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Carter Yang, Managing Director, Allegis Group China
Carter Yang is Managing Director of Allegis Group China and has more than 16 years experience in the recruitment industry. He is an entrepreneur and leader in recruitment, having built a company that was eventually purchased by a European Recruiting MNC. Carter moved into recruitment in 2000 after a successful career working for various multi-national companies with US, Swiss and Australian firms.
As an entrepreneur, Carter started his recruitment firm in late 2001 and led this for seven years. In March 2008, he merged his business with Robert Walters and he remained in the business as China Managing Director until October 2012. During this time, he successfully expanded the business in China, growing the team ten-fold and expanding revenue nine-fold to an annual revenue of up to RMB100 million. He also built and grew a successful management team and brought the business to an influential and competitive level in the China market.
In 2013 and 2014, he practiced as a management consultant and business coach, as a member of ICF (International Coach Federation). At the same time, he contributed through charity work as the Head Coach for a leadership program in China. From 2015 together with his partners, Carter created a new platform – Talentbook.cn, offering value-added service to employers, recruiters and candidates to build up the recruitment bio-system in China.
In July 2016, Carter joined Allegis Group as Managing Director for China. In this role, he will provide a real focus on growing China’s Recruitment offering, and delivering a roadmap and strategy for future success. Carter is committed to developing people with a track record of building successful teams and profitable businesses throughout his career in China.
Carter received a Bachelor Degree with an International Business major from Jiangsu University, Traditional Culture & Philosophy from Fudan University, Executive Leadership Program from London Business School, and an EMBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University.
About Allegis Group China
Allegis Group is the global leader in talent solutions focused on working harder and caring more than any other provider. We’ll go further to understand the needs of our people - our clients, our candidates, and our employees - and to consistently deliver on our promise of an unsurpassed quality experience. That’s the Allegis Group difference, and it’s consistent across every Allegis Group company. With more than $11 billion in annual revenues and over 500 locations across the globe, our network provides businesses with a comprehensive suite of talent solutions - without sacrificing the niche expertise required to ensure a successful partnership. Our specialised group of companies includes: Aerotek, TEKsystems, Allegis Global Solutions, Aston Carter, Major, Lindsey & Africa, Allegis Partners, MarketSource and EASi.
Allegis Group has more than 20 years’ experience in China. We speak the local language, we understand clients’ challenges, unique culture and people needs to help businesses win. We provide Recruitment & Staffing, Search Talent Advisory, Managed Delivery and Workforce Management Services.