Beijing, December 6, 2010 – The MRI China Group has once again been awarded the prestigious CCH China STAFF Recruitment Firm of the Year Award. The company previously won the award [...]]]> For the fifth time in the last six years The MRI China Group Wins CCH China STAFF Recruitment Firm of the Year, China

Beijing, December 6, 2010 – The MRI China Group has once again been awarded the prestigious CCH China STAFF Recruitment Firm of the Year Award. The company previously won the award in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. The award demonstrates The MRI China Group’s position as the undisputed leader in executive recruitment and for the first time recognizes a recruitment process outsourcing solution delivered by Tal-os Asia, a subsidiary of the Group.

Chris Watkins, China Country Manager of The MRI China Group, accepted the award on behalf of the company at the 13th annual ceremony. The event was attended by more than 200 people, including HR professionals and senior managers from multinational and local companies in China.

“We are very excited to have been awarded the Recruitment Firm of the Year, China for the fifth time in the last six years. It is a testament to the unique solutions we are able to provide our clients along with the incredible hard work of our industry specialized consultants and project teams in the MRI and Tal-os businesses,” remarked Watkins.

Angie Eagan, Managing Director of Tal-os Asia said “This award is firm validation of how powerful our end to end solutions model is in addressing the talent needs of companies for which China is a strategic imperative. What makes it even more valuable to me is the award was based upon the endorsement of our clients and opinions of HR industry leaders. It is a real honor.”

The panel of judges, comprising of seven HR directors, reviewed each blind submission and agreed together on the winner. The award was based on the review of case studies provided by three of The MRI China Group’s specialist practice teams; retail, consumer and manufacturing. These communicated the company’s unique approach and verified the outstanding results and return on investment achieved on behalf of clients.

The case studies demonstrated The MRI China Group’s proven ability to work as a partner and add value. “We are fortunate to have the opportunity to partner with clients that allow us to take a proactive and innovative approach to attracting the best talent in China as they seek to grow their businesses,” added Watkins.

Christine Raynaud, CEO of The MRI China Group, said “I am very proud to be the new leader of such a team of great achievers and very grateful to Tony Dickel, the company’s founder, for his legacy.”

About The MRI China Group

The MRI China Group provides executive recruitment services and through its subsidiary Tal-os, recruitment outsourcing solutions. The Group is headquartered in Hong Kong and has operations in Mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea with over 200 staff. It is part of the MRINetwork, one of the largest executive search and recruitment organizations in the world, providing retained executive search and recruitment services, competitive market analysis, talent market research, recruitment consultancy and recruitment process outsourcing solutions to clients in every major industry, serving multinational, regional and local companies on a global basis. The MRI China Group has been awarded CCH/China Staff Recruitment Firm of the Year, China in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010 and HCM Magazine: Best Recruitment Company, Greater China 2009/2010. For more information, please visit www.mri-china.com

About Tal-os Asia

Tal-os Asia, established in 2006 by The MRI China Group, provides end-to-end human resource outsourcing, talent management and development solutions in Greater China and Asia. Services include strategic delivery of employer branding, assessment, leadership development, volume recruitment and HR infrastructure development. For more information visit www.talosasia.com

About The China STAFF

China STAFF is the only bilingual HR journal that is dedicated to human resources management in China and Hong Kong. Over the last decade, China STAFF has developed a reputation for in-depth analysis editorial commentary and expert professional advice on a range of HR challenges faced by corporations in China and Hong Kong.

Hong Kong; 14th October 2008 –Tal-os Asia, a Talent Management and Recruitment solutions firm in Asia today announced that after a comprehensive piloting and testing process it has formally launched its unique and proven talent market intelligence solution to empower HR Professionals, corporate [...]]]> Tal-os Asia launches TalentSUITE, the industry’s first Talent Market Intelligence Solution

Hong Kong; 14th October 2008 –Tal-os Asia, a Talent Management and Recruitment solutions firm in Asia today announced that after a comprehensive piloting and testing process it has formally launched its unique and proven talent market intelligence solution to empower HR Professionals, corporate recruiters and senior management formulate effective talent strategies that will align closely with their business goals.

Tal-os’ TalentSUITE will enable HR directors to discover who their target talent populations are, where they are, what they want and how to sign them on. Consisting of four different modules, the total solution delivers statistically valid and reliable first-hand market intelligence on the key areas of talent management, namely, recruitment, retention, employer branding, generational issues and remuneration.

