Founded in 1867 in the United Kingdom, Shanghai Hays Talent Management Consulting Co., Ltd. is the world's leading professional recruitment group, focusing on the recruitment of excellent, professional and technical talents worldwide

Hays Corporation (Group) is the world's leading specialist recruitment group. With a focus on the recruitment of talented, professional and technical talent worldwide, the Group is a market leader in the UK and Asia Pacific, as well as in Continental Europe and Latin America. The Group serves both private and public companies and is responsible for the recruitment of permanent positions, contract employees and temporary assignments. As of June 30, 2016, the Group had 9,214 employees in 252 offices in 33 countries around the world, covering 20 areas of expertise. As of June 30, 2016:

The Group reported net service fees of £810.3 million and operating profit (before project adjustments) of £181 million;

A total of 67,000 candidates were secured for permanent positions and approximately 220,000 were temporarily posted.

22% of the Group's net service fees came from Asia Pacific, 45% from Continental Europe and Rest of World (CERoW) and 33% from the UK and Ireland;

58% of the Group's net service fee came from the temporary positions business and 42% from the permanent positions business;

The Hays global network spans the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, UK and USA.