London Wu

Ed chan, CEO of Wal-Mart China. Before I met him, I've got to know about him from Media. And I thought he would be a cool and serious man, just like most other CEOs are.

The first time I met him was at the Monthly Associate Meeting. His humorous and skillful speech and humble attitude changed his image in my brain previously.

The second time happened at the company canteen. After lunch, I was standing beside him at the canteen store. He was alone, and waiting for his Coca Cola and Extra Xylitol. When he got them, he seemed pretty happy and headed to the elevator fast, like a child.

The third time came to meet him in the lift. The lift was full of our associates, and he was standing very inside, quietly. Some associates were talking about the exciting things they met and laughing freely. At that moment, Ed was smiling as well. He was so approachable. And he was a nice listener too.

Ed Chan is a Chinese American, one of the CEOs I admire most.

The third day I'm working in Wal-Mart China Home Office,serving at the team of Orgnization Development & Manpower Planning & Recruiting.

I think I've got used of the pace of the working life:

get up at 7:00 am

leave for work at 7:30 am

arrive at office around 8:10 am

finish breakfast and drink a cup of coffee

start to work at 8:30 am(morning meeting, information share, check and reply E-mail, task list...)

have lunch around 12:00 pm

work again begin at 1:00 pm

afternoon break at 3:00 pm (all associates take sport gymnastics)

keep working after the sport gymnastics

duty off at 5:30 pm

head to Bouncing Group Building to follow up the Project I'm taking charge

dinner time would be around 7:00 pm

back to dorm around 8:00 pm

take a bath, wash clothes, review&preview the job and surf the Internet

get to sleep around 11:00 pm

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I like the pace, I like the atmosphere in WM, I like the life

Keep moving...

News from China Daily 21st Century

RETAIL is an appealing industry to work in. The high demand for all kinds of merchandise creates lots of job opportunities.
But if you want to secure a career in the retail industry, you’ll need to adjust to the fast pace of work and have the ability to endure plenty of pressure, according to Wang Jin, senior manager of recruitment at Wal-Mart China.
Wal-Mart came to China in 1996, and it now employs over 50,000 people. Its expanding businesses have created more opportunities for job-seekers, including new grads.
This week, 21st Century talks exclusively with Wang Jin about the company’s 2009 recruitment plan.

21st: What’s Wal-Mart’s 2009 campus recruitment plan?
Wang: We’ve run a management trainee program since 1998 in China, which prepares college students to move into management positions in the company.
Apart from management trainees, we’ll recruit new employees in other positions. As many cities plan to open new stores, we need to draw fresh blood into the company. There’s no specific number of employees we want. However, we’ll hold campus recruitment talks in 12 universities around the country.

21st: What attributes do you look for in employees?
Wang: There are several essential qualities that will be taken into consideration initially. Honesty, uprightness and a good team spirit are important.
In the retail industry, we desire a service mentality from employees. It’s our promise to provide excellent service beyond the customer’s expectations. This service will not be limited to those shopping in our stores, but will also include anyone we have contact with, from suppliers to government staff.

21st: Where do the advantages of Wal-Mart lie in attracting talent?
Wang: Our company offers solid staff training, work evaluation and personal development programs. With the quick expansion of our business in China, young employees receive a competitive payroll and lots of promotion opportunities. In fact, many college graduates have become directors, senior managers or store department managers. Some of these people will give talks at the campus recruitment workshops.

21st: What kind of career path will students have in Wal-Mart?
Wang: For example, after the management trainees join the company, they’ll be provided with training and development plans. Usually, they get trained for six months or one year to meet the requirements of their job. With hard work and our career planning aid, employees can be quickly promoted to medium or senior management positions.
Employees can be transferred to other departments if they want to develop other aptitudes.

 
(Visit www.wal-martchina.com/career/career.htm for more information)

With the nice weather,Torch Relay enjoyed its perfect day in GuangZhou.With a nice mood , several classmates and I went to watch the Torch Relay this afternoon at ZhongShan University North Gate.I have to say that what China really rich in is PEOPLE!However,the atmosphere there was pretty good!We could feel the strong patriotism in everyone' heart.

But I found one phenomenon  which I felt sorry about.That was some guys seemed  to not wanna cherish our national flat ! I could find lots of our national flats abandoned on the road.If a man who does not even treasure his country's flat, how can he love his own country whole-heartedly??

Anyway,I appreciate it so much because I can really feel the keen amor patriae from Chinese recently!

Good Luck China!

the president in my university