First Impressions
“What did I expect?” Richard Eardley, Asia Managing Director for global recruitment firm Hays, echoed my question as we started the interview in the summer of 2019. Expat journeys begin long before the screeching tires of a newly appointed manager’s flight touch down in a Chinese city. That watershed moment follows weeks or months of anticipation and preparation. Job descriptions are drafted, salary packages negotiated, kids pulled from schools, flights purchased, belongings boxed up, and shipped out in containers. Before relocation arrangements can even begin, candidates must face, digest, and accept the often-unexpected opportunity to work in China. Executives at my leadership workshops and coaching sessions ...
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