CORPORATE TITAN ABB sees an increasingly bright outlook for the mainland's power and automation sector in the next few years as China continues to upgrade essential parts of the nation's infrastructure. Consequently, the company is confident of achieving significant business expansion and has plans for a major hiring initiative.
As a leader in technology, ABB's prime focus will be to find motivated engineers keen to explore opportunities on the mainland, although a smattering of accountants and human resources specialists will also be required to support overall corporate growth.
The firm has about 103,000 employees in more than 100 countries, from its corporate headquarters in Switzerland to its reconstruction projects in Afghanistan.
All new employees must meet high expectations and be aligned with the company's mission of developing power technology that enables customers to improve productivity and performance, while minimising any negative impact on the environment.
Han Yu, chief of human resources for ABB China, forecasts a sizeable increase in the number of mainland-based positions.
'We plan to hire 4,000 employees in China in the run-up to 2008 to help support our growing business,' he said.