Archive

This archive offers news, announcements, thoughts and articles related to human resource management, recruitment advertising and employer branding in The People's Republic of China.

Developing an Effective Employer Branding Strategy conducted by The Father of Employer Branding

Hide or face the challenges of an increasingly competitive marketplace for top talents? Why should people believe that you're the most admired hirer to work for, facing the current economic downturn? What makes you standing out from the rest of the employers?
July 17, 2010 • Read more..

Mobile Marketing for Recruitment

Great presentation on mobile marketing for recruitment. Mobile recruiting is the ability to market to prospective with or on a mobile device.
March 20, 2010 • Read more..

Chinese recruitment websites (job boards) post heavy losses

Chinese recruitment websites (job board) have posted heavy losses for the last quarter of 2008.
March 6, 2009 • Read more..

"Hukou" Holding Down New Grad Employment

Chinese job market prospects for college graduates will get darker in 2009.
March 3, 2009 • Read more..

4,000 students worldwide play Ace Manager, the first professional online adventure game by BNP Paribas

4,000 students from 106 countries in the five continents are playing Ace Manager, the first online professional adventure game based on real facts, by BNP Paribas.
February 5, 2009 • Read more..

Best Employers in Asia 2009

The Hewitt Best Employers in Asia 2009 study is conducted by Hewitt Associates in partnership with Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal Asia.
January 31, 2009 • Read more..

Shanghai attracts one fourth of students returning to China

The biggest destination for Chinese students who have studied abroad and returned to China is Shanghai -- attracting one fourth of returning students, according to local authorities yesterday.
January 30, 2009 • Read more..

Rising unemployment impacts migrant workers

Dan Chung's video featuring Guardian journalist Tania Branigan about whether peasant workers will return to cities to work after the Spring Festival.
January 30, 2009 • Read more..

China Mobile Targets Overseas Talent

China Mobile (NYSE:CHL, 941.HK) established a recruitment base targeting overseas specialists.
January 23, 2009 • Read more..

51job releases job site map search.

Shanghai-based human resources service provider 51job (Nasdaq:JOBS) has partnered with map service provider Mapbar.
January 19, 2009 • Read more..

Alibaba launches global recruitment plan

China's leading e-commerce platform Alibaba Group has recently announced a global recruitment plan to hire 3,000 technology talents across the world.
October 16, 2008 • Read more..

PricewaterhouseCoopers launched its graduate recruitment campaign for 2008-2009.

Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has launched its 2008-2009 graduate recruitment campaign.
September 24, 2008 • Read more..

China's talent shortage survey results by Manpower

Manpower surveyed nearly 43,000 employers across 32 countries and territories in late January 2008.
September 8, 2008 • Read more..

Wages on the Rise Throughout China

According to a recent survey, salaries in China’s urban areas increased by nearly 14% during the first half of 2008.
September 8, 2008 • Read more..

Yum! gives priority to hiring Sichuanese

Yum!, the brand owner of fast food restaurants KFC and Pizza Hut, says it will give priority in hiring people from Sichuan.
August 1, 2008 • Read more..

Employer Branding Workshop

Becoming an employer of choice is no longer an option, it's a necessity, especially in China.
August 1, 2008 • Read more..

Over two-thirds of Chinese maintain blog.

Across Asia, youth in Greater China are the most likely to write and upload content to their own blog.
June 12, 2008 • Read more..

JPMorgan plans major expansion.

JPMorgan will hire 1,900 new employees for its Hong Kong operations within the next three years to cope with growth, writes Chris Davis.
April 13, 2008 • Read more..

Hong Kong's jobless rate fell to 3.3%, lowest in 10 years

Hong Kong's unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to the lowest in a decade, aiding household consumption in a city where overseas sales are weakening.
March 19, 2008 • Read more..

200 new jobs each day last year

Finance sector generates 200 jobs a day but 70% remain vacant.
March 11, 2008 • Read more..

Alibaba earmarks RMB 100 mln for staff training

Alibaba.com Ltd said yesterday that it plans to recruit 2,000 salespersons.
February 26, 2008 • Read more..

