Top priorities of top headhunting firms in China in 2021

There is a great transition in the various HR dynamic including workforce which shifted to remote working structure and adoption of several technological methodologies. The top headhunting firms in China have been on the frontline of the operations and streamlined the programs for aligning the performance of the employees with the strategic directives of the organization.

Here are the key trends for life science executive search firms in China that helps them in devising, planning and executing the growth and recruitment strategies for their client organization.

·        Upskilling the workforce

The critical skills as well as competencies of the employees are skills which are of great priority to the organisations. As the companies are making a shift towards digitization and automation, they look for employees with upgraded skills and competencies. For the purpose, the executive search firms sit with the business leaders for comprehending the business strategies for recruiting the upskilled employees. The recruiters are aligning the talent in order to streamline the business needs by adopting a dynamic approach for reskilling by strategizing and collaborating. They identify the skill gap between the job seekers and job profile to upskill the employees.

 

·        Operational excellence and change management

With constant evolvement of the business, there stands an enhanced pressure for organizational efficiency which helps in the growth of the business. This is the reason, the executive recruiters are now focusing upon organizational design and trends of change management. The recruiters are even including the employees in the change planning process and rigid structures present in the organisations are also undergoing a change in order to benefit from future forward workflows. The work design boundaries are simplified to a great extent, making the new as well as existing employees respond to the change in a positive and proactive manner.

 

·        Focus on employee experience

A need for enhancing the employee experience has been felt by nearly 30% of the executive search agencies. The pandemic acted as a pivot for enhancing the employee’s expectations from their organizations. The business organizations are thus visualizing the employees’ experience from their lens only. The aspects such as organizational culture, innovative workplace practices, emotional, physical and financial wellbeing has become a part and parcel of every organisation’s employee experience. The treatment given by the employers to their employees plays a great role in the next recruitment exercise. This helps in removing the biases and prejudices and influencing loyalty, productivity and engagement.

 

The above mentioned are some of the key initiatives being taken by the various companies offering global employer services in China for the purpose of supporting the organizational priorities. These initiative help in gaining a better understanding of the emerging trends for strategy formulation.