with new and innovative ways of com- municating with the Chinese popula- tion. We also have a lot of companies who are investing in front-line sales staff in order to win more business, particularly in professional services. Tere is a need for good merchandis- ers, people who have experience in sourcing and presenting products to the Chinese market. In finance and accounting, there is strong demand for people who not only have analyti- cal skills, but commercial and business acumen. Banking is one of the areas where there is the biggest shortage of people: Tere is a big push in this sec- tor, but China just doesn’t have a long history of banking.
Q A
: Who are the most sought after candidates this year?
: In terms of candidates for marketing positions, there is high
demand for people who have China experience and are able to come up
Q A
: What advice would you give to managers and employers who are looking to attract top talent in China?
: Tere’s a big push in this market just to take staff from competitors.
We try to encourage companies to look more broadly at skill sets and personal characteristics that are important for a particular job. If you can look at in- dividuals with transferable skills, more
options become available. Secondly, employers should work on selling the company and selling the role. What history does your company have in helping people develop themselves? Where will this role go? Te last person in this job – what are they doing now? Tirdly, with regards to the recruitment process – something we’re obviously involved in – companies have to be thorough, detailed and pretty fast. If you have a recruitment process that lasts too long, then you risk losing candidates because someone else might have snapped them up.
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: What are Michael Page’s plans in China and Asia in the near future?
: We recently expanded to India and Malaysia, and we also opened
a new office in Guangzhou. We’re still interested in expanding and looking at other countries in the region. From an Asia perspective, this enables us to provide a much broader service. In addition, in China we’re expanding the disciplines we recruit for, and ultimately we’ll be increasing the number of of- fices and locations as well.
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