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ByteDance It is embarking on a hiring wave in China despite facing a setback in some of its overseas markets as the company accelerates its business expansion.
the Tik Tok The owner plans to hire another 10,000 employees in its local China market by the end of 2020 to fill a large number of vacancies in product development, e-commerce, games, education, marketing and sales, ByteDance said in a WeChat post.
The latest round of hiring will bring ByteDance’s global workforce to 100,000 employees.
In addition to top-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, Beijing-based ByteDance said it will continue to expand the size of its