Foreign Talent Recruitment in China: These Platforms Help Enterprises Accurately Connect with International Talents

2025-07-07
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Recruitment of foreign talents in China: These platforms help enterprises accurately connect with international talents

With the acceleration of globalization, chinese companies are increasingly demanding foreign talent. Whether it is multinational enterprises to expand the Chinese market, or local enterprises to sea layout, how to efficiently recruit international talent to meet the needs of the key. The following collates the domestic mainstream foreign talent recruitment platform, covering different industries, job types and service models, to provide diversified choices for enterprises.

1. comprehensive recruitment platform: combination of localized services and international resources

  1. Zhilian recruitment (Zhaopin)
    as a domestic established recruitment website, Zhilian has a base of over 0.23 billion users, it covers 6.16 million companies. Its foreign talent recruitment section provides multilingual services to support enterprises in publishing international job requirements, covering high-paying fields such as technology research and development, marketing, and finance. The advantage of the platform lies in its rich experience in localization services, which is suitable for enterprises that need to recruit foreign middle and senior management talents for a long time.
  2. 51job
    51job is famous for its "one-stop recruitment solution" and its foreign talent pool covers education, IT, trade and other industries. The platform provides value-added services such as resume optimization and interview training to help enterprises improve recruitment efficiency. It is especially suitable for enterprises that need to quickly supplement foreign grass-roots employees (such as foreign teachers and technical engineers).
  3. foreign recruitment network (eChinacities)
    has been focusing on the recruitment of foreign talents for 17 years. the platform has 500000 + resumes of foreign talents and has more than 3 million independent users per month. Its users are mainly distributed in North America (34%) and Europe (21%), covering more than 20 occupational categories such as education, Internet and trade. Enterprises can accurately select candidates according to nationality, city and position, and enjoy services such as automatic job refresh and multi-channel promotion, which is suitable for enterprises that need to recruit talents from specific countries.

2. vertical field platform: accurately matching industry needs

  1. HiredChina (foreign talent network in China) br one of the largest foreign talent recruitment platforms in China, with 3.5 million foreign registered users, covering more than 200 cities in China. The platform features "marketing/marketing talents", accounting for 23.1 percent, and provides full-time/part-time positions such as foreign teachers, IT and the Internet. Its unique advantage lies in promoting positions through WeChat public number, LinkedIn, Facebook and other channels, and supporting video resumes and interviews. It is suitable for enterprises that need to recruit foreign sales, brand operation and other positions.
  2. ChinaJob (China International Talent Network)
    officially authorized by the State Administration of Foreign Affairs, the platform holds offline job fairs every year in cities such as Beishangguangshen to attract foreign talents from all over the world. In addition to recruitment services, the ChinaJob also provides TEFL international English teacher qualification training, suitable for educational institutions, international schools and other enterprises that need to recruit foreign teachers.
  3. AnyJob (wechat public number)
    focuses on the docking of foreign talents with domestic enterprises, and publishes daily recruitment information for foreign jobs, covering media, market, IT and other fields. The platform is highlighted by "free posting of positions", which is suitable for start-ups or enterprises with limited budgets to quickly reach foreign candidates.

3. international social platform: expanding overseas talent network

  1. LinkedIn
    as a global professional social platform, linkedIn has over 0.8 billion users, with high penetration in North America. Enterprises can directly reach overseas students and middle and high-end talents through the release of international positions in the UK. Its advantage lies in the high quality of talents, but it needs to operate the enterprise account for a long time to establish brand influence, which is suitable for enterprises that need to recruit high-end positions such as technology research and development, data analysis, etc.
  2. Facebook/Twitter
    publishing recruitment information through the official account number of the enterprise or the industry community can attract overseas candidates to take the initiative to deliver. For example, HiredChina promote positions through Facebook and increase the number of resumes delivered by 5-10 times. This approach is suitable for businesses that have established an overseas social media presence.

4. official integrated service platform: integration of policies and life services

comprehensive service platform for foreign talents (http://www.chinajob.com)
launched by the Ministry of human resources and social security. the platform takes "full chain and integrated" service as its core and provides one-stop information such as talent policy, job hunting and life guide. Its features include:

  • scene navigation : design food, transportation, medical and other life scenes in China to help foreign talents quickly integrate;
  • all-English interface : conform to foreigners' usage habits and improve user experience;
  • offline activities : regularly hold activities such as policy promotion and cultural experience to enhance the interaction between enterprises and talents.
    The platform is suitable for enterprises that need to attract foreign talents for a long time and pay attention to brand internationalization.

how to choose a suitable recruitment platform?

  • industry demand : educational institutions give priority to ChinaJob or HiredChina; Science and technology enterprises can focus on the recruitment of leading English or Zhaopin.
  • talent level : high-end positions are recommend to be recruited by LinkedIn or Zhaopin; Grass-roots positions are suitable for job-free or eChinacities.
  • service mode : you need to quickly recruit optional AnyJob; if you need customized services, you can contact the professional headhunting platform.

By combining the characteristics of the platform with the needs of enterprises, enterprises can efficiently build international talent teams and inject new impetus into business development.

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