HR managers in China who aren’t reading Frank Mulligan’s Talent In China site are missing out on an important resource. His Nov 10 post - Slower Hiring - Window of Opportunity reads like Recession HR 101, and will be extremely useful for local HR managers who are experiencing their first economic downturn.
“So we can look forward to [...]
China’s Senior managers and HR professionals have to deal with sales teams all the time. There was a time when you could divide the Chinese sales landscape into two groups. Aggressive western-style salesmen who were difficult to deal with, and more passive Chinese-style salesmen who were easy to deal with but didn’t always get the [...]
China HR professionals have heard the party line already - “People are this company’s most valuable asset”. This is usually followed by something about how your company takes a strategic approach to sales and marketing HR.
Just saying Sales HR is strategic to your China business is not enough. You have to get senior and line managers [...]
The second markets turn south, HR managers at big & medium sized companies start hearing a couple of half-truths that get repeated so often that they begin to make sense.
The first myth is that hiring gets easier when business is slow and companies are having trouble. True, there is less active demand for talent during a recession. If [...]
China HR has to prepare for global recession
China is not yet feeling the full effects of the global recession, but some HR managers in Shanghai and Shenzhen already are. As more and more international HQs order hiring freezes - or worse, headcount reductions, HR managers in China are going to feel the pain.
Dr. John Sullivan [...]
Is your organization run by a boss, a technocrat, a leader, or a mentor? Are they all the same?
If you are from the US, then you may see all of these labels as different facets of a single strong manager. But Chinese staffers may not see it that way.
For a look at how Chinese [...]
