A-Performers.com participated in HR Directors' Forum 06
13 -14 July 2006
Shanghai
Sofitel Jin Jiang Oriental Pudong

Held exclusively for the needs of HR decision-makers from across the region, the HR Directors' Forum 06 is renowned as Asia-Pacific's leading industry event where delegates and speakers share new HR models to help cope with today's corporate challenges.

Following the success of the Hong Kong Forum this April, the Shanghai HR Directors' Forum 2006 was held last July with over 300 senior business and HR executives taking part. All were inspired during this 2-day conference that was filled with over 20 presentations, workshops, team-building facilitation sessions, plus sponsor showcase and networking opportunities. Attendees were also able to effectively share and develop cutting-edge strategies for leadership development, talent recruitment and retention, and other areas of interest.

As the sole online job site participating at the Forum, A-Performers.com also served as Gold Sponsor. "It marked a significant new level of exposure for us, and we felt that we made a big impression on delegates with our powerful online recruitment platform. In addition, we received valuable insights on career market trends."

According to Key Media, the event organizer, over 70% of delegates at the event were HR directors, vice presidents and managers, while 11% were in positions ranging from managing director and chief executive officer to prominent business leaders, among which 82% came from companies with over 300 employees.

A wide diversity of HR approaches and challenges were presented and reviewed. These included online recruitment, outsourcing revitalisation, cost efficient and effective remuneration packages, work-life balance initiatives, company culture management, development of a happier and more productive workplace, career development programme for high performers, and other strategies amidst a rapidly evolving, highly mobile HR community in China.

"The entire scope of the conference was extremely well planned and executed with workshops being both relevant and highly valuable," says Mr. Alan Tin, deputy general manager for human resources at Shui On Development.

That view was also shared by Mr. Richard Zong, assistant director for eastern regional human resources at McDonald's (China)."We were kept informed on how our HR peers were coping with current issues and we learned about their practices, too," said Zong.