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Hays - 2018 Hays Asia Diversity & Inclusion Report, Guangzhou Launch
On Thursday 22nd November, Hays Guangzhou held a launch event of the 2018 Hays Asia Diversity & Report at the W Hotel.
Over 100 people were in attendance, with notable guests including Karen Maddocks, British Consul General, who is a strong diversity advocate.
The session was also broadcasted and received over one million views on UCLan Online – the multimedia education forum on WeChat, created by Penny Chen, at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN).
Kirsty Hulston, Business Director of Hays Guangzhou, uncovered research findings on the diversity landscape in Asia and how businesses can harness the dynamism of diversity. Interesting discussions were raised with our esteemed panellists Candy Jiang (Jones Lang LaSalle), Kathy Li (Nike) and Queenie Huang (Esquel Group), moderated by Cissy Xie, Manager of Hays Guangzhou.
Key report findings include:
The number of women in line management roles in Greater China is higher than in other key Asian markets. 44 per cent of respondents in Mainland China report to a female line manager - an improvement from 2016’s result of 32 per cent.
73 per cent of Mainland Chinese respondents perceive that they have equal career opportunities to their colleagues - regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, family commitments, marital status, race, (including colour, national origin), religion or sexuality - higher than their Asian counterparts.
However, just 45 per cent of survey participants in Mainland China trust their leaders to deliver change on D&I while 44 per cent regard their corporate leaders as role models for D&I. These results were both lower than those from other countries/regions included in the survey namely Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore however, Japan are behind Mainland China in this regard.
Biases appear to remain as 46% of respondents also believed that they are more likely to be promoted if they have a similar socio-economic background to the organisation’s management.
If you are interested in exploring more, you can request your free copy of the report here: https://www.hays.cn/en/DIreport/index.htm or follow our WeChat account ‘Hays-China’
- Ends - Hays, the world’s leading recruiting experts in qualified, professional and skilled people. Follow Hays on LinkedIn - The #1 Recruiter on LinkedIn globally Hays is located in Guangzhou, Unit 01,08 15/F, Agile Center,No.26 Huaxia Road, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, 510623.
For further information please contact +86 (20) 3811 0333 or email Guangzhou@hays.cn
About Hays
Hays plc (the "Group") is a leading global professional recruiting group and is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The Group is the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide, being the market leader in the UK and Asia Pacific and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe and Latin America. The Group operates across the private and public sectors, dealing in permanent positions, contract roles and temporary assignments. As at 30 June 2018 the Group employed 10,978 staff operating from 257 offices in 34 markets across 20 specialisms. For the year ended 30 June 2018: – the Group reported net fees of ￡1.072 billion and operating profit (pre-exceptional items) of ￡243.4 million; – the Group placed around 77,000 candidates into permanent jobs and around 244,000 people into temporary assignments; – 19% of Group net fees were generated in Australia & New Zealand, 26% in Germany, 24% in United Kingdom & Ireland and 31% in Rest of World (RoW); – the temporary placement business represented 58% of net fees and the permanent placement business represented 42% of net fees; – Hays operates in the following markets: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mainland China, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, the UK and the USA |
