Procuring Phenomenal Executive Leaders in China's Capital
Keller is Beijing’s leading executive search firm, boasting a wealth of experience and a team of highly skilled recruiters who have what it takes to deliver exceptional leaders to China-based businesses. We can accommodate companies of all sizes and deliver talent on both a local and international level. Unlike traditional search firms, we take a holistic approach to recruitment, customizing our solutions to suit our clients’ unique hiring needs. In addition to our tailored executive search services, Keller can assist businesses with other human resource functions, such as training and development, onboarding, and compensation consulting.
Beijing is an ancient city with a history dating back over three thousand years. It is a global city and international hub for business, economics, finance, diplomacy, culture, politics, language, research, art, science and technology, tourism, and sport.
As one of the wealthiest cities in the world, Beijing has been dubbed the “billionaire capital of the world.” Additionally, Beijing hosts the headquarters of most of China’s largest state-owned enterprises, the most Fortune Global 500 companies in the world, and the world’s largest financial institutions based on total assets.
Beijing’s job market is generally stable, with a relatively low unemployment rate. Emerging industries such as clean energy and environmental technology are also creating new job opportunities. However, employers in the city face several recruitment challenges, such as a shortage of workers in the manufacturing industry, and the number of unemployed youths in China is at an all-time high.
Keller can help organizations in Beijing beat these challenges with our holistic talent strategy, broad professional connections, and expert executive recruiters.
Keller’s recruitment strategy has evolved over time. At first, we followed a standardized approach that neglected to consider the specific needs of our clients. While this method might have sufficed for recruiting for generic roles, we quickly discovered it was less effective for executive-level searches.
One assignment in particular demonstrated this clearly. A prominent client tasked us with locating a new executive for their firm, but the individual we recommended proved to be a poor match for their company culture as a result of our cookie-cutter approach. This led to clashes between the new hire and members of the client’s existing team, culminating in the resignation of our recommended candidate.
This experience showed us the error of our ways and served as the catalyst for reforming our search process. We started providing a more individualized approach that was better suited to finding highly skilled professionals for niche roles and saw a notable increase in the number of successful placements we were making.
This shift also bolstered our reputation among other executive recruitment agencies and helped us become recognized as a top executive search firm in Beijing and the wider region. To ensure we continue to be acknowledged for our exceptional services, we are committed to staying informed about the current state of the industry and making continuous improvements to our hiring processes.
Keller ranks as one of the best recruitment agencies in Beijing as a result of our personalized recruitment process, which allows us to serve both small and medium-sized enterprises and large multinational organizations in acquiring the best talent for their vacant positions.
We engage closely with our clients’ human resources teams to understand their hiring needs and learn what sets them apart from their competition.
We also assist companies with navigating the challenges of recruiting in the modern business landscape and preparing for the future. We do this by helping them develop competitive compensation and benefits packages that will attract and retain employees, offering training to leadership teams, and conducting leadership assessments to identify the next generation of leaders.
At the start of every assignment, we meet with our client’s business leaders and other important stakeholders at their firm to determine their requirements for a potential hire. We use this information to craft a profile for the perfect candidate, which comprises their ideal qualifications and skillset. During this meeting, we also find out more about the role, such as the daily duties and type of employment (e.g., short-term or permanent).
Once we know what to look for in the ideal hire, our consultants start scouring our candidate database for a suitable match. Aiding them in their search is our state-of-the-art applicant-tracking software, which gives them the ability to efficiently sift through professionals according to our client’s exact hiring needs.
In the next stage of our executive search process, we thoroughly vet each candidate who demonstrates good compatibility with the hiring criteria. Our screening procedure consists of competency-based interviews, personality assessments, and extensive reference checks.
With our background investigation complete, we are left with a curated list of candidates that we present to our client for final interviews.
Keller’s proficiency in identifying top talent for various job openings across Beijing and China stems from our deep understanding of local industry trends, skilled recruiters, vast professional connections, and unwavering commitment to the pursuit of excellence. Our forward-thinking approach to recruitment goes beyond reviewing resumes, ensuring our recommended candidates are perfectly aligned with the job requirements and our clients’ business objectives.
In essence, partnering with an executive recruiter like Keller is a reliable way to get access to the talent your company needs to achieve new levels of success.
Keller’s Beijing office is ideally positioned to secure high-quality candidates for job openings across various industries, including, but not limited to:
Our executive recruiters have experience identifying candidates for vacancies spanning junior, mid, and senior-level roles. While our main focus is on direct-hire opportunities, Keller can also pinpoint candidates for short-term, contract, and temp-to-hire jobs based on our clients’ talent acquisition needs. For reference, here are some positions we frequently hire for in Beijing:
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Keller is a top executive search firm in Beijing with a reputation for delivering the best professionals to our client firms. Our success is due to our talented team of recruiting consultants, tried and tested search process, and profound local expertise, which allow us to identify top talent for open roles spanning many functions and sectors.
