Talent&Pro是集中于银行和保险公司的一个年轻和灵活的操作的咨询学校代办处。 它是，除提供优质服务之外往客户，关于个人发展和事业机会雇员它本身是强的代办处。 那些被使用在Talent&Pro为五年被提供2年的合同，同一个唯一引伸，在期间他们接受所有空间和塑造他们的计划为未来做准备。 基本上象Marco Hoekstra做了它。 以许多岁月’经验在银行业务和财务，他在荷兰开始了在Talent&Pro作为操作的经理 7年前。 当前，与400名雇员， Marco集中他的注意于Talent&Pro中国。

出生开发商， Marco在快速的经济发展上有巨大兴趣。 在荷兰以后，德国和英国在远东被征服了，它是体会一个新的Talent&Pro分支的正确的片刻。 “地方，市场全速开发，改善的经济的忙碌步幅一直的地方要求新的战略，并且年轻的地方，高度具有资格的个体有激情为国际化…” 上海，中国。

研究
“一相当数量研究相当在选择之前为上海。 从新加坡向泰国，从台湾向印度： 我们在亚洲旅行了。 乍一看它在推进了一少许更多的国家也许似乎更加明显经济上委任自己。 但是，也有缺点由于。 可能市场在那些区域是更多`准备好’您作为一家公司以典型的西部样式，但那必要不取笑它更多。 For example, if you arrive from Hong Kong in a relatively less developed place like Shanghai, you will see that over time you have become spoiled. To start out in the youngest economy was a more logical choice for us.”

Switch
The branch in Shanghai became a fact as of October 2006, with Marco Hoekstra at the helm. He visibly feels at home there. “It’s great to see the success we have. In the Netherlands almost all our employees end up with one of our clients holding a permanent contract, after their time at Talent&Pro, and then hire us in their client role for new challenges. Of course we are not that far advanced in Shanghai yet, but the first reactions are encouraging. In a market that is internationalizing this rapidly, we can switch between various cultures, which is invaluable. And that is what Talent&Pro offers. In China we only employ Chinese, all of whom have experience abroad. They are not only experts in insurance and banking issues, but, moreover, they are excellently capable of dealing with cultural differences.”

Just a little different
To maintain highly qualified employees for your company can be difficult in China. How does that work at Talent&Pro? “We have not been active long enough to see how things will work out for us, but I think that our model bears its fruit in precisely this way. All orders that our employees receive are aimed at further development. Our organization structure is flat and open. That is relatively new here in China. People from the ‘lowest’ level within the company are not used to being able to become friends with me, the manager. Despite the fact that personal connections are so important here to successfully do business. Therefore I try to do my best to loosen my employees from the purely business-like issues. Many Chinese are quite bewildered by that, but in my experience they quickly accept from a Westerner that things really can be done in a different way. Especially if you make an effort to deal with the local culture, instead of pressing your own demands at all costs. There is plenty of space for a social approach in this city of millions.”

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