20% university graduates fail to find jobs in 2007

About 20 percent of university students in China, who graduated in 2007, have so far failed to find jobs
February 26, 2008 • Read more..

Salary for new graduates edges up

The average starting salary for new graduates in 2007 was 1,798 yuan per month ($250), 210 yuan more than that of 2005
February 26, 2008 • Read more..

Geographical distribution of universities and colleges in China

Geographical distribution of universities and colleges in China.
February 19, 2008 • Read more..

Male nurses scarce in China, despite many looking for work

There is something strange regarding the emerging occupation of male nurses in China.
February 19, 2008 • Read more..

Finance industry employees top salary rankings

Employees in the financial sector earned much more than workers in other industries, an annual salary report has revealed.
February 19, 2008 • Read more..

The battle for Asia's tech talent

Skills in business application and software development, amongst other fields, are expected to be in high demand across the Asia-Pacific.
February 13, 2008 • Read more..

International recruitment consultancy moves into Asia

Huxley Associates, the international recruitment consultancy, is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in the heart of Hong Kong.
February 13, 2008 • Read more..

Civil service jobs are top of the wanted list

A record number of people are seeking jobs as city civil servants this year.
January 11, 2008 • Read more..

More graduates are finding work

Shanghai's college graduates' employment rate at 97.25 percent for 2007.
January 8, 2008 • Read more..

Bosses alarmed as turnover rate hits peak of 23%

Chinese companies are finding it increasingly difficult to retain staff, with turnover rates tipping 23% in some industries, a survey has revealed.
December 18, 2007 • Read more..

Maximum brings employer branding to China.

Maximum is one of the world's most innovative employment marketing and communication agencies.
November 12, 2007 • Read more..

Civil servant jobs attractive

Tens of thousands residents want to be a civil servant working for a central government agency.
October 31, 2007 • Read more..

More students choose EU over US

The European Union leads the United States as a destination for Chinese students, a senior EU official said yesterday in Beijing.
October 25, 2007 • Read more..

Executive hiring in Asia to accelerate in Q4

Hiring by multinationals is likely to accelerate in the fourth quarter according to a survey conducted by executive recruitment firm Hudson.
October 24, 2007 • Read more..

Hotels join forces to fight the war for talent.

To meet the staffing needs, the hotel industry has created www.9djob.com, a website dedicated to recruiting employees into Shanghai's hospitality industry.
October 18, 2007 • Read more..

Bayer Supports University

German company Bayer and Tongji University inaugurated a USD1m fund to finance a chair in sustainable development at Tongji University.
October 16, 2007 • Read more..

China Education Expo attracts over 200 European universities

The China Education Expo 2007, to fall on Oct. 20 to 21, has attracted more than 200 European universities to attend.
September 26, 2007 • Read more..

China attracts 162,000 students from 185 countries, regions in 2006

China attracted more than 162,000 students from 185 countries and regions in 2006, according to the Ministry of Education (MOE).
September 26, 2007 • Read more..

Engineers have lost their shine for youth

The number of qualified engineers is failing to meet the demands of the country's rapid economic growth.
September 25, 2007 • Read more..

Intel Begins Work on $2.5 Billion Chip Plant in China

Intel Corp., the world's largest semiconductor maker, began building its first computer-chip manufacturing plant in China, a $2.5 billion investment.
September 18, 2007 • Read more..

Work environment and company culture are important job determinants for sales professionals in China

A supportive work environment, healthy company culture and promising career opportunities are important job determinants for sales professionals in China.
August 27, 2007 • Read more..

Standard Chartered Bank is recruiting in China

Standard Chartered Bank is planning a 66 percent increase in staff and to expand its branches by a third by the end of the year.
August 20, 2007 • Read more..

eFinancialCareers.com has been copied

eFinancialCareers.com, a Dice Holdings company, has been copied by another company who registered eFinancialCareers.cn.
August 6, 2007 • Read more..

51job into coupon advertising services in China.

