After Guo Feilong, Zhou Mingjie, and the unexpected pleasant surprise of Zou Jin, the remaining security recruitment became much less eventful. Though Xia Xu's discerning eyes picked out a few more candidates, none were particularly noteworthy.
Soon, the security interviews were declared finished, followed by recruitment for management and research positions.
Both categories called for elite talent with relatively high qualifications and experience, so more of the candidates came through recommendations from the Headhunting Company, naturally making recruitment considerably faster.
Of course, Xia Xu would not hand out management positions indiscriminately. There were no outstanding talents among the candidates either, so he simply took the opportunity to add a batch of dependable mid-level staff to Star Sea Biotech, in areas such as procurement and public relations. These had all been weaknesses of Tonghe Pharmaceuticals, Star Sea Biotech's predecessor, and now he could fill the gaps one by one.
Recruiting researchers, however, did not go quite so smoothly.
Research and academia were unlike other fields. They required talent and aptitude, opportunities and fortunate encounters, and above all, the ability to endure solitude. This group was small to begin with.
Besides, researchers were actually more like members of academic circles than ordinary employees. Those with genuine ability and credentials were not so easily poached through a headhunting company.
Most of those with ability and accomplishments held professorships at universities, worked for renowned corporations, or collaborated with companies while leading their own research teams.
Once a project began, it could mean countless years of painstaking work. Unless something major happened, these people would never casually abandon it. As a result, turnover within this group was extremely low, and most exchanges took place within their own circles.
Neither Star City nor De City counted among the country's particularly advanced regions in economics or technology,