Focusing on the task at hand, following and completing the overall company process, persistence, working efficiently, working smarter, not harder, and being honest with colleagues, job candidates and client companies are all keys to being a successful executive recruitment consultant in China.
That is the message from headhunter Rowena Choo, who was recently promoted to lead executive search agency Monroe Consulting Group China’s Professional Division, which covers consulting, strategy, advertising agencies and insurance.
It is good advice from a good source.
Rowena joined Monroe China as a junior recruitment consultant in late 2015, working her way up to senior consultant and then managing consultant in a little over four years.
“What I appreciate about Monroe is that it has a strong corporate culture of recognizing hard work and success and rewarding that with career advancement and financial incentives,” Rowena said during an interview in her Shanghai-based office.
“Monroe doesn’t promote based on seniority, but on ability, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnicity and this is true across all of the countries in Asia and Latin America where we have a presence.”