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March 8, 2007
Vol 5  No 5

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China's Talent Wars

Chinese graduates are facing their first employment crunch in 30 years, but employers aren't rejoicing. Despite the apparent abundance of labor, there is a paradox: Companies often have trouble finding the right candidate for the job.

Read more about recruiting qualified candidates in China.

  WORLDWIDE RECRUITING  
 

Recruiting on Asian Job Boards

Job growth is explosive across Asia. With Internet access spreading throughout the region, employers can tap a growing array of online sites for sourcing candidates.

Read more about recruiting using Asian job boards.

 
 
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Interview Process

A member writes: "We are currently looking at ways to streamline our interview process in order to save us time from unqualified candidates taking too much time. One thing we were thinking of was adding a personality test to our process or some sort of test. Just looking for ideas that have worked for smaller companies that have had big recruitment initiatives."

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Choosing Candidates


Ratings employers give to the influence of attributes of equal new college graduate candidates (5=extreme influence, 4=very much influence, 3=somewhat of an influence, 2=not much influence, 1=no influence), 2006

Held leadership position 4.0
High GPA (3.0 or above) 4.0
Involved in extracurricular activities 3.7
Did volunteer work 3.2
School attended 3.0
Note: Survey of 267 employers.
Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers



Contingent Workforce Growth

Contingent workers as percent of total U.S. workforce, 1997-2005

  1997 2001 2005
Total 9.9% 9.4% 10.7%
Independent contractors 6.7 6.4 7.4
On call/day laborers 1.6 1.6 1.8
Temp agency workers 1.0 0.9 0.9
Contract agency workers 0.6 0.5 0.6
Source: Hudson, based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
 

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