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I run a professional services firm in Shanghai for global job seekers. My business is about 60% locals, 40% rest of world. Almost 90% of the resumes I see are horrendous, especially from Chinese applying to MNCs. Typically, they are full of typos, poor grammar and Chinglish (English written with more Chinese grammar traits which makes for bizarre sounding text). Most of these resumes get past the first round since local junior HR staffers have questionable English skills, but they are often rejected wholesale at higher rounds of management with multicultural backgrounds or true polylinguals. As is in the US, candidates never know why they were rejected, which makes finding the motivation for improving these docs on their own tough. I get this perspective secondhand from HR and managers.