am sure that in their own minds, they
believe that what they are saying to be absolutely true. But that
kind of pitch just doesn’t sell well to our clients these days.
“When looking to promote someone into a management role, I need to
see if a person has demonstrated in some way the skills that he or she will
need at that next level,” reveals Victor Koo. “In other words, they
have shown to some extent that they have already done what they will be
doing in their next job.”
Actually, a few years ago, companies were much more willing to give
employees the chance to prove themselves in new roles. This was at a
time, however, when business operations were smaller, less mature, and more
aggressive in their approach to hiring and promotion decisions. There
was also a near absence of talent in the market for many job function and
industry backgrounds.
From a company perspective today, it is a tremendous risk handing
over a key position of responsibility to someone who does not already
possess to a good degree the capabilities and qualities needed to handle
the role. In China’s increasingly competitive business environment,
it is a risk that companies are less and less willing to take.
Management roles in a multinational company today are not the place for
on-the-job training. Especially given that developing the soft skills
to handle many of these roles does not happen within a short period of
time.
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Excerpt from Know The Game, Play The Game
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PART III: Getting Into A Multinational
Firm
CHAPTER 8: What Are Multinational Managers Looking
For?
The Right Attitude
From
a raw materials standpoint, such as IQ, computer skills, and English language
ability, young mainland professionals today are demonstrating a very high standard.
They’ve been exposed to globalization and state-of-the-art technologies that
are changing the world, much more so than those preceding them even just a
few years ago. They are a part of the fastest/quickest/best
generation. But it is important that they look beyond themselves and a
“me-centered” mentality.
When
multinational executives talked about what can make the biggest difference in
an employee’s success or failure, many singled out one intangible quality in
particular. It’s having the right attitude. They stressed this as
a key success factor, especially for positions requiring frequent interaction
with colleagues and clients. They are wary of those who carry an air of
superiority, just because of their educational background or English fluency.
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full article> top
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Wang & Li Job
Openings In Beijing and Shanghai
We're looking for a few good
professionals!
If
you're someone who has a curious mind, likes to learn new things each day,
enjoys communicating with people and helping others, is service-oriented,
likes being hands-on and involved, appreciates an open company and team
environment, and sings well/likes movies/does sports/enjoys eating (not a
must, but we think you'll be fun to work
with), then you may be a great fit for our company.
Wang
& Li is seeking Search Consultants and Business Development Manager for
our Beijing
and Shanghai
offices.
If
you're interested in being part of a recruitment company with a reputation
for quality service and human resources & staffing expertise, and that
plays a proactive role in assisting and developing
bilingual/international-caliber professional and management talent for leading
multinational companies in Greater China, then we’d like to hear from you. <For more details> top
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