GE : imagination at work

职 业 加 油 站 Career DevelopmentReturning to GE: It Still Feels Like Home— Interviews with Returned GE AlumniComing home has never felt so good. That’s what a number of GE employees who left thecompany for other career opportunities say about their grand returns to the company theylove and trust. Now, at new posts with fresh and exciting responsibilities, these employees areutilizing their newfound insights matched with GE’s fair and transparent corporate culture topursue new career goals while contributing to GE’s global business efforts. Eve Gu, Cao Yang,Tony Li and Ox Yu, answered questions about reasons why they have come back after a shortleave, and provided career tips for other employees.Eve Gu: Challenge Drives Mewhere leaders show their sincere respect for each employee. In addition, GE not only provides a variety of learning opportunities, butalso embraces new technologies and innovative ideas. For a person who loves challenges, GE is the best place for Eve to achieve herdreams.As the HR manager for GE China GGO, Eve faces larger challenges than ever before in her career. Instead of dealing with HR issues foronly one department or team, Eve needs to satisfy different talent demands and provide uniform services with GE standards. “It is veryinteresting to talk and work with colleagues across different businesses,” Eve said. “Proving solutions for different businesses accordingto their actual situation, this is a universal principle.”Recruitment is not an easy jobAlthough the size of the team she leads has grown, Eve’s main task has remained unchanged: recruiting new employees for GE. Andwhile her work load may seem smaller, Eve said the work has become even more complicated.“Before recruiting new employees, we need to know about the operation patterns of different businesses and learn their specificdemands,” Eve said. In recent years, GE acquired a number of companies whose systems and database were less than perfect,therefore, she and her team needed to use GE’s internal database and resources to help these companies solve their talent issues. As arelatively sound system built up, they worked out a more systematic talent recruitment plan for these new acquired companies.When asking for her future career plan, Eve said directly, “The future depends on the opportunities you seize now, maybe I will try otherfields such as personnel training or C&B (Compensation and Benefits).”We sincerely hope Eve will continuously address new challenges she meets in the future and also strive for achievements for GE’s HR field.Eve Gu, a hard working HR specialist, has remained committedto the field since 1999. Today, she is the Talent AcquisitionManager of GE China GGO. During her interview, Eve said sheis not someone to accept life “as is”. “I have a clear goal: to dothings I have never done before,” Eve said. And the one word shementions most during her interview is “challenge”.Rookie to HR expertEve loves her job. “Hiring new employees is only the basicfunction of HR. When new employees arrive, HR personnel’smain task is to help them grow fast by conducting a series oftraining sessions so the newcomers can get accustomed tothings and start making a contribution to the company as soonas possible.” From 2001 to 2010, Eve has been a member of theHR department of GE businesses in China.Over the past nine and a half years, Eve has grown from a freshhand to a professional. “GE has given me the opportunity to learnthe ins and outs of HR and the qualities a professional HR shouldhave, which has had an immeasurable impact on my careerpath.”“Different situations, different solutions”In 2010, Eve left GE and became a manager in the organizationaldevelopment department of another company. But after ayear and a half, she was back at GE. “When GE colleaguesrecommended that I come back and take up the position of beingthe HR manager of GE China GGO, I immediately realized that thiswas an opportunity I couldn’t pass up,” Eve said. “It was excitingfor me to lead a team of more than 20 members.” Aside fromthe title GE offered, GE’s great company culture was anotherreason for Eve’s return. She said that GE is a human company,Eve’s career tips:• Courageously face challenges:Every challenge is an opportunity for you to learn something new. Addressing challenges is also an effectiveway to stay enthusiastic for the job you do.• Keep accumulating professional knowledge:Utilize the broad platform GE offers to strengthen your capability and build up your knowledge.• Love your job:A person who does not love his or her job will find it difficult to succeed. Only if you love your job can youfind opportunities to push your career development forward.13 GE & MEGE & ME 14