Aquent expands footprint in China, Japan

Marcoms recruitment agency Aquent has announced plans to launch two new offices in China and Japan, slated to open in April, 2007. <BR><BR>

The first will be in Beijing, an office which will supplement Aquent's existing Shanghai operation which opened last year (Media, 18 November 2005), while the second will open in Sapporo as the company's fifth office in Japan.

Regional director Stephen Pang said that he had " an opportunistic view towards new offices in other markets."

Separately, Aquent has also identified a talent shortage in new media and below-the-line spaces, as concluded in its newly-launched Orange Book 2006. The Orange Book is an annual overview of salaries and employment trends in the industries of seven Asia-Pacific countries.