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Increasing demand for IT and Engineering talent in China amidst talent crunch: Spring Professional

  • Spring Professional now fully operational in Beijing and Shanghai, to support the growing demand for IT and engineering professionals in China
  • Hi-tech multinationals continue to expand investment in China. Manufacturing, Machinery & Equipment sectors growing
  • Urban unemployment rate for 2013 remained very low at 4.05%

Beijing, Shanghai, 2 April 2014: Spring Professional, the wholly-owned professional recruitment arm of the Adecco Group in Asia, has today opened centrally located offices in Beijing and Shanghai to support the increasing demand for IT and Engineering professionals in China. The country continues to be a favoured regional hub for the IT sector, with specific high demand for cloud computing & digital data experts, as well as research & design engineers.

The Spring Professional brand is now fully operational in seven countries across Asia, with the introduction of Spring IT & Spring Engineering in China complementing Spring Property & Construction – which was launched in Shanghai on 12 March (previously known as Judd Farris Recruitment), to support companies hiring property, construction and facilities management professionals.

In Beijing and Shanghai, Spring IT and Spring Engineering are focusing exclusively on the recruitment of middle to senior level management and specialists in the sectors of IT and engineering. With its extensive group networks, Spring Professional China is closely connected to group offices in North America, Europe and other geographies, including Spring Technology in the UK.

China national Lirong Xiao will oversee the company’s Beijing operations, with British national Liam Williams leading the Spring Professional team in Shanghai.

“As the second largest economy in the world, with relatively low urban unemployment (4.05% in 2013) and continuing overseas and local investment in the hi-tech area, the opening of Spring Professional in Beijing and Shanghai is timely, with local companies now competing with their international competitors to attract best in class talent in what continues to be an employee driven market for those with specialty or rare skill-sets. For example, we continue to see research and development professionals in steady demand – especially those with a strong engineering background and with excellent English language skills” commented Liam Williams, Director, Spring Professional, Shanghai.

Lirong Xiao, Director, Spring Professional Beijing, added “With a projected economic growth rate of 7.5% in 2014, China’s continued ability to attract organisations to relocate their Asia Pacific headquarters to either Beijing or Shanghai, is influenced in part by the ease that these organisations are able to quickly and effectively recruit the right talent to lead them forward. While most professionals are driven by a competitive salary and compensation package, many are also motivated by the prospect of working on cutting-edge technologies and for established international brands. In talent squeeze situations, such as in the chemicals and energy sectors, hiring companies in China need to differentiate themselves in the hiring process, and to be armed with strategies to retain top individuals.”

Having launched its regional network of offices in March 2013, Spring Professional Asia now has a presence in Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Taipei.

For more information, please contact:
Imran Johri, Managing Director,
Spring Professional Japan
Tel: +65 6835 3400
e-mail: imran.johri@springasia.com

 

or
Ian Grundy, Head, Marketing & Communications, Asia
Adecco Group
Tel: +65 6835 3400
e-mail: ian.grundy@adecco.com

About Spring Professional

Spring Professional is an international firm specialising in information technology, engineering and property & construction recruitment across the Asia region, with offices in China (Beijing & Shanghai), Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.

Spring Professional is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adecco Group. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, is the world’s leading provider of HR solutions. With approximately 32,000 FTE employees and around 5,100 branches in over 60 countries and territories around the world, Adecco Group offers a wide variety of services, connecting more than 650,000 associates with our clients every day. The services offered fall into the broad categories of temporary staffing, permanent placement, career transition and talent development, as well as outsourcing and consulting. The Adecco Group is a Fortune Global 500 company.

Adecco S.A. is registered in Switzerland (ISIN: CH0012138605) and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ADEN).

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