51job, Inc. and Recruit Co., Ltd. announced today a cooperation agreement to establish a new company focused on providing coupon advertising services in China.
July 30, 2007 • Read more..

Talent shortage linked to benefit cuts

A shortage of professionals has led to a decrease in the number of multinational companies offering extra benefits.
July 27, 2007 • Read more..

SGCC launched a recruitment advertising campaign

State Grid Corp of China (SGCC) launched a worldwide recruitment advertising campaign for its five research and development institutes.
July 2, 2007 • Read more..

Chinese companies are better employers

Chinese native firms have outnumbered foreign-invested companies for the first time in the annual election of the nation's best employers among university students.
June 29, 2007 • Read more..

Brands that managers respect the most.

Chief Executive China magazine (世界经理人) has published the results of a survey about the preferred brands of corporate managers in China.
June 24, 2007 • Read more..

PwC puts focus on drive for staff

One of the world's big four accounting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, will increase its headcount in China by 63 percent by 2011.
June 22, 2007 • Read more..

China job market faces challenges

The employment market will remain gloomy for "a considerably long term", with as many as 12 million workers struggling to find a job every year.
June 22, 2007 • Read more..

Motorola on recruiting and retaining talent

Patricia Morrison talks about recruiting and retaining talent in the global marketplace, innovation in IT and developing a process for integrating acquisitions.
June 19, 2007 • Read more..

Job link for Chinese students in UK

Chinese students in the United Kingdom will soon get a fast track to internships at more than 500 leading British companies.
June 18, 2007 • Read more..

Students overseas to double by 2010

The number of Chinese studying abroad is expected to reach 200,000 in 2010, almost double last year's 118,500
June 17, 2007 • Read more..

A third of students want to live abroad

More than 30 percent of Shanghai's high school students want to move to another country.
June 17, 2007 • Read more..

China's best and brightest go abroad and don't come back

China's best and brightest go abroad for a university education and never return home to share their knowledge and expertise with the motherland.
June 17, 2007 • Read more..

Advertising for job-a-matic on TypePad's blogging service

Users of TypePad's blogging service - which must number in the tens of thousands, if not more - are currently greeted with the following promo.
June 9, 2007 • Read more..

China could see baby boom

China, the world's most populous country, could face a population rebound as the newly rich pay to have more children.
May 12, 2007 • Read more..

51job has reported first quarter revenues of $26 million.

1job, Inc., a provider of integrated recruitment services in China, has reported first quarter revenues of $26 million.
May 12, 2007 • Read more..

Creative recruitment advertising

In an attempt to recruit new members to the evergrowing new trend of personal fitness, they opt for something unusual.
May 11, 2007 • Read more..

Salary guideline by the Shanghai Labor and Social Security Bureau

A salary guideline issued by the Shanghai Labor and Social Security Bureau yesterday suggests an average pay raise of nine percent this year.
May 11, 2007 • Read more..

Google employment-related videos

Google has a few new employment-related videos on YouTube worth checking out.
May 5, 2007 • Read more..

100 best companies to work for 2007

Fortune published its annual list of best companies to work for. Click here for the full list of 2007.
May 2, 2007 • Read more..

The recruit.net job index

With the recruit.net job index you can plot your own graphs to view specific job trends.
April 27, 2007 • Read more..

MySpace.cn opening tomorrow.

MySpace.com, the wildly successful social networking site is supposed to have had a complete local makeover.
April 25, 2007 • Read more..

Young professionals returning to China

Hard Hat Show about returnees who have been living abroad for several years but are now back in Beijing.
April 25, 2007 • Read more..

Chinahr.com has launched an online recruitment channel

Chinahr.com has launched an online recruitment channel for video job applications.
April 24, 2007 • Read more..

Social networks are the key to finding jobs

Half of new college graduates consider guanxi or relationships with the powerful and influential as the most effective way to find a job.
April 20, 2007 • Read more..

Lenovo to lay off 1,400 workers

The personal computer maker Lenovo Group said it would lay off 1,400 workers and move jobs to emerging markets.
April 20, 2007 • Read more..

