2010 Shanghai WorldExpo Dutch Pavilion Private Partner, 2-Shanghai, chooses StepStone Solutions to manage internship services for the world’s biggest ever Expo

Shanghai, 31 March 2010: StepStone Solutions, a global leader in talent management solutions, has announced that 2-Shanghai, a World EXPO 2010 Dutch Pavilion’s Private Partner, will be using StepStone Talent Acquisition Solutions to manage the arrangement of internship services for the Pavilion.

In the biggest ever World Expo to be taken place between May and October in Shanghai, 2-Shanghai will take responsibility of the 160 international students and 160 local Chinese students who will do their internship at the Dutch Pavilion. With StepStone's Talent Acquisition Solutions, 2-Shanghai will be able to automate the process of internship hiring and job offering, which essentially helps them overcome challenges from the feverish peak season when they need to manage thousands of incoming application before the Expo kick-off.

"2-Shanghai has taken up this World Expo mission with the ambition to show to the world that they are the best choice of internship management services provider for students in Netherlands and other countries. The well-acclaimed internship agency is highly regarded by Chinese companies, not only for their professional mentoring services for students, but also their capacity to constantly supply talented interns. Such talent supply chain would be made possible with the best of breed Talent Acquisition solutions which fully manage the recruitment, on-boarding process and talent pooling which cater for a long term and flexible talent demand.” Said Hans Wijsma, Country Manager of China / Erik Schmit, APAC Managing Director / Matthew Parker, Group MD of StepStone Solutions.

Over the past 4 years, 2-Shanghai has opened up the gateway to over 1000 international intern students to work in China companies. 2-Shanghai provided comprehensive internship management services, such as cultural orientation and consultation services for students, and offering screening and matching services for enterprise recruiters. “Students who have been well trained during internship could be of great contributions to organizations in China and aboard. We must be able to keep track of these well-seasoned talents. With StepStone Solutions these talented young people’s record could be retrieved within clicks in the system. This is our strategy to build up a long term business prospect in China with the talent pool.” Said Mr. Michael Douglas, the founder of 2-Shanghai.