Telecommunications firm Wharf T&T announced its latest investment project, +EN, which stands for +Enterprise Network. The company, the second largest business fixed-line operator, and the first comprehensive information and communications technology (ICT) service provider in Hong Kong, is seeking ways to take its business to the next level.
'This project is expected to increase our market share to 25 per cent in three to four years,' says Florence Cheung, the company's vice-president of human resources. To support its ambitious HK$1 billion project, the company is planning to recruit 100 new staff for various business units, such as sales and marketing, technical and professional services, business administration and engineering.
Although the company needs experienced engineers and technical experts to design and implement the territory-wide network infrastructure expansion project, and staff to deal with property and building management so the technology can be built directly into offices, it doesn't mean graduates have no chance of joining.
'We would also like to groom talent for the future,' Cheung says. 'This is a visionary recruitment plan.' Candidates need to be results driven, customer oriented, willing to work in a team, innovative and flexible. Cheung says that since the ICT industry is a fast-changing one, a good candidate must also be a self-motivated learner.
The company offers different training programmes for staff at different levels. New graduates will be assigned to the ICT Associate Programme, which is a 12-month career starter programme designed to develop the young professionals to make continuous contributions and to grow with the company. It includes management and people skills training, job rotation, mentoring and shadowing, business case competition, and some personalised training programmes that help candidates get international qualifications.
Other training programmes are the Leadership Development Programme, which is designed for managers, the High Potential Development Programmes for company executives, and the Professional Qualification Development Programme which helps each employee obtain the qualifications they need for the job.