Employee event at Price Waterhouse Coopers in Beijing

Auditors are boring? Watch this video shot at an employee event from Price Waterhouse Coopers in Beijing.
April 16, 2007 • Read more..

Recruitment through forum of the Shanghai Metro Fans Club

The metro company is hiring for positions at all the new stations that are opening up this year. Do you fit the requirements?
April 16, 2007 • Read more..

Employees in the finance sector are top earners.

Employees in the finance sector earned an average annual salary of 213,391 yuan, the highest among all industries in 2006.
April 16, 2007 • Read more..

China's largest recruiting portal for the hotel sector in Shanghai

International branded hotels of Shanghai launched a career website www.9djob.com, along with EmporioAsia, an interactive marketing agency.
April 16, 2007 • Read more..

China companies see staff turnover rise, paying more for retention

Companies in China are struggling to retain professional and support staff and must pay higher salaries or high recruitment costs
April 13, 2007 • Read more..

Talent goes to government, monopolies, banks and insurance companies

A recent survey shows that most talent goes to government, monopolies, banks and insurance companies.
April 10, 2007 • Read more..

Training program to educate brand managers

A training program has been launched to deal with the shortage of brand management professionals.
April 10, 2007 • Read more..

NewChinaCareer.com first english-language recruitment website in China

NewChinaCareer.com is simple to navigate and easy on the eye, the site is the first of its kind in Greater China.
April 5, 2007 • Read more..

Local talent abroad

Nearly 1.1 million Chinese students have studied abroad, either financed by the government or their own resources, but just 275,000 returned to China after graduation.
April 5, 2007 • Read more..

Recruitment target for luring overseas talents being met.

More than 10,000 overseas professionals have been lured to Shanghai in the past 15 months. Nine months ahead of target.
April 5, 2007 • Read more..

HSBC to hire 2,000 staff for 30 new outlets

HSBC will hire 1,000 new staff this year and another 1,000 staff next year, as it adds 30 new domestic outlets on the Chinese mainland.
April 2, 2007 • Read more..

Nigel Liu, winner of the television recruitment program "Absolute Challenge"

The winner of the television recruitment program "Absolute Challenge", Nigel Liu, was awarded with an employment contract with ING.
April 2, 2007 • Read more..

ING launches global management recruitment program in China

ING today announced the roll-out of its global management trainee program in China as the company steps up its efforts to attract talented individuals.
April 2, 2007 • Read more..

CCTV's annual employer branding survey 2006

How big and important is employer branding in China? CCTV held a grand ceremony to show it's importance.
April 2, 2007 • Read more..

Best (prefered) employer in China

Best employer based compensation and benefits, working condition, training, promotion and career development, corporate culture and innovation.
March 29, 2007 • Read more..

Recruitment advertising spending in China

The market size of newspaper recruiting, recruitment fair, online recruiting, headhunter/TV/broadcasting.
March 28, 2007 • Read more..

China's population change between 1950 and 2050

In this animated population pyramid one can watch population change in China unfold over a 100 year period - between 1950 and 2050.
March 28, 2007 • Read more..

91% of the companies have women in senior management positions

Almost all Asian countries have more businesses with women in senior levels than the global average of 65%.
March 27, 2007 • Read more..

Chinese graduates are struggling on the job market.

China's job market is slim this year with 4.95 million new graduates from nationwide colleges and universities, 820,000 more than last year.
March 27, 2007 • Read more..

Intel to open chip plant in China

Intel has announced that it will open a wafer fabrication facility in China, a significant milestone in the chip giant's manufacturing history
March 26, 2007 • Read more..

China's graduates are not finding any jobs

China has more than doubled university enrollment during this decade, and educated job seekers are entering the labor force at a record rate.
March 26, 2007 • Read more..

Philips recruitment advertising campaign in China

The appeal of the 'touch lives every day' concept was confirmed in a pilot study in China in 2005. Check out there beautiful advertisement.
March 26, 2007 • Read more..

