Chinese jobseekers value training and development opportunities, while Indian candidates value the role of the family in making a career decision.

Joe Howell, global relationship manager for tmp worldwide, part of the Monster Worldwide group, told delegates at the Brussels conference about the differences

in values.

The firm received 1,800 responses from a survey of the Asia Pacific region earlier this year.

The survey was conducted over leading job boards including Jobs Ahead (India), Career (Taiwan) and Seek (Australia and New Zealand), and found that, out of 58 attributes for ideal employers, 55.2% regarded training and development as very important.

In Malaysia and India jobseekers turn to newspapers to find their next job.

Howell said that China in particular is set to play a key part in the global recruiting market.

This year, it will produce 3.1 million university graduates, compared with 1.3 million in the US.

By 2015, China will need 75,000 managers with global experience. It currently has only 5,000.