Huawei seeks problem- solvers with 2nd ‘ young genius’ hiring drive this year

Chinese technology giant Huawei launched the second round of its genius recruitment program this year on its official WeChat hiring platform on Friday, as it accelerates hiring gifted youth from all over the world amid external pressures and an ongoing US government trade ban.

The first such recruitment program was launched on April 25. Under the plan, it doesn’t matter where the applicant went to school, as long as they can meet some major requirements relevant to the hi- tech sector.

In the past two years, 26,000 graduates joined Huawei, including 300 gifted youth who have contributed to its key business segments, and promoted technological and software innovation, top executives from Huawei revealed at an earnings conference for the 2021 financial results in March.

In 2019, Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei launched the “young genius” program, which gained public attention with the highest annual salary reaching 2 million yuan ($ 296,000).

Ren said on the company’s internal platform in June that the most important thing for the “geniuses” is their ability to solve problems.

The launch of the eye- catching “young genius” program would help the company gain public attention and attract more top- caliber applicants to support the overall development of the company in the next stage, Xiang Ligang, the director- general of the Beijingbased Information Consumption Alliance, told the Global Times on Monday.

Huawei rotating chairman Hu Houkun said at a digital forum on Saturday that there’s a shortage of digitally literate talent in China. In the next three years, Huawei plans to train more than 3 million new computing professionals, Hu said.

According to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the nation’s demand for intelligent manufacturing talent will reach 9 million and the shortage of talent will be 4.5 million by 2025.