Between April and June this year, Lenovo China found about 70 candidates through social media, the company said.
"In China we are jealous of our HR co-workers in the U.S., " where online recruiting platforms are more mature and can attract qualified candidates, said Willa Wang, talent acquisition director at Lenovo China, the Chinese unit of Hong Kong-based personal computer company Lenovo Group Ltd.
The PC world may be dying, but tell that to Lenovo in China.
New Lenovo smartphone and LePad tablet products are leading the way for Lenovo in China, and a new family of smartphones will launch in the coming months to drive future growth.
In fact, at the time of the IBM ThinkPad acquisition, the China business was 37% of total Lenovo revenues, so the China sales out of the global revenues by Q4 fiscal 2009 had actually increased nearly 10%.
China's Lenovo Group, number two in the market, is benefiting from sales to first-time buyers in China and other developing countries.
As the number one PC vendor in China, Lenovo's PC shipments are greater than that of the next top four vendors combined.
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Now Amelio is out of a job, a victim of the global economic downturn and strategic missteps that left Lenovo too reliant on China for most of its profits.
It also faces low cost producers (LCPs) from China such as Lenovo Group and Acer.
In October, Gartner Research said that China's Lenovo had overtaken HP as the number-one maker of PCs.
In a similar vein IBM will sell its personal computer business to China's Lenovo Group because IBM can make more money on things like consulting than on PCs.
In attempting its current restructuring, Acer faces a formidable Asian rival in China's Lenovo Group, which ranks a close second behind Hewlett-Packard Co. as the world's biggest PC maker.
During the quarter, Lenovo further strengthened its number-one position in China by 2.3 points, which resulted in an industry-leading market share in China of 31.7 percent, widening the gap between Lenovo and its major rivals.
Lenovo sold 9 million smartphones in China over the past three months, the company said this week.
Two of the biggest tech names in China are Huawei and Lenovo, both of which are customers.
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In seven of the largest PC markets, Lenovo is No. 1 in China, Japan, India and now in Russia and Germany.
Lenovo's PC shipments in China grew eight percent year-over-year in the quarter, a significant result given that the overall China PC market was flat.
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Lenovo's PC shipments in China increased 23.4 percent year-over-year in the quarter, exceeding the overall industry increase of PC shipments in China of 14.3 percent.
Lenovo doubled its smartphone sales in China in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, and its smartphone business is finally profitable.
With its core PC market feeling the strain from the popularity of mobile devices, Lenovo has to demonstrate, in China and elsewhere, that it can build and market the right products.
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By going abroad and getting companies like Maytag, which they may or may not get, Lenovo buying other brand names, China can instantly have this recognition for the brands that it's already making in its own factories.
Of particular note, is Lenovo's continued strength in China's emerging cities, and the Company continues to build its reputation with other product offerings such as smart phones, tablets and smart TVs, as it leads China's customers into the PC Plus era.
ENGADGET: Lenovo Q2 earnings reveal record high sales of $8.7 billion, highest-ever PC market share
Sure, Lenovo's computers are made in China.
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At the same time, Lenovo would like to improve its margins outside China.
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Apple has even surpassed Lenovo, a home-grown brand in China, in total sales.
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Lenovo gets 42% of its sales from China and has 40 times more stores there than Apple has worldwide.
And in May, Lenovo, a firm with strong connections to China's government, had finalised its purchase of the PC-making arm of IBM.
During the second quarter, Lenovo grew its number-one position in China, the world's largest PC market, to a leading market share of 34 percent, up 2.4 points year-over-year.
ENGADGET: Lenovo Q2 earnings reveal record high sales of $8.7 billion, highest-ever PC market share
Recognising that much of the innovation is now in the mobile computing area, Lenovo has been building a strong position in China's smartphone and tablet market, and is now moving into other territories.
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