We also have the unique ability to reach both active and passive candidates as a result of our extensive industry contacts and NPAworldwide membership. To promote diversity and inclusion, we utilize an impartial selection process that evaluates candidates solely on their professional credentials, disregarding demographics such as gender, age, and race.
Furthermore, our recruitment consultants are aware of the immense value employing the right person can add to a business, both for productivity and performance. As such, we are committed to providing unparalleled executive search services that contribute to our clients’ long-term growth and success.
Keller has a vested interest in our clients’ company growth, which is one of the reasons we go the extra mile to ensure any candidate we back is completely compatible with their new team.
We also believe in delivering open, honest services and updating clients every step of the way to ensure transparency. Similarly, our consultants can be reached throughout the entire executive search process to answer questions, address concerns, and respond to inquiries. For peace of mind, we observe strict non-disclosure agreements that safeguard user data, ensuring our clients’ and candidates’ confidentiality is never at risk.
Finally, we pledge to find a fitting replacement for any professional we place who falls short of a customer’s standards or resigns from a position within their 90-day probationary period at no extra cost.
Contact Keller to speak to one of our executive recruiters today and allow us to handle all your talent acquisition needs.
"The team at Keller takes executive search to another level. Their personalized service, attention to detail, and deep industry knowledge made all the difference in helping us find qualified candidates."
- Qian T., Head of Recruitment
"Working with Keller has significantly improved our recruitment process and breathed new life into our China venture. If you're looking to start a business or grow your existing team, they can help."
- Tao P., CEO
"Keller assisted us in securing two high-level professionals for our Beijing organization. Both were competent and fit our company culture perfectly. We'd recommend them to anyone looking to hire people of character and ability."
- Wang T., Senior HR Consultant
As the backbone of a company’s strategic planning and execution, executives are essential for business longevity and success. They help guide the direction of the organization through their vision and leadership, and their decisions can change the course of the company’s culture, productivity, financial performance, and competitive standing. Consequently, the act of recruiting these professionals must be performed with the greatest care and attention to detail.
Companies can recruit executives in several ways. It can be done internally by the organization’s hiring team or by an external executive search firm. The route that is taken is determined by various factors, such as the company’s size and budget.
Unlike other positions within an organization, executives need a unique combination of skills, experience, and personality traits to successfully lead their teams. Finding someone who aligns with the business’s goals and dynamics is, therefore, essential.
Executive recruiters understand this and thoroughly evaluate every candidate who is interested in the role to ensure they embody the company’s values. They also look for exceptional leadership qualities, a strategic mindset, and an ability to navigate complex business landscapes.
When Keller was established, our team utilized a cookie-cutter recruitment method. Although it served us adequately at the time, we soon came to understand its limitations. As most of our team members will recall, the realization came during a search for a senior-level role for a major client. We approached the assignment like any other, believing our standardized methodology would suffice.
However, it dawned on us after making the placement that our recommended candidate was a poor match for the client’s company culture. They made it known to us that the individual we had placed had conflicting values with the rest of their leadership team and handed in their resignation soon after they were onboarded.
While this failure was a setback, we used it as an opportunity for improvement. We had experienced the limitations of a generic recruitment strategy firsthand and finally understood the importance of providing a more customer-oriented approach to executive search.
Since making this pivotal shift, we have helped more clients secure exceptional leaders than we could have dreamed of with our previous approach. We have fostered lasting relationships and established a name for ourselves among competitors. We now enjoy international recognition and a place among the world’s best executive recruitment agencies.
We assist with recruitment of all positions from mid to senior level.
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Our dedicated senior consultants provide attention to detail at every stage of the search process, ensuring tailored results that exceed expectations.
Leveraging our extensive network, we identify and attract world-class leadership candidates from diverse backgrounds and locations.
We offer expert guidance to optimize your HR processes, enhancing efficiency, reducing workloads, and boosting employee retention and engagement.
Our consultants work to expedite search executions. Minimizing time-to-hire while seeking the best talent in the market.
Beyond recruitment, we provide value-added services from organizational health to leadership development programs.
Keller follows the highest industry standards when searching for leaders for its clients.
We contractually commit to replacing any hire that doesn't meet expectations.
We provide comprehensive evaluations, including personality insights, for all shortlisted candidates.
We protect our clients' interests by making their leadership teams off-limits for candidate sourcing. As trusted consultants, we prioritize our clients' organizational success.
A senior consultant and their team serve as your primary point of contact throughout the search process and maintain communication with you and the new hire.
We perform extensive background checks including credit, education, criminal, and employment history verification. We also process security checks where necessary.