Executive search & cross-border recruitment
UB hunter helps Chinese businesses build teams overseas and international employers recruit in China, with a focus on energy, robotics, manufacturing and cross-border e-commerce.
Industries and key appointments
The hiring challenge
Industries change, and so do role requirements. The right people may not be actively looking. Finding them starts with understanding your business, the talent market and the specific requirements.
Look beyond the CV
A CV cannot answer every question. Expertise, management experience, motivation and ways of working need to be assessed in the context of your business and team.
Our recruitment process
From a clear hiring brief to interviews, offers and onboarding support.
What problem does this role need to solve?
What will the person own?
Who will they work with, and how?
Clarify the work to be done
Define the experience required
Agree how the role works with others
Agree business objectives, responsibilities, location and salary range, then clarify essential experience and collaboration requirements to establish shared search criteria.
Comparable business environments
Matching areas of responsibility
Work the candidate has actually owned
Explore experience, career interests and availability
Identify relevant industries and functions, approach professionals, and discuss their experience, career interests and requirements for a move.
What did the candidate own, and how did they deliver?
What did they do, and in what context?
Who did they work with, and how did they resolve differences?
Discuss candidates' responsibilities, contributions and motivation against the role. Explain the recommendation and open questions, coordinate interviews and follow up on feedback.
Role expectations and interview priorities
Career interests and concerns about joining
Discuss both sides' questions and agree the next steps
Follow-up services are defined in the engagement
Bring together employer and candidate feedback, help discuss offer terms, confirm onboarding arrangements and follow up as agreed.
Recruitment services
From leadership to specialist functions, and from one key appointment to a cross-border team, we organise the search around the work your business needs to deliver.
01Understand business responsibilities, team context and management requirements to find leaders with relevant experience and judgement.
Discuss your hiring needs
02Target technical, product, operations and other specialist functions, with a clear understanding of industry experience and capabilities.
Discuss your hiring needs
03Discuss sourcing, communication across languages and recruitment arrangements for the target country, roles and team plan. Scope is confirmed for each project.
Discuss your hiring needsRPO
Recruitment process outsourcing: project support for all or selected recruitment stages, based on hiring volume and your team's resources.
Discuss your RPO needsIndustries we focus on
The same function can mean different things across sectors. We start with the business context to understand the skills and experience each key role needs.
R&D, engineering and operations roles in clean energy, alongside talent needs arising from changes in power markets.
From product and system design to delivery and commercial applications, we consider both technical understanding and business experience.
Define R&D, manufacturing and operations requirements against the product, technology and organisational stage.
Consider how algorithms, hardware, software and mechatronics work together, and match experience to the product's application.
From automation and processes to quality and production operations, assess specialist capabilities and hands-on manufacturing experience.
E-commerce operations, brand marketing and international business roles, assessed against the platform, category and target market.
From supplier management to logistics and fulfilment, focus on coordination across functions and relevant industry experience.
Cross-border recruitment
As your business enters new markets,
your people and teams needto grow with it.
China operations
Discuss management and specialist recruitment in the context of your business stage and team structure.
Cross-border hiring
Understand local talent markets and communication needs, and confirm coverage and delivery arrangements by country and role.
Market development
Discuss hiring needs, local conditions and practical next steps for your target market and planned roles.
Recruitment projects
Each key appointment presents a different challenge. Understand the business objectives, responsibilities and team structure before choosing the right recruitment support.
Illustrative hiring scenariosBusiness objectives and role responsibilities
Is the business entering a market or running established operations? How large is the team, and which decisions will the leader own? These details shape sourcing channels and assessment priorities.
Explore leadership search
Industry insights
Explore industry resources, role requirements and recruitment topics relevant to your next hire.
FAQs
Start with these questions about requirements, process and working together.
Discuss your hiring needsShare the role, location, responsibilities and salary range. If the role is still taking shape, start with your business objectives and current team.
We discuss the role requirements, search difficulty, target location and hiring volume, then agree fees, payment milestones and scope before starting.
Timing depends on talent availability, role conditions and interview arrangements. We discuss a plan at the start and share progress through sourcing, interviews and offers.
We agree what may be disclosed and use information for the recruitment purpose. For sensitive appointments or unannounced business plans, confidentiality arrangements can be agreed in advance.
We follow up on the agreed start date and how the new hire is settling in. The scope, duration and handling of follow-up support are confirmed before engagement.
Define the country, business stage, responsibilities and languages, then discuss sourcing, communication and delivery arrangements.
Employer enquiries
Tell us your business objectives, key roles and team plans. We will help define the next step.
Send a hiring enquiry