Jackie Chan stars in a recruitment campaign LAPD

Jackie Chan has taken on a new role promoting the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to Asian-Americans
March 21, 2007 • Read more..

Google plans to hire thousands of people.

Google, owner of the world's most-used search engine, is planning to more than double the number of engineers it has in China.
March 19, 2007 • Read more..

Five talent pools in China

Martin Tang, Spencer Stewart’s chairman for Asia, described five talent pools from which executives are chosen.
March 19, 2007 • Read more..

How to deal with the future labor shortage?

The current labor shortage spreading from the coastal areas across the country signifies the coming of the Lewisian Turning Point in China's economic development.
March 15, 2007 • Read more..

Citigroup to expand China staff by one third in 2007

US banking giant Citigroup aims to expand its staffing in China by one third in 2007 as it ramps up business in the fast-growing loan market, state press reported Thursday.
March 15, 2007 • Read more..

Tech flocks to Shanghai

44 foreign companies now have their Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, 48 of which established operations there only in the last year.
March 14, 2007 • Read more..

Top employment scams listed

The Shanghai Labor and Social Security published its first-ever list of top-10 employment scams in the city yesterday, one day ahead of World Consumer Rights Day.
March 14, 2007 • Read more..

China's talent wars

Despite the apparent abundance of labor, there is a paradox: Companies often have trouble finding the right candidate for the job.
March 13, 2007 • Read more..

Better interviews with job candidates in China

There are ways to conduct more effective telephone interviews with candidates in China, says Jack Daniels, founder and president of EastBridge Partners.
March 13, 2007 • Read more..

Lenovo encourages more female engineers.

Lenovo has announced its sponsorship of the "Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering," a live webcast event that will be broadcast to a worldwide audience on March 22.
March 12, 2007 • Read more..

The most ideal employers in China

China Mobile is the most preferred employer and is chosen by more than 23 % of the respondents. Second is the consumer goods giant P&G followed by IBM, Bank of China and BMW.
March 9, 2007 • Read more..

Top 10 industries in terms of available online vacancies in 2004

Originally, online recruiting ads are mainly issued by IT companies. Along with the development of online recruiting, more and more traditional companies are now adopting online recruiting.
March 9, 2007 • Read more..

What jobs are hot?

Sales roles again account for the largest single proportion of vacancies, with 24% of recruitment forecast to be in this area.
March 9, 2007 • Read more..

Jobless rate among young a key concern

The city government plans to set up training programs for 5,000 college and university graduates this year, in order to equip them with stronger vocational skills.
March 8, 2007 • Read more..

Population to stay under 19m

The city government plans to keep Shanghai's population under 19 million through 2010, while improving the population structure and enhancing family planning services.
March 8, 2007 • Read more..

Volunteer Recruitment For 2008 Olympics Launched In Shanghai

Shanghai Municipality has formally launched its recruitment drive to find volunteers for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
March 8, 2007 • Read more..

Expat drive

The Shanghai Personnel Bureau plans to attract another 20,000 overseas professionals to work and start their own business.
March 7, 2007 • Read more..

Ayi shortage to decrease

The ongoing shortage of ayis in the city is dropping quickly as domestic helpers return to Shanghai following the Lantern Festival.
March 7, 2007 • Read more..

Job centers keep busy

A record 1.05 million people applied for jobs at public job placement centers across the city last year, according to an annual labor market report.
March 6, 2007 • Read more..

Economic boom a bonanza for graduates

Shanghai's booming economy is having a flow-on effect throughout society - and university graduates are no exception.
March 6, 2007 • Read more..

University ranking by the quality of freshmen in 2006

The ranking is based on a survey carried out by the education portal netbig.com. Below you will find the top 20.
March 5, 2007 • Read more..

Chinese universities urged to develop students' practical and innovative capacities

Chinese colleges and universities should reduce the proportion of required courses on the curriculum to give the students more freedom of choice.
March 5, 2007 • Read more..

