Mon, 12 Aug 2013PageGroup’s regional managing director for Greater China has told Recruiter that typically “the topic of salary and money comes up very quickly” in Chinese hiring processes compared with other markets.

“It’s something that people want to talk about very quickly,” Anthony Thompson says – calling this a key difference to get to grips with when working in China.

Thompson was speaking to Recruiter for our Global Spotlight on China, on p13 of this week’s August edition of the magazine.

Talking to Recruiter as part of the same article, the global head of resourcing at assurance firm Lloyd’s Register, Greg Allen, adds that candidates are very keen to understand the intricacies of the benefits other than salary they are being offered. “They want to know the monetary value of the whole package,” he said.

This is very important in that it denotes status or prestige, Allen suggests.

Thompson says that “job titles are also critical” – prestige take a high priority in Chinese culture and people may be put off what would appear to be a career-progressing role if the title is not right.

• See p13 of this week’s print edition of the magazine for more from Allen, Thompson and others on the market.