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A small town in Jiangsu province has displayed an adorable example of sidestepping through its utilization of a headhunting firm to fill positions in local government.

It would be pretty surprising in any country to answer the phone to a recruitment agency and be asked whether one would be interested in a position in local government. Yet that is exactly what has been happening in and around Suzhou in our very own Jiangsu province.

Historically, government of all sizes has tended to recruit from within but that means they miss out on all the talent that is lurking around in the private sector. Enter Suzhou Industrial Park Human Resources Development Corporation that has to date targeted approximately 100 candidates for various government departments, successfully filling some 20 positions.

The Suzhou government began utilizing the headhunting firm’s services in 2007 and whilst experience in working in a bureaucratic environment is not necessarily a qualification for the post, the recruiter goes to great lengths to ensure that candidates, coming from a wide range of industries, all have a considerable tenure in positions of leadership. To date, all of the recruits have been kept on.

Governments worldwide have been tinkering with new ways of administrating and admonishing their populace, particularly in the new IT-led era, and experts are of the opinion that bringing in headhunters for government employment sourcing makes perfect sense. Ren Yuan, a professor at Fudan University’s School of Social Development and Public Policy in Shanghai commented, “The Suzhou government has taken an innovative step by involving the private sector in its recruiting”.

As China undertakes sweeping reforms to rid the bureaucracy of corruption and hold itself accountable to the public in an as transparent way as possible, we also see not all that glitters is gold. For Suzhou Industrial Park Human Resources Development Corporation is a State Owned Enterprise.

Why butter only one side of the bread?

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