MRI China Group Wins Recruitment Firm of the Year Award

Last night the MRI China Group was awarded the prestigious China STAFF/CCH Recruitment Firm of the Year Award for 2006. This comes on the back of their win in the same award category last year and takes their winning tally to three times in the last four years.

The award was presented to the Managing Director of the groupís Beijing office, Chris Watkins, at the gala event which was attended by nearly 200 HR professionals and line managers from some of the most prestigious multinational companies in China.

The judging this year was done by three HR executives based on what the firm had done to provide outstanding support to their clients and candidates as well as what innovative new products and services they used to enhance their talent acquisition and retention strategies.

As usual, there was stiff competition for the award with seven other companies nominated but MRIís three case studies told a compelling story of success and innovation.

An elated Tony Dickel, CEO of the MRI China Group, said This award is once again proof of our ability to differentiate ourselves as a world-class research driven search consultancy in one of the fastest-growing and competitive markets there has ever been in our industry. The war for talent continues to rage in China and we continue to innovate to keep ahead of the game. 2006 may have been the biggest year of change in our firm with the explosive growth of our staff to over 150 people, the launch of our RPO business and sales growing by almost 40% on our record year in 2005.

To have won this award three of the last four years is a testament to those who have helped build the organization from a one person office in 1998 to the leader in Executive Search in China and the region in 2006. We are confident 2007 will see continuing growth in product and service development and even more infatuated customersî concluded Dickel.