Brrr! Even though the sun is shining, its cold. Its always cold when the economy slows, and its not just psychological. Hiring freezes are in place in many of the worlds leading companies, and on a world-wide basis. This means that corporate staffers and line managers cannot hire anyone for a fixed period of time, or until an open-ended freeze is canceled. Here in China, where we expect the economy to slowdown to only 8% growth next year, there has always been a way of getting around the freeze. But right now its getting harder and harder to keep the ice from forming. Only one year ago the talk was all about the War for Talent in China, but in the not so distant future some HR staffers will be expected to deal with the consequences of slow or negative internal growth, and this is something few of them have ever had to do in the past. If you find yourself in this situation, what should you do? Source: http://fixcv.allqoo.info/recruitment/hiring-freezes-china