Asia Jobs Feed- Myanmar Business Development Manager June 13, 2015My client, a leading multinational packaging company, is seeking a business development manager who can look after their existing customers in Myanmar, find new potential customers and keep an eye on the local market for new sales opportunities as the … Continue reading → The post Myanmar Business Development Manager appeared first on Brain Gain […]
- Southeast Asia Managing Director (Start-up Specialty Chemicals Operation) December 11, 2014My client, a leading MNC specialty chemicals and coatings company, is seeking a Managing Director to set up and grow their Southeast Asia sales, technical and manufacturing operations. At this point in time, my client already has one technical sales … Continue reading → The post Southeast Asia Managing Director (Start-up Specialty Chemicals Operation) appeared […]
- Chinese Speaking Expat Assistant Customer Relationship Managers (Philippines) July 1, 2014I have a client in the BPO/Call Center/Outsourcing/Shared Services space seeking Chinese speaking (ideally Mandarin and/or Cantonese etc) Assistant Customer Relationship Managers who will assist Customer Relationship Managers with team management to ensure customer service excellence. Day-to-day work will include … Continue reading → The post Chinese Speaking Expat Assistant Customer Relationship Managers (Philippines) appeared […]
- Expat Mandarin Speaking Human Resources Director/Manager June 30, 2014I have a client in the BPO/Call Center/Outsourcing/Shared Services space seeking a Mandarin speaking expat human resources head to be based in the Makati/Fort Bonafacio/Bonifacio Global City area of Metro-Manila (the Philippines) who will be responsible for the management of … Continue reading → The post Expat Mandarin Speaking Human Resources Director/Manager appeared first on […]
- Mall General Manager for a Shopping Mall Opening in China June 19, 2014I have a client seeking a shopping mall general manager as well as a deputy general manager for their flagship mixed use development in China. The general manager role will include full P&L responsibility for the mall complex covering leasing … Continue reading → The post Mall General Manager for a Shopping Mall Opening in […]
- B2B Sales/Business Development with the Myanmar Apparel/Garment Industry June 19, 2014I have a client seeking someone to do B2B sales/business development with the apparel/garment industry in Myanmar. Candidates will need to have some kind of B2B sales/business development background and will obviously need to be able to speak English fluently … Continue reading → The post B2B Sales/Business Development with the Myanmar Apparel/Garment Industry appeared […]
- China Based SE Asia Commodities/Metals/Steel Analyst May 3, 2014The China office of a global metals/commodities consulting firm is seeking an Analyst to cover the SE Asian metals/steel market, initially from China and then from SE Asia (e.g. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur etc). The ideal candidate would be someone already … Continue reading → The post China Based SE Asia Commodities/Metals/Steel Analyst appeared first on […]
- Quality & Regulatory Affairs Specialist (Biotech/Pharma SaaS/Cloud Solutions) March 28, 2014My client, a leading North America based provider of software as a service (SaaS) and cloud computing solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences industries, is seeking a Quality & Regulatory Affairs Specialist to perform operational and business related … Continue reading → The post Quality & Regulatory Affairs Specialist (Biotech/Pharma SaaS/Cloud Solutions) appeared […]
- China Business Development (SaaS/Cloud Solutions; Beijing or Shanghai) March 27, 2014My client, a leading North America based provider of software as a service (SaaS) and cloud computing based solutions, is seeking experienced application software sales candidates with an understanding of the pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences industries for a China … Continue reading → The post China Business Development (SaaS/Cloud Solutions; Beijing or Shanghai) appeared […]
- China Sales Account Manager (SaaS/Cloud Solutions; Beijing or Shanghai) March 27, 2014My client, a leading North America based provider of software as a service (SaaS) and cloud computing based solutions, is seeking experienced application software sales candidates with an understanding of the pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences industries for a China … Continue reading → The post China Sales Account Manager (SaaS/Cloud Solutions; Beijing or Shanghai) […]
- Myanmar Business Development Manager June 13, 2015
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Building Asia’s Silicon Valley in Ho Chi Minh City
A recent Channel News Asia piece explains how Vietnam’s start-up scene is successful thanks to its young, educated and savvy people with Ho Chi Minh City being the epicentre of the start-up scene where most of the country’s 3,000 start-ups … Continue reading
Belt and read: How China is exporting education and influence to Malaysia and other Asean countries
The South China Morning Post has a lengthy article about how Xiamen University Malaysia, a China-backed university that opened last year, is the model for President Xi Jinping’s vision of exporting education in order to marry Beijing’s trade ambitions with … Continue reading
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Asia has some of the most expensive cities for expats
Mercer’s annual Cost of Living Survey finds African, Asian, and European cities dominating the list of most expensive locations for expats working abroad: Five of the top 10 cities in this year’s ranking are in Asia with Hong Kong (2) … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, China, Greater China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
Tagged Cost of Living, Expatriates, Surveys
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Why it’s much harder for expat bankers to land a Hong Kong job
Bloomberg has reported that more and more, even experienced expat bankers are struggling to find and keep jobs in Hong Kong if they don’t speak Mandarin. The same goes for those without a mastery of China’s business culture or connections … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Expatriates, Greater China, Hong Kong
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China’s booming ‘rent a foreigner’ industry
The South China Morning Post has profiled China’s “rent a foreigner” industry as it’s not uncommon for Chinese companies to hire foreigners, especially white Westerners, to represent them in public relations-type roles. Many Chinese equate Caucasian faces with business success … Continue reading
Study: Chinese companies are more ‘Western’ in picking CEOs than Japanese
The Asian Nikkei Review has noted a recent PwC study of CEO succession among the world’s 2,500 largest publicly traded companies and has found that China and Japan pick new CEOs with very different profiles. Approximately 14.9% or 372 companies … Continue reading
Survey: Employee (dis)engagement in Asia
The Asian Nikkei Review has noted a recent survey by Gallup conducted globally from 2014 through 2016 which found that workers in East Asia are much less engaged in their jobs than their counterparts in the rest of the world. … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Cambodia, China, Greater China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
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Indian CEOs show Silicon Valley can be a “brain deposit” for future repatriation
The Asian Nikkei Review has noted one thing both Microsoft and Google have in common – they are both headed by Indian CEOs in their 40s: Satya Nadella, the 49-year-old chief executive officer of Microsoft, is from Hyderabad in Southern … Continue reading
Survey: Expat women increasingly unhappy about the Hong Kong lifestyle
The South China Morning Post has reported that in a female expat satisfaction survey by expatriate networking website InterNations, Hong Kong has become significantly less popular (falling from 12th to 29th place in the rankings) with expat women in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Expat Women, Expatriates, Hong Kong, Surveys
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The end of the golden era for expats in China?
According to the South China Morning Post, some expats say that rising living costs, a move towards hiring locals and new visa rules in particular are making life on the mainland harder for foreigners. For example: There has been an … Continue reading