Employers head to rail stations to find workers

A shortage of workers during the Spring Festival has driven many employers to recruit staff from incoming migrant workers at the city's railway stations.
February 28, 2007 • Read more..

Youth leads business starters

People in Shanghai are more enthusiastic about starting their own business than in Beijing.
February 26, 2007 • Read more..

Ready to pay a price for the New Year

60% of white collars in China have prepared one to two months of their salary for the spending during the Spring Festival.
February 19, 2007 • Read more..

China enters an auspicious year, birth rate is expected to soar.

Pig years, which occur every 12 years, are considered auspicious. But the coming one, or so many believe, will be especially fortunate.
February 17, 2007 • Read more..

Baby boom adds pressure

With a significant baby boom expected this year, population authorities in the city are calling on young couples to think through all of the implications.
February 14, 2007 • Read more..

White collars feel blue

At the forefront of those benefiting from China's rapid economic growth, the white collars are supposed to be happy.
February 9, 2007 • Read more..

Graduates turn to suburbs for work

The Beijing municipal government has set out to recruit thousands of university graduates to work as junior officials in rural areas.
February 9, 2007 • Read more..

EVA Air recruitment advertising video

Less flashy then the recruitment advertising video in my previous post but more realistic and informative. It's from EVA Air.
February 9, 2007 • Read more..

Chinese police recruitment advertising video

Chinese police recruitment advertising video that has a lot of similarities with the game Counter-Strike. It's a police advertisement of Zhuhai City.
February 9, 2007 • Read more..

Google to recruit 20 localization managers in China

Google China is trying to recruit more product managers in China who are familiar with the local market in order to solve its problem of localization.
February 9, 2007 • Read more..

Shanghai still doesn't have enough people

Shanghai's rapidly aging population means that there's a labor force shortage, especially in the 25-35-year-old age group.
February 5, 2007 • Read more..

Pressure of work takes its toll

Landing a well-paid job in a foreign company is something millions of China's jobseekers dream of, but these findings may change their minds.
February 5, 2007 • Read more..

Residence system blocks city's open job market

The city's approval system for granting permanent residence to non-locals who graduate from a Shanghai university is discriminatory and blocks the free flow of the job market.
January 31, 2007 • Read more..

Time to invest in human resources

Despite the fact that cheap labor is one of the greatest advantages of the Chinese economy, mechanization is becoming increasingly prevalent.
January 27, 2007 • Read more..

Mainland turnover high

Multinational companies saw a higher rate of employee turnover on the Chinese mainland last year than in other parts of Asia.
January 24, 2007 • Read more..

Talent shortage driving up Chinese salaries

Salaries in China surged last year and are expected to grow further this year.
January 23, 2007 • Read more..

HR managers braced for golden baby gloom

The predicted baby boom in the Chinese Year of the Golden Pig is causing headaches for human resources managers.
January 16, 2007 • Read more..

Beijing women don't have a child until 29

The average childbearing age of Beijing women rose to 28.83 years in 2005 from 27.24 in 2000, the Beijing Daily reported here Friday.
January 15, 2007 • Read more..

Shanghai residents earned most in 2006

Shanghai residents' salaries rose by 7.7 percent on average in 2006, ranking at the top of all Chinese cities in terms of salary growth.
January 15, 2007 • Read more..

Living on 1,000 RMB a month in Shanghai

Just recently, we came across a report from December 2006 about the lives of seven individuals, each making 1,000 yuan per month, living in seven different Chinese cities.
January 10, 2007 • Read more..

Foreign Language Speakers to Answer Emergency Calls in Shanghai

Shanghai police on Monday set up a talent pool of foreign language speakers to answer emergency calls from the city's growing number of foreigners.
January 10, 2007 • Read more..

University graduates in China now seek jobs at temples

With jobs hard to get in the highly competitive Chinese market, graduates are now stalking the corridors of holy temples.
January 8, 2007 • Read more..

China to encourage 200,000 overseas Chinese to return home

China hopes to entice 200,000 overseas Chinese to return home in the period 2006-2010 by setting up science centers.
January 5, 2007 • Read more..

