BIZCHINA / Biz Who
Hiring hands
By LU HAOTING, LIU WEILING and SONG WENWEI (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-06-04 06:59
Gao Menzhong's office overlooks an arched stone bridge with intricate
sculpture spanning a canal in Suzhou. The 1,000-year-old waterway was
before part of the Grand Canal that linked the eastern city with the
capital of ancient China.
Inside the lobby of his company, some 400 young people, sitting elbow to
elbow, are working on recruitment tests. Another 50 to 70 people in their
early 20s are still queuing outside. They are waiting for job offers at
factories producing cellphones, LCDs, hard drives - and cookies.
"Every year more than 100 million Chinese migrate around the country for
employment. I want to be the bridge, linking labor-abundant regions with
the booming coastal areas that need labor," says Gao, general manager of
Humanpool Human Resources Co Ltd.
Humanpool is one of the largest blue-collar labor outsourcing companies
for the Yangtze River Delta, a manufacturing power in East China.
With subsidiaries in seven cities, the six-year-old company provides
about 6,000 workers every month to more than 200 companies, mostly from
the United States, Japan and Europe.
Workers sign a labor contract with Humanpool and are then hired by its
clients as temporary workers. Companies pay their salaries and insurance
through Humanpool, which also provides housing and training.
Humanpool's profit comes from commissions paid by companies, usually
about 80 yuan per worker per month. About 20,000 workers now have signed
contracts with the company.
The service is popular among employers who need only seasonal or
project-based workers. As demand changes, opening a new production line
could require hundreds of workers quickly immediately.
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