Online recruiting entrepreneur, executive search consultant, recruiting/staffing leader{LION}
China
- Current
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- Principal Consultant at TalentCool Executive Search-Retailing/Lux practice
- Principal Consultant at TalentCool Executive Search-VC/PE/IB practice
- Founder and CEO at www.TalentCool.com(聚猎网,formerly WatchH.cn)
- Past
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- Staffing Haed/Sr.Recruiter for Asia Pacific at Invitrogen Corporation
- Recruiting Manager (Sr.Manager) at Wal-Mart
- Executive Search Consultant at Nicholson International
- Education
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- Hubei University
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- Staffing and Recruiting
- Websites
Robert Yang (robert.yang@talentcool.com)’s Summary
As a executive search/recruiting professional since 2000,I went on my own in November 2006 with a passion to improve the efficiency of the industry through internet. Since then, I've tried 3 business models. I've also studied many oversea and China local dotcoms and gained deep knowledge in various business models related to online recruiting area which include
-SNS recruiting (LinkedIn, Wealink, Tianji)
-Segmented job boards/job boards for professionals (Theladders,sixfigures)
-Headhunter network/alliance (TopEchelonNetwork)
-Headhunter directory for hiring managers/candidates
-Recruiting media/recruiter community (ERE.net)
-Vertical job search engineer (Simplyhired, Jobui,JobEMS,)
-Online candidate referral platform(Jobster,H3,Referbar)
-Web-based matching platform of Candidates and Employers (Jobfox, Climbers)
-Online resume house (Notchup,Bluesteps)
-Online candidate information exchange platform(phonelist.com.cn)
I am also a frequent writer. Here are some popular examples.
个人和猎头有效沟通的3个最佳实践http://www.talentcool.com/article/97_489.html
HR管理猎头的5个最佳实践http://www.talentcool.com/article/10_489.html
Cold Call之实践篇-11个技巧http://www.talentcool.com/article/34_489.html
关于找工作和面试的7个终极建议http://www.talentcool.com/article/9_489.html
招聘经理的10大最佳实践http://www.talentcool.com/article/8_489.html
股神巴菲特给猎头行业的启示http://www.talentcool.com/article/72_489.html
候选人的5大陷阱说辞以及应对方式http://www.talentcool.com/article/21_489.html
选择跟从候选人的行为-蚁群觅食的另类启示http://www.talentcool.com/article/90_489.html
Key words about me as a person:
Entrepreneurial, networking with interesting people, helpful, read great books, love great conversation,share best practices,passionate, take action, make differences, trust but verify, step out of comfortable zone, always learning, develop others......AND never give up.
Robert Yang (robert.yang@talentcool.com)’s Specialties:
source candidates creatively,
get to know candidates before hiring them,
recruiting process setup and improvement,
build business connection
internet recruiting,internet research,talent sourcing,executive recruiting
develop recruiting team
Robert Yang (robert.yang@talentcool.com)’s Experience
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Principal Consultant
TalentCool Executive Search-Retailing/Lux practice
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Retail industry)
March 2008 — Present (10 months)
TalentCool Executive Search-Retailing/Lux is a specialised arm of TalentCool Executive Search, a performance-driven executive search firm providing dynamic talent search in China for some highly selected clients.
Current openings including:
Sales Manager (for a premier lux company)
Operation Manager (for a premier sports company)
General Manager (a buisness retailing for sports products)
Marketing Head (a buisness retailing for sports products)
Our philosophy of working with clients and candidates are
1)Put your needs always before our needs.
2)We give value first. -
Principal Consultant
TalentCool Executive Search-VC/PE/IB practice
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
March 2008 — Present (10 months)
TalentCool Executive Search - VC/PE/IB practice is a specialised arm of TalentCool executive search, a performance-driven executive search firm providing dynamic talent search in China for some highly selected clients.
Current open positions for a multinational's large corporate fund in Beijing.:
-VP
-Partner
-Associate
-Director (strategic planning role)
Our philosophy of working with clients and candidates are
1)Put your needs always before our needs.
2)We give value first. -
Founder and CEO
www.TalentCool.com(聚猎网,formerly WatchH.cn)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
November 2006 — Present (2 years 2 months)
TalentCool.com is a professional platform for experienced professionals to find headhunters and communicate career opportunity with headhunters/corporate recruiters. Candidates control the visibility of their resumes. We pass name and contacts of candiates to recruiters only after candidates accept invitations with career information from headhunters.
You can search our comprehensive directory of over 500 headhunters in China (growing number of course!) and wait for headhunters to contact you! -
Staffing Haed/Sr.Recruiter for Asia Pacific
Invitrogen Corporation
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IVGN; Biotechnology industry)
October 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Led the recruiting/staffing/talent acquisition function for the Asia Pacific operation of this US leading life science/biotech/biotechnology company.
Built up recruiting process and achived 60 days hiring cycle time with a target of 90 days. A Shanghai based job with hiring activities in Singapore,Hongkong,Japan, Taiwan, Australasia. -
Recruiting Manager (Sr.Manager)
Wal-Mart
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WMT; Retail industry)
November 2003 — October 2005 (2 years)
Built up hiring system for this retailing giant for its China HQ. High volumn hiring. Led a team of around 10 to design competency model/assessement center which is now running well in the company.
Built up an internal talent sourcing team and created Relationship Hiring model which was nominated global best practice. 44 manager above hires were made in the first year after the model took place while the number was lower than 10 prior to the model. -
Executive Search Consultant
Nicholson International
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
August 2000 — August 2003 (3 years 1 month)
Grew up from a reseacher to consultant with this British executive search firm which was one of the earliest and top players in executive search industry in China.
Candidate sourcing through cold calling, internet search, networking, etc.
Served fortune 500 clients in placing middle to up level managers and executives including HR Director, HR Manager, Plant Director, General Manager, Quality Manager, Marketing Manager, Marketing Director, Sales Manager, Sales Director, Finance Director, Finance Controller, Finance Manager, etc.
Robert Yang (robert.yang@talentcool.com)’s Education
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Hubei University
Bachelor of Arts in Economy, Economics, management, 1994 — 1998
This is where I met my dear wife.
- Activities and Societies:
- Organzied a rock band, a deligent guitar player, wrote some songs and lyrics, one song recognized as top 10 original songs by a local popupar broadcast station.
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Robert Yang (robert.yang@talentcool.com)’s Interests:
Read books with rich information, unique thoughts, best practices, enlighting stories,,etc. Chat with interesting peope. Love music, Play baskteball, Watch soccer. Travel without destination.
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