There’s nothing more valuable to a company than its human capital. That is also why HR and personnel recruitment are so important. PTL Group’s vast expertise includes recruitment practices in China.
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Candidate Filtering
The black CV market
When it comes to recruitment in China, there are many platforms (e.g. job sites, social networks, job fairs and more), but the main challenges are the ability to filter the relevant resumes from a vast pool of job applications, and to verify them. Falsified resumes are not uncommon in the current job market landscape, and are a part of a large black market that offers candidates different types of required documents.
Once, as part of our recruitment practices in China, we examined a candidate for a sales manager position, whose resume was not accurate in two clauses. A background check revealed that not only was his last position not as high-level as he had pointed out, but also that the number of years he had worked at his prior company does not match what he had written on his CV. Therefore, no resume should be taken for granted.
Less letters of recommendation, more background checks
In China, the image and the “face” (miànzi面子) play a very important role in all aspects of life, as well as in the aspect of employment. This is one of the reasons, though not the only one, for the lack of credibility and reliability of letters of recommendation from previous employers.
Therefore, we recommend conducting background checks on candidates, especially when recruiting for foreign companies. Sometimes the background checks may eliminate candidates who have made a very good impression during the recruitment process. There are many examples of this scenario, but one of the most astonishing is a case in which a background check exposed that the candidate was not only working for the competing company, but that he was also the company’s owner, and was trying to get a job to extract information.
At PTL Group, we specialize in HR services in China. Get in touch today and let us support your China operations.
Last updated: Mar 2024
