Recruiting Professionals in China
Introduction

Direct HR’s Knowledge Centre is meant to support human resource departments as well as functional and general managers in calibrating their recruitment activities to the Chinese market. Recruitment is defined as the profiling, attraction, search, selection and onboarding of candidates for open positions. Taking a generic global understanding of recruitment as a basis, this chapter will provide China-specific insights into the different stages of the recruitment process. Direct HR’s Knowledge Centre focuses on recruiting white collar and skilled senior technical professionals.
Due to China’s history of rapid economic and social development, managers encounter a unique set of challenges when seeking to recruit professionals in China. The following sections will provide assistance on how these challenges can be dealt with in the various stages of the recruitment process.

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> Recruitment challenges
> Candidate profiling
> Employee types
> Candidate identification
> Headhunting
> Candidate selection
> On-boarding process
