An Empirical Study on Chinese Enterprises’ Talent Recruitment in Enterprise Innovation Activities

In this paper, based on the literature review, an investigation about Chinese enterprises’ talent recruitment in enterprise innovation activities has been carried out more than 10 provinces of China in 2009. We found that: (1) the positive personnel turnover does not fully serve the innovation projects; (2) new employees are mainly graduates and bachelors, and enterprises emphasize loyalty and teamwork; (3) recruitment channels are relatively unitary and the recruitment work is implemented by responsible people from HR department; and (4) employee management emphasizes on the environment integration, implement performance appraisal, and conduct effective exit interviews.