Hans van Beek
CEO of Saongroup.com Asia Pacific
Saon集团亚太区总裁
Speech at Saongroup.com and Job20.com Cooperation Ceremony
ChengDu, September 12, 2007
Distinguished guests, members of the media, ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted that so many of you could join us here today to celebrate the partnership between Saongroup.com and Job20.com.
尊敬的各位来宾，媒体朋友们，女士们先生们，非常高兴各位今天能在此庆祝SAON集团与天府人才网合作关系的发布会！
First of all, I’d like to thank Ms. Sandy Shi for her encouraging words. Now, I’d like to speak a little bit about Saongroup.com, our vision for this new partnership and our long-term commitment to the Chinese market.
首先，我想感谢Sandy石女士热情洋溢的讲话。现在，我想谈一下SAON集团，展望我们崭新的合作关系以及我们对中国市场的长期承诺。
As a privately owned Irish holding company, Saongroup.com is one of the fastest growing online recruitment companies in the world. It runs a range of market leading recruitment websites in Ireland, the UK, continental Europe, Dubai, South Africa, the Caribbean, India and in China. We have over 12 years of experience in providing online recruitment services to our customers. We believe in online recruitment as it offers companies, large and small, the most economical and time efficient way to receive and manage a large quantity of job applications from qualified talents.
作为一个爱尔兰私人控股公司，SAON集团是世界发展最快的网络招聘公司之一。它在爱尔兰，英国、欧洲大陆、迪拜、南非、加勒比、印度、中国经营领先市场的招聘网站。我们有超过12年向客户提供网络招聘服务的从业经验。我们相信我们向大、小公司提供的在线招聘，是最经济、省时的方式来接受和处理大量合格人才的工作申请。
After the successful launch of our cooperation with SHjob.cn in Shanghai, MyJob.com in Beijing, Job1998.com in Tianjin and Job001.cn in Guangdong last year year, this partnership with Job20.com in Chengdu demonstrates the next step in Saongroup.com’s long-term commitment to China’s growing online recruitment market..
继去年成功与上海SHjob.cn，北京MyJob.com ，天津Job1998.com，广东 Job001.cn合作之后，这次与成都天府人才网的合作关系表明了SAON集团在中国蓬勃的网络招聘市场的下一步动向。
Along with China’s incredible economic development, online recruitment services are becoming extremely popular across China. Each recruitment website offers its own unique products and services to attract more customers and users. As a group we are now one of the top 4 online recruitment companies in China in terms in terms of number of customers or visits and job applications from job seekers. Every month, the web sites of the group in China combined receive hundreds of millions of page views, tens of millions of visits and millions of job applications.
随着中国经济的飞速发展，网络招聘服务在中国范围内已经相当普遍。每一个招聘网站都提供其独有的产品和服务以吸引更多的消费者和用户。作为一个集团，在客户或访客数量以及求职者工作申请数量方面，我们现在是中国4大网络招聘公司之一，每月，该集团在中国的网站总计收到亿万次网页浏览量，千百万次访问量，以及千万次求职申请。
Chengdu is a beautiful city, and one among the first of cities who have won the honour award of “China’s Excellent Tourist City”. Chengdu is as well an important industrial base in the West. The city has a comprehensive strength in science and technology and a fantastic capability for research and development in the high-tech fields, such as electronics, biology, new materials, optics, nuclear technology, laser, aviation and aerospace, etc. The rapid growth in high-tech industries is accelerating the growing demand for highly skilled employees. Employers are faced with the challenge of finding the right employees quickly and efficiently, while huge numbers of talented individuals are encountering an increasingly competitive job market.
成都是一座美丽的城市，是第一批获得中国最佳旅游城市称号的城市。同时成都也是西部一个非常重要的工业基地。这个城市在高科技领域，例如在电子，生物，新材料，光学，核技术，激光，航天导航等领域有综合的科技实力，优越的研发实力。高科技行业的蓬勃发展正在加速对高技能人才的需求。雇主们面临如何快速高效寻找到合适人才的挑战，同时大量人才也面临竞争更加激烈的求职市场。
Through our alliance with Job20.com, Saongroup.com will be in a better position to provide local solutions for a local market. Saongroup.com sets itself apart from its competitors by developing recruitment solutions geared specifically towards local markets. All of Saongroup.com’s employment websites worldwide have adopted a “localized pattern” of operation, with a focus on developing local client resources, studying the local market characteristics to ensure comprehensive, diverse and timely delivery of employment and recruitment information. We are also assisting our customers in adopting Continuous Recruitment, the pro-active approach in which they look continuously for the talents that could strengthen their organization instead of hiring only for already vacant positions
有了我们的盟友天府人才网，SAON集团将能更好地针对本地市场提供本地化的解决方案。SAON集团发展适应于本地市场的招聘解决方案，这也是它不同于其它竞争者之处。SAON集团世界范围内的所有招聘网站都采用本地化模式运营，着重于开发当地客户资源，学习当地市场特征来保证综合、多元化、及时地输送求职招聘信息。同时，我们也帮助我们的客户采用持续招聘的积极方法，不断寻找人才来巩固组织，而不是仅仅填补已经空缺的职位。
We have made a long-term commitment to the Chinese market. We will not only invest in the local market, but also bring along our strong expertise in technology, sales and finance. Our goal is to make Job20.com into the flagship of online recruitment services in Sichuan province. Saongroup.com and Job 20.com will leverage each of their unique advantages to raise Job20.com to an all-new level. I firmly believe that our cooperation will result in a powerful, professional and interactive platform of online recruitment and employment services for both businesses and individual users. For the greater benefit of all of us in China, we believe that recruiting online is a key area where any company can contribute to improve and maintain the natural environment by reducing the usage of paper and ink and saving trees.
我们已经对中国市场作出长期的承诺。我们不仅仅是投资本地市场，我们还带来了技术、销售、财务方面丰富的专业知识。我们的目标是让天府人才网成为四川省网络招聘服务的旗舰。
SAON集团和天赋人才网利用彼此独特优势，将天府人才网提升到一个全新的高度。我坚信，我们的合作将成就一个强大、专业、互动，面向企业用户和各人用户的网络招聘、求职服务平台。对于我们所有在中国的人来说，更大的好处在于，我们认为每一个企业都可以利用网上招聘，降低墨和纸的用量，保护树木，改善和保护自然环境。
After today, Saongroup.com, an Irish company, will have five Chinese partners in five cities. These new partnerships represent the first steps in a long-term commitment to continued investment and involvement in China’s online recruitment and employment market. These partnerships not only represent business ties between two enterprises but also symbolize the strengthening ties between two countries and two peoples. Throughout our journey here in China, we’ve been welcomed with warmth and kindness. I’d like to take the opportunity to return the favour and extend the same warm welcome to any Chinese companies considering Ireland as a business destination.
今天之后，SAON集团，一个爱尔兰公司将有5个合作伙伴在中国。这些新的合作关系代表了我们对中国持续投资，参与中国网络招聘和求职市场的长期承诺的第一步。这些合作关系不仅仅代表了我们两个公司之间的商业关系，同时也标志着我们两个国家，两国人民之间日益密切的关系。我们的中国之行已经受到了热情周到的欢迎，我希望借此机会向中国人民表达我热情的邀请，将爱尔兰作为你们的商业目的地。
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