Recruitment advertising campaign IKEA

Standards Group developed a recruitment advertising campaign for IKEA. IKEA wants to recruit more than 8,000 people over the next five years.
January 5, 2007 • Read more..

Chinese firms hungry for talent

In the 1980s and most of the 1990s, almost all talented Chinese students wanted to study abroad.
January 3, 2007 • Read more..

Chinese dreams for 2007

Four years working as a white-collar worker in China's largest city of Shanghai, Liu Xiaoqiang feels he's far from being able to afford his own apartment there.
January 2, 2007 • Read more..

Talent crisis brewing in Asia-Pacific

Many employers are at risk of losing their most talented people as disillusionment with career prospects and management style leads them to look for opportunities elsewhere.
January 2, 2007 • Read more..

Online interviews help graduates get jobs

Attending a face-to-face interview in the cyberworld may help you get a job in reality.
December 21, 2006 • Read more..

Job market vibrant, but needs talents

The job market is vibrant and vacancies have increased in the past year, especially in the financial sector.
December 21, 2006 • Read more..

Ten million urban Chinese find jobs in 2006

More than 10.5 million urban Chinese are expected to find jobs this year, exceeding the target of nine million set by the National Development and Reform Commission.
December 20, 2006 • Read more..

Job skills at school make job hunting easy

In an effort to improve vocational education, the Ministry of Education announced recently that it would spend 2 billion yuan to update teaching facilities and establish quality curriculum.
December 14, 2006 • Read more..

Time has come to talk of cabbages and jobs

Hundreds of thousands of would-be college graduates across the country are looking for jobs.
December 13, 2006 • Read more..

Supporting the aged

The white paper on the development of China's undertakings for the aged sheds needed light on a daunting challenge that the country must respond to as soon as possible.
December 13, 2006 • Read more..

Deloittle launches recruitment advertising campaign targeted at Chinese graduates

Professional services firm Deloitte has launched a recruitment advertising campaign to attract up to 50 graduates a year directly from Chinese universities.
December 12, 2006 • Read more..

Job fair attracts thousands of graduates

More than 300 companies at the fair in Hefei offered 13,000 vacancies to up to 20,000 graduates who have been struggling to enter the work force.
December 11, 2006 • Read more..

Overseas Chinese try to build a in homeland.

A foreign face in China is hardly unusual nowadays. But with tens of thousands of new expatriates flooding the country, a trend is emerging.
December 11, 2006 • Read more..

'Sea turtles' search for a place in China

They couldn't speak any Mandarin, but have a good sense of the language because they've heard it through their parents but can't actually speak it.
December 11, 2006 • Read more..

IT recruits miss mark in uni push

Big dotcoms have this year been sending out regional presidents and chief executise officers to comprises in a bid to recruit new university graduates.
December 9, 2006 • Read more..

Job shortage to continue in 2007

China's serious job shortage is likely to continue through next year, with more than 15 million urban people unable to find work.
December 9, 2006 • Read more..

Dream teams to the fore as HR salutes its own

Leading human resources managers for overseas companies in China have won awards for team spirit and business acumen in financial and other sectors.
December 9, 2006 • Read more..

Rabobank recruitment advertisement 51job.com

Rabobank is looking for a Senior Relationship Manager/Relationship Manager, Senior Credit Analyst and Corporate Advisor through this advertisement in the 51job.com
December 6, 2006 • Read more..

Tens of thousands of students flock to Beijing job fair

A national job fair held this weekend in the Chinese capital attracted so many job seekers that the doors had to be opened an hour earlier than planned.
December 5, 2006 • Read more..

Only children face employment discrimination

China's one-child policy helped reduce the population of the world's most populous country by an official 30 million, but has brought employment discrimination.
November 30, 2006 • Read more..

Shortage of jobs to affect huge number of graduates

China's university graduates are braced for gloomier employment prospects next year as the number of graduates will reach a record high of 4.95 million, the Ministry of Education said yesterday.
November 29, 2006 • Read more..

