International multi-sector recruiter Robert Michael Group (RMG) has reported a doubling of new job orders in its China operations.

Both RMG Selection’s operations in Beijing and Shanghai saw new job orders double in April compared to January 2010.

RMG adds that some companies appear to have used the downturn period in a highly productive way and have ’sweated off’ the previous half-decade’s excesses when it comes to overpayments on remuneration and retention.            

It says Chinese firms have been dramatically increasing non-salary oriented retention schemes, implementing psychometric profiling when hiring to inject objectivity, as well as paying much closer attention to the alignment of candidates’ values with corporate values when making hiring decisions.

For more on China, see also Trends in 12 May issue of Recruiter.