If you start setting up a company in China, you should know some about recruiting in China, many Foreign-Owned Enterprise in China find it easier to recruit blue-collar workers and also management staff, but difficult to hire bilingual engineers, salesmen and also key management personnel in China.
During recruiting in China, In order to attract excellent candidates, companies provide bonus, housing allowances and mortgages for longer serving staffs, also position promotions, trainings.
Salary range
This chart shows the salary level in most china cities.
How much time and money should a foreign SME budget for the hiring of one worker?
Including the notification period (normally 1 month) of the newly-hired worker, a foreign SME should budget eight to sixteen weeks for the hiring of one worker. If you outsource to recruitment company, the service fee would be 25% of the candidate’s first year's gross before-tax salary.
Foreign company should start recruiting in China at what stage of the setting up a company?
As the time required for hiring one worker is eight to sixteen weeks, it is advisable and a common practice to start the recruitment process once the final decision has been made to set up a company in China.
Social Insurance
The social welfare program is a system of compulsory contribution to provide government assistance in sickness, unemployment, etc.There are five such funds:pension, unemployment,medical, occupational and maternity,plus a public housing fund.
Both employee and company make obligatory contributions to these funds and it is usually the case they are liable for keeping the payment from gross salary and also making their contribution together monthly.
This table lists each fund shares of the employer and employee in 2018.