Adidas rolls out worldwide e-recruitment scheme to boost its global talent

Sports retailer Adidas has rolled out a new e-recruitment initiative worldwide to improve its global talent strategy.
November 28, 2006 • Read more..

Crowded job fair

A job fair opened on November 20 in Nanjing, provincial capital of East China's Jiangsu Province, attracted some ten thousand this year's graduates.
November 21, 2006 • Read more..

1.24m college students to graduate jobless this year

About 1.24 million Chinese college students will graduate without jobs that require their qualifications this year, Tian Chengping, head of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, has warned.
November 17, 2006 • Read more..

Recruitment advertising through posters to promote volunteers recruitment

The BOCOG departments in charge of the volunteers and cultural activities has made collaborative efforts to launch two posters in line with the volunteers' recruitment for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games.
October 31, 2006 • Read more..

More students studying overseas

With more visas granted and application processes streamlined, more and more Chinese students are studying abroad in Britain and the United States.
October 16, 2006 • Read more..

Air stewardess recruitment in Beijing

Applicants roll up pants to let examine their legs by a panel of judges at a air stewardess-recruiting site in Beijing, October 12, 2006.
October 13, 2006 • Read more..

Unemployed graduates ashamed to apply for living allowance

Chinese college graduates who cannot find a job straight after graduation consider it shameful to apply to the government for a minimum living allowance to cover their living expenses.
October 3, 2006 • Read more..

College graduates find job market discriminatory

Zhu Yan, when asked to reflect on his job hunt after graduating this year from Jiangsu University in East China, shook his head.
October 3, 2006 • Read more..

Seek buys 25% of Zhaopin

Australian online recruitment firm Seek Ltd said yesterday it will pay US$20 million for a 25 percent stake in Zhaopin Ltd, one of the top three Internet employment sites in China.
September 21, 2006 • Read more..

China's Best Graduate Schools 2006

Sina Web recently publishes the ranking list of 100 top China's best Graduate Schools in 2006.
September 13, 2006 • Read more..

Reversing the brain drain in China: the return of the 'sea turtles'

Brain drains rob developing countries of valuable human talent, as their best and brightest people go abroad to study and opt to stay in the developed world.
August 31, 2006 • Read more..

Companies in China battle to keep hold of professional and support staff

Companies are struggling to retain their professional and support staff, and face either having to pay higher salaries or excessive recruitment costs.
August 31, 2006 • Read more..

The high cost of cheap Chinese labor

Paul W. Beamish’s article “The High Cost of Cheap Chinese Labor” correctly points out that recruiting and retaining white-collar workers in China is difficult.
August 24, 2006 • Read more..

China graduates face job crunch

With the trees in bloom and the sun shining, students strolling the grounds of Beijing's leafy university campuses shouldn't have a care in the world.
June 30, 2006 • Read more..

Big four firms plan to boost China staff

The big four accountancy firms are planning to boost their staff numbers by more than 20% this year.
June 5, 2006 • Read more..

HP China to hire over 1,000, biggest ever

Hewlett-Packard plans to recruit more than 1,000 workers on the Chinese mainland by the end of this year.
May 13, 2006 • Read more..

China's underpopulation crisis

China's vast supply of cheap labor and India's army of capable engineers have attracted enormous flows of foreign investment to their countries.
March 7, 2006 • Read more..

China needs to get rich before it gets too old

Helen Qiao, an economist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in Hong Kong, posed an interesting question this week: 'Will China grow old before getting rich?'
February 15, 2006 • Read more..

China threat looms in skills shortage

There's an old Chinese proverb: An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
February 6, 2006 • Read more..

China wants to recruit foreign pilots

In order to relieve the shortage of pilots in its aviation sector, China wants to recruit foreign airline pilots.
July 28, 2005 • Read more..

43,000 new jobs created within Shanghai

Shanghai has created 443,000 new jobs by the end of June this year, fulfilling 88.6 percent of the city's yearly target of 500,000 positions.
January 1, 1970 • Read more..