China's talent shortagePosted by Dror Poleg on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 8:28 AM
The International Herlad Tribune published an interesting piece about the recruitment struggles of foreign companies in China. Selected quotes:
Full article is available on the IHT web site: Chinese paradox: A shallow pool of talent |
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Comments on China's talent shortage
Anecdotally, this certainly seems to be the case, especially in PR and advertising. I can report an increasing volume of calls from headhunters and competing agencies. If my meager talents are in such demand, well, that's saying something.
Among other things, it's saying I need to be charging more!
I had a stint at Lenovo once, but left because I could have made more money teaching...part time. At the time, there were only four our so foreigners. Now there are eight in an office of thousands. So I guess some companies are happy with the locals.
The Chinese are enjoying a highly skewed and biased legal and business environment in China for Chinese citizens. They have yet to realize just how fierce competition can be when their market truly opens up and foreigners are allowed in with little to no restrictions. Enjoy this fantasy land people, because when the commie government finally decides to get it's head out of it's ass, the game is on.
Mr. Gene,
You obvioulsy have no idea of how fierce is the competition among products out here, already. Enjoy your preconceptions, Gene, and get that finger out of your nostril.