HR MATTER
A Word from the Group General Manager - Hong Kong
As we sit in the second month of summer we find ourselves in a new and different environment than that of a year ago. The environment around us is tense as the Olympics are drawing closer and many of the global indexes post record losses for the first half of the year.
The debate on a compulsory minimum wage continues. If imposed will this have a profound effect on your business? Gemini will continue to monitor salaries and our salary surveys are published on our website.
With these new developments it is becoming more and more important to ensure that you have the right staff. Give Gemini a call. We are here to help with all of your temporary and permanent staffing needs.
This month we focus on the Garment industry. It is a fiercely competitive industry constantly striving to improve manufacturing and distribution networks. Gemini has an experienced team of consultants familiar the skills required.
Finally if you need short term cover during the summer holiday season, call our Temp Hotline 852 2525 7326.
Graham Price
Questions? Please send enquiries to gemhq@gemini.com.hk
or in case you want to check the Gemini HK website, surf to www.gemini.com.hk
Thailand in Focus - Hiring Slowdown
During the past quarter, we have experienced 2008 business plans hitting the reality zone: the domestic market has been severely hit by rising food prices and skyrocketing energy costs. Many companies have readjusted their hiring plans downwards.
So it looks like the employment market is at a standstill with companies focusing on maintaining their current staffing levels while they wait for the turbulent political air to clear.
There are jobs available in small and medium sized enterprises for those who find such positions to their liking. We have -in fact- done several placements in this segment:
sales engineers for industrial equipment, for electronic components, for automotive parts – IT support positions – field clinical engineers for medical devices – accountants and office managers
But when these firms do decide to hire they take on only those who have an in-depth, specialist knowledge and can add value immediately.
Lately we have met several candidates for mid-level positions who moved on because they lived far from their workplaces and the high cost of travel made it difficult and economically not viable for them to continue.
We had several assignments looking for their replacements: General Accounting Manager - Credit and Collection manager – Regional Project and Service Manager – Assistant Manager Logistics all for companies not on a major public transportation line!
In this respect, recruitment companies now focus on identifying candidates from the neighborhood in combination with maintaining a high level of scrutiny for the right professional qualifications.
Please call us directly at +66 2 650 8977 or mail to jos@geminipersonnel.com
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One hope on the Horizon!
The government recently approved 770 billion baht to develop a stretch of 424 kilometers of elevated rail lines and subways in greater Bangkok, targeting to complete the whole loop within 3.5 years, which sounds a bit optimistic.
These extensions would certainly help the mobility of talent in the labor market beyond the Sukhumvit lines. Needless to say we are eagerly looking forward to it.
For people planning to visit Bangkok in the near future, we have to disappoint them: the missing sky train link with Suvarnabhumi airport was pushed forward by another year from the previous February 2008 schedule due to rising cost constraints.
INSIDE
China Update - new service kicks off successfully
For the first time, J.M. Gemini is introducing Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) to it’s clients. RPO refers to when a business outsources some or all of its recruitment works to professional recruitment companies. Currently many businesses use an RPO service to accomplish their recruitment work, and there are good reasons for this. The RPO service brings high recruitment quality, a shortened position opening period, improvement in administration processes and reduction in operational cost. During this period, the professional recruitment company works as the internal recruiting department and is responsible for providing the required tools and methods for recruitment.
J.M. Gemini provides this custom-tailored RPO service according to the internal recruitment requirement from clients, including but not limited to, the following contents:
• Recruitment process design and management;
• Resume Database Searching (famous recruiting service providers’ database);
• Job Advertisements (famous recruiting websites);
• Resume screening and candidate contacting;
• Weekly update/report of recruiting status to the client;
How it works:
J.M. Gemini assigns a Consultant to the required client business and the consultant works towards fulfilling the following key roles:
a. Adjust and fulfill the recruitment plan;
b. Manage the recruitment process while communicating with the client, post the recruitment advertisement and search external Databases and Screen resumes;
The consultant can also use the clients’ resources to accomplish the recruitment plan.
This is all conducted by the consultant as a dedicated resource to the business.
If you would like to more, please contact us at enquiries@jmgemini.com
Visit our website at www.jmgemini.com
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