IBM Human Resources CU Career Day © 2002 IBM Corporation By Polly Tong Employment Market Trend and IBM Hiring Requirements

IBM Human Resources CU Career Day © 2002 IBM Corporation 2 Labor Market  Unemployment rate reaching 7.3%  According to a pay trend survey, 2003 salary increase predicted to be 0.5%  2002 CPI : -2.9%  2003 CPI : -1.5%

IBM Human Resources CU Career Day © 2002 IBM Corporation 3 Hot Openings  IT industry no longer the booming sector  Number of openings in construction, manufacturing and public sector are decreasing  Number of openings in service industry is increasing  Food and Beverage Industry  Retail Industry  General Insurance Industry

IBM Human Resources CU Career Day © 2002 IBM Corporation 4 Market Trend  Number of Outsourcing is increasing  Focus and invest in the industry where they are  Product and skill specialization  Cost saving  Number of Merger and Acquisition is increasing

IBM Human Resources CU Career Day © 2002 IBM Corporation 5 Market Trend (Con’t)  China opportunity is increasing  Jobs are moving to China from Hong Kong, e.g. manufacturing, office administration etc  People willing to work in China by frequent travel or stay there with a local offer term  Contract vs Permanent employment  Contract or project basis employment is increasing  Cost saving in terms of headcount and benefit

IBM Human Resources CU Career Day © 2002 IBM Corporation 6 Market Trend (Con’t)  Pay for performance  Guarantee portion is reducing  Link with personal performance or company profit  Long working hours  Willing to move from one place to the other  Multi-tasking  Less with more

IBM Human Resources CU Career Day © 2002 IBM Corporation 7 IBM Hiring Theme Unlimited

IBM Human Resources CU Career Day © 2002 IBM Corporation 8 IBM Hiring Principals  Diversity/Equal Employer  People with disability  Sex/gender/race/religious  Vitality young people

IBM Human Resources CU Career Day © 2002 IBM Corporation 9 Recruiting Process

IBM Human Resources CU Career Day © 2002 IBM Corporation 10 What We Look For  Competence and knowledge  Problem solver  Good communication skills  Good planner  Good attitude  Good team player  Integrity  Enthusiasm for your work  Leadership

IBM Human Resources CU Career Day © 2002 IBM Corporation 11 Typical Interview Topics  Technical / Professional Expertise  Reasoning  Motivation  Interpersonal / Team / Leadership Skills  Communication skills  Breakthrough Thinking and Creatively  Relevant past experience

IBM Human Resources CU Career Day © 2002 IBM Corporation 12 IBM Needs People Who Are …  Self confident and have the energy to create an idea and run with it  Problem solvers who are committed to doing a quality job for customers – no matter what it takes, but always with unyielding integrity  Innovators who don’t accept things the way they are but come to work looking for a better way, every day  Communicators who can excite teams and inspire them to act  Talented who have fun!

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