Trawling Talent: How Elite Professional Service Firms Recruit University Graduates in Transitional China (1) (Routledge Advances in Sociology)

By: Ran Ren

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Synopsis: Drawing from job advertisements, interviews with in-house recruiters, and participant observations, Ren offers an in-depth exploration of how elite professional service firms recruit graduates in China.This book opens the “black box” of graduate hiring processes from a demand-side perspective, offering a rare look at Chinese recruiters’ perception of talent, evaluative practices, and decision-making. It showcases the hiring activities that Chinese employers deploy to capture a homogeneous group of new hires based on cost-effective and rationalized criteria, thereby reinforcing local management and perpetuating the existing sociocultural order within elite firms. Grounded in rich empirical data, the text provides a comprehensive examination of the dynamics behind elite hiring and the local operation of elite professional service firms in transitional China.The book will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, and students in sociology, China studies, business, and human resources management, as well as professionals navigating the unique complexities of hiring and talent management in professional service sectors in China.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 226 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781040660539
Related ISBNs:: 9781040532607, 9781032973876, 9781003593478
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 11/07/25
Copyrighted By:: Ran Ren, The right of Ran Ren to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.