中国本土企业吸引国外漂泊的"海龟"回巢

2014-09-04 15:47:02来源：可可英语

　　After 20 years at Western multinationals such asCoca-Cola Co. and Nike Inc., Wayne Chen wasoffered a senior management role at China VankeCo., a Shenzhen-based residential-propertydeveloper that is the world's largest by revenue.

　　在可口可乐(Coca-Cola Co.)、耐克(Nike Inc.)等西方跨国公司任职20年后，陈玮(Wayne Chen)接到了万科企业股份有限公司(China Vanke Co., 简称：万科)伸过来的橄榄枝，招他担任万科的一个高管职位。以收入计，总部位于深圳的万科是全球最大的住宅类房地产开发商。

　　Mr. Chen, a Shanghai native who had moved to the U.S. about 15 years ago, said he didn't planto leave Hay Group, a U.S. management-consulting firm where he was a Shanghai-basedmanaging director.

　　陈玮表示，自己当时没打算离开美国管理咨询公司合益集团(Hay Group)，他在该公司担任驻上海的董事总经理。陈玮是上海人，约在15年前去了美国。

　　But Vanke persisted, winning him over with talk of providing housing for China's agingpopulation and establishing a global footprint in cities such as San Francisco, Singapore andNew York. He started working for Vanke in February as chief human resources officer, one ofabout a dozen China-born, Western-educated executives to join the company during the pastfive years.

　　但万科执意邀请，并向陈玮描绘了为中国老龄化人口提供住房以及在旧金山、新加坡和纽约等城市扩张业务的愿景，他最终被说动。陈玮今年2月份加入万科，担任首席人力资源官。在过去五年中，有十几名出生在中国、受过西方教育的高管加入万科。

　　Mr. Chen is an example of what is called a 'sea turtle' or 'haigui' in Mandarin: a Chinese nativewho has returned home after stints in the West. Sea turtles, also a homophone for studentsreturning from overseas studies, are highly prized by Chinese companies because theyunderstand the nuances of Chinese culture and can draw upon Western practices to help theirnew bosses expand, especially overseas.

　　陈玮是典型的“海龟”(海归)，也就是在西方供职多年后回到国内的中国人。“海龟”也常指海外留学回国寻找工作机会的中国毕业生。由于他们深谙中国文化的微妙之处，同时还可以借鉴西方的做法来帮助新雇主扩张业务，特别是海外扩张，这类人才很受中国企业赏识。

　　'Chinese companies are looking to skill up so they can go international in the next 10 years, andwant to get these executives into their business,' said Max Price, a Beijing-based partner atrecruiters Antal International.

　　猎头公司安拓国际(Antal International)驻北京合伙人普赖斯(Max Price)称，中国企业正在努力提升技能，以便在未来10年能够走向世界，他们希望把这些高管招进自己的公司。

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