China’s top decision-makers plan to double its economy by 2035 and reach the status of a high-income nation by 2025. According to state media, Xinhua, Chinese President Xi Jinping says that it is “entirely possible” to achieve the status of a high-income country, and for the nation to double its economic output by 2035. The […]
Archives for November 2020
Degrees good, skills essential – The new validation for today’s workforce
Academic qualifications have been the main form of validation and gatekeeping for employers in their recruitment for as long as we can remember. And for employees, a good degree has been their passport to a secure, interesting job. But that is all about to change in the new era of work that we have been […]
Doing well by Doing good during COVID – Managing Director, Accurate Gauging
Listen to how Vikram Salunkhe, MD at Accurate Gauging found a way to avert crisis and improve their business in 2020. Watch the full video here… Looking for Best Executive Search Firms in China? Trust Cornerstone International Group – China for hiring the best talent!
Ranking: Thailand’s top 20 most attractive employers in 2020
Google has emerged as the most attractive employer among business/commerce students in Thailand in 2020, while PTT has taken the top spot among engineering students, Universum’s Talent Survey 2020 has revealed. Among both group of students, common favourites included Google and PTT, BMW Group, Facebook, Siam Cement Group, Electricty Generating Authority of Thailand, and more. The results of […]
What skills will leaders need to navigate the ‘new normal’?
In the ‘new normal’, HR has had to do much more than playing the role of an administrator or coach for the organization, said Dan Cullen, partner-in-charge at Heidrick & Struggles’ Singapore office. HR now has a long list of responsibilities including: ensuring the mental and physical well-being of employees making sure that teams had […]
HR’s biggest new challenge? Getting the priorities straight
From new approaches to hiring to revamped solutions for employee experience, HR leaders are strategizing—and re-strategizing— how to guide their workforces and organizations through the near-daily changes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. While this work is redefining HR’s role and presenting people leaders with unforeseen obstacles, HR shouldn’t underestimate the value of this opportunity. That’s […]
BRIC Leaders Share Pandemic Learnings
We found ourselves in a VUCA world – volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous – long before COVID-19 found us. But the pandemic has made change faster and more volatile, harder to predict, more uncertain, more difficult to analyze, more complex, more ambiguous and more challenging to interpret. Nowhere more so than in the global environment […]
HR in China: Human Resources Practices You Shall Know
In this episode of Digital China, Adam Livermore from Dezan Shira & Associates about HR in China and how to do it right. You’ll learn how to hire, manage, and let go of your staff in the mainland – and remain compliant doing this. We spoke about salaries, bonuses, employment contracts, social insurances, full and […]
Leading Australian winery aims to tap into China at CIIE
First Creek Winery, the largest wine company in the Hunter Valley, one of Australia’s most famous wine-producing regions, is planning to participate, for the first time, in the third China International Import Expo, due to take place from Nov 5 to 10 in Shanghai. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and wildfire, wine production has been […]