“In a world where cost per hire, time to fill and recruitment effectiveness is becoming increasingly important, organisations are recognising that unplanned, unmeasured and reactive recruitment campaigns are both expensive and likely to result in costly mis-hires. Additionally, the long-term demographic imbalance especially in Asia and China is predicted to further intensify the talent war in the longer term. Even in slower markets, top talent have multiple choices and companies who plan their recruitment campaigns carefully will obtain the lion’s share of the available talent, while for others costly campaigns will produce a low ROI,” states Tony Dickel, Chairman of Tal-os Asia.  “Our TalentSUITE solution helps companies derive the information they need to better target, attract and retain the talent they need, at a lower total cost per hire.”

The four modules of the solution launched today are TalentSCOPE, TalentMAP, TalentTEST and TalentWAR.

Highlights of TalentSUITE
1. TalentSCOPE:- Provides a general or strategic overview of the target talent market and provides answers as to the size of the eligible talent population, where they are located, how much is the sector growing, what the salary ranges, etc for each demographic within the population.
2. TalentMAP:- Detailed survey of the target candidate population that provides an in-depth assessment of a statistically representative stratified sample of the target talent market; computes the features of the talent pool such as general background, biographical characteristics and current status and motivations, etc
3. TalentTEST:- Evaluates candidates on certain metrics such as personality type, work styles, leadership traits, generational styles, etc
4. TalentWAR:- provides competitive benchmarking and provides insights on organisational structure, profiles of targeted groups of employees within defined competitor or other companies.  This solution can also be extended to building a database of targeted talent and tracking them on behalf of our clients.

“By utilising TalentSUITE, businesses no longer need to rely solely on information gathered from recruitment agencies related to their approach to the talent market,” adds Dickel. “Business Intelligence gathered from TMI is real-time quality controlled data that shows the state of play today and not last year’s findings. This will help HR professionals to plan and execute their talent attraction, acquisition and retention strategies more effectively!”

TMI will be overseen by Jam Mariquit, Head of Market Intelligence for Tal-os Asia. Jam has over 15 years experience in the market intelligence arena, having headed over 200 research projects in the Asia Pacific Region in the course of his career.

“The four modules of the TalentSUITE can be purchased as a standalone solution or customised to meet the different needs of each organisation. So far, several of our clients have deployed a combination of the modules of TalentSUITE, based on the HR landscape in their organisation as part of their HR strategy,” states Mariquit.

About Tal-os Asia
Tal-os Asia Limited was set up in 2006 to provide a range of talent acquisition and management solutions to MNCs and Chinese enterprises. It is a partnership formed by leading recruitment firm MRI China Group in Asia, Barkers Resourcing from UK and Chandler Macleod from Australia and New Zealand to deliver HR solutions such as RPO, Response Management, Resourcing Diagnostic, Assessments, Employer Branding, Training and Development to MNCs and Chinese enterprises. Tal-os is headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Macau, Seoul, Singapore and Taiwan. For more information, please visit www.talosasia.com

Mr Tony Dickel, CEO, MRI China Group received the award on behalf of MRI [...]]]> Taipei, Taiwan: 21st May 2008 – MRI China Group, one of the leading and fastest growing recruitment consultancies in Asia today announced that the MRI Taiwan Office has been awarded “Outstanding Partner” by Taiwan-based TSMC, the world’s largest dedicated semi-conductor foundry.

Mr Tony Dickel, CEO, MRI China Group received the award on behalf of MRI Taiwan office from Mr P.H. Chang, Vice President, Human Resources Organisation, TSMC at the award ceremony held on April 25, 2008 at TSMC headquarters in Hsinchu Science Park. MRI China was the winner among 30 recruitment firms that partner with TSMC.

MRI Taiwan was rated the winner, based on its performance with TSMC for the last two years. A survey was conducted among TSMC HR managers and directors to rate their recruitment partners based on the following criteria:

Understanding of TSMC – include knowledge of TSMC business, industry, culture and organisation;
Professionalism and Specialised area  — include recruitment interaction process, and level of service and support;
Sourcing capability – include quality of candidates and scope of search to include global and regional areas;
Delivery cycle time – short cycle time.

During the ceremony, Mr Dickel shared his views on “Emerging Megatrends in Talent Acquisition in Asia” with the delegates, involving more than 40 HR managers of TSMC. Mr Dickel provided information on MRI China Group expansion which included the establishment of two data and research centres in Manila and Chengdu to support the growing talent sourcing needs of the company. He also helped to provide a wide perspective on “Talent Acquisition” by showing the delegates how to think “Out of the Box” to solve talent crisis issues.

