Nosso grupo de LinkedIn do negócio de China mantem-se crescer (sobre cem membros agora!), e já está provando ser do valor adicionado. Por exemplo nós recebemos uma pergunta de Tebogo Lefifi, um do nosso Membros do grupo do negócio de China escrita: “Eu sou movente a Beijing em algumas semanas e interessado em explorar as companhias de gerência pessoais do estilo de vida (concierge pessoal). Há alguns em China, faz a cultura existe?”

Agora nós somos consideravelmente certos lá somos a abundância, mas que uma você recomendariam, que são as coisas que você quererá se certificar que oferecem, e como sobre fixar o preço? Que é sua experiência com serviços pessoais do concierge em China?
Nós perguntamos a nossos membros do negócio de China com um de nosso grupo, e somos aqui algumas respostas. Mantenha na mente que você pode imóvel contribuir: se você tiver um cliente de LinkedIn você a maioria de boa vinda no seu Seção do Q&A ou simplesmente comentário neste borne.

Respostas aos serviços do Concierge em China assim distante:

Ken Erickson
CEO, Ethnography pacífico;

Eu estou verificando dentro com o mandril de Ming, nosso homem em Beijing, sobre este.

Meu pensar é que você pode encontrar um assistente pessoal competente, mas verifica referências, dá-lhes um período experimental, e não o espera que uma comunicação escrita boa iguala uma comunicação falada boa. Estes dias, é sempre mais fácil encontrar algum 25 anos - pessoa velha em China com espanhol ou francês inglês (ou uniforme ou alemão) habilidades boas bonitas; encontrando alguém disposto e capaz fazer o negócio de o que nós na chamada “assistente pessoal” de Los Angeles podemos ser um processo da experimentação e do erro.

I think this is an interesting business model, however. The time is probably right for an agency specializing in such services.

Ask around about daily rates. Be aware that the average factory worker is happy to earn 1200 RMB per month (with a housing allowance or dorm housing). If you offer a decent professional salary, and a housing allowance or some on-site housing, you’ll find what you are looking for.

Craigslist has been a helpful resource for English speaking Chinese helpers of this kind: beijing.craigslist.org Better still are Chinese language job-boards and bulletin boards (brush up on your Mandarin for that).

Oh: be sure that your candidate knows Beijing well, and if they can drive (unlikely!) you’ll really have found a gem!

Ken Erickson
www.conference-china.com

Roy Graff
China expert in tourism, technology, marketing, PR and distribution.

There are no western style concierge services in China that cater to expatriates. However there are other services for rich Chinese through private members’ clubs. Because a lot of the convenience of this service can be had for cheap though a driver, personal assistant and services provided by living complexes, there has not been a demand for a company to offer the type of lifestyle service that you are talking about. Companies engaged in this in the West have tried to go into China in the past but failed.

There are many companies that help with relocation of expats and usually provide other services as well. Estate agents frequently offer additional services to help expatriates settle in to their new homes.
Then there are services for booking restaurants etc.

Maybe there is a need for an all inclusive service. But the expat market could be too small for this still.

Camille van Gestel
Owner, Share Networking

I don’t have any experiences with “Personal Life Style Management” co’s in China… But if you’d describe this as a personal assistant, getting you anything you need, I’d say there should be PLENTY English speaking Chinese who would be interested to do this for a reasonable salary. What I would do… simply spend some good nights out in Shan Li Tur district, meeting expats and English speaking Chinese with a Western orientation. Sure that within a few nights I would bumb into people, or referrals who can help me…

Hope this has been helpful.

Jeremy Gordon
Owner, China Business Services

Suggests this expert on this topic:
• Alex Cheatle
Alex is a leader in this field internationally, and is expanding into China via an operation based in Hong Kong.

Ken Erickson
CEO, Pacific Ethnography

See http://www.yellchina.com/

So personal life style management / concierge services companies, are there any in China, does the culture exist? If you have additional insights, let us (and Tebogo who is moving in a few weeks) know!