“Receiving the award from TSMC is truly a great honour for the MRI China Group. TSMC has been our client since 2006 and we have always enjoyed strong support in sealing a strong and long term partnership with TSMC.  TSMC is an innovative organisation in terms of their understanding of the important of strategic talent planning and management,” remarks Dickel.
About TSMC

TSMC is the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, providing the industry’s leading process technology and the foundry industry’s largest portfolio of process-proven libraries, IP, design tools and reference flows. The Company’s total managed capacity in 2007 exceeded eight million (8-inch equivalent) wafers, including capacity from two advanced 12-inch Gigafabs, four eight-inch fabs, one six-inch fab, as well as TSMC’s wholly owned subsidiaries, WaferTech and TSMC (Shanghai), and its joint venture fab, SSMC. TSMC is the first foundry to provide 40nm production capabilities. Its corporate headquarters are in Hsinchu, Taiwan. For more information about TSMC please visit http://www.tsmc.com.
About MRI China Group

MRI China Group is a leading recruitment and human resource solutions company with regional headquarters in Hong Kong. It is served by offices covering Asia in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Macau, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Singapore and Taipei with over 200 staff.  It is part of MRINetwork Worldwide, one of the world’s largest search companies. In 2006, MRI China Group strengthened its partnership with Barkers Resourcing and set up Tal-os Asia to provide Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions, large scale recruitment solutions and talent market research solutions to Chinese and global MNCs. MRI China Group has been awarded CCH/China Staff “Recruitment Firm of the Year, China” in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and was runner up in 2004. For more information, please visit www.mri-china.com

The survey with about 120 companies [...]]]> Hong Kong: 29th April 2008 – MRI China Group, one of the leading and fastest growing recruitment consultancies in Asia today announced that findings based on a poll conducted with HR heads and management in Asia indicate that businesses are hiring to support expansion and growth in the region.

The survey with about 120 companies revealed that more than 50% of MNCs polled have been enjoying robust growth in their business in Asia since January and are optimistic that growth will be sustained for the rest of 2008, particularly for companies based in China. The industries covered include IT, Banking, Retail, Manufacturing, Chemicals and Property. The survey also infers that as a result of burgeoning business, HR managers are sticking to their hiring plans to acquire additional staff.  Furthermore, over 40% polled are actually revising their budgets to increase headcount to cope with further expansion in their business operations.

Another key finding further establishes that salaries are expected grow by at least 10% in Asia. The expected salary increases for top management executives especially in the banking and IT sectors and in China are also predicted to rise significantly. Most of the respondents attributed current inflation rates and higher costs of living to support the salary increases.

“When we conducted our survey of business sentiment at beginning of this year it showed considerable nervousness combined with a “wait and see” attitude on hiring and salary plans.  It seems that the “wait and see” period is now well and truly over and that businesses in the region generally foresee uninterrupted growth.  It would seem that the economic slowdown from the US and Europe this time has not impacted Asia as much as it had in the past and that there is at least a partial “decoupling” remarks Mr Tony Dickel, CEO, MRI China Group. “Instead, the robust Asian economies have intensified the war for talent particularly for experienced management staff, and there is still significant upward pressure on compensation packages of top echelon talent, particularly in China.”

However, the robust Asian economies are deriving some benefits in the talent market. “We are seeing a lot of experienced talent being attracted from the US and Europe to head up business initiatives of MNCs based here,” adds Dickel. “This not only helps to ease the talent pool for top management expertise but also elevates the skills of the mid level managers in Asia.

Other results of the survey also indicate that companies are also doing more to improve their employer brand to attract talent and offering more employee benefits in a bid to retain staff.

MRI China Group has been growing steadily in the last few years. It has also strengthened its partnership with Barkers Resourcing in Tal-os Asia to provide Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions, large scale recruitment solutions and talent market research solutions to Chinese and global MNCs.

About the Survey
The study represents data compiled from about 120 Management executives and Heads of Human Resource, working in enterprises and MNCs in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. The industries covered include IT, Banking, Retail, Manufacturing, Chemicals and Property.

About MRI China Group
MRI China Group is a leading recruitment and human resource solutions company with regional headquarters in Hong Kong. It is served by offices covering Asia in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Macau, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Singapore and Taipei with over 200 staff.  It is part of MRINetwork Worldwide, one of the world’s largest search companies,  providing retained executive search and recruitment services, competitive market analysis, talent market research, recruitment consultancy and recruitment process outsourcing solutions to clients in every major industry, serving multi-national and local companies on a global basis. MRI China Group has been awarded CCH/China Staff “Recruitment Firm of the Year, China” in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and was runner up in 2004. For more information, please visit www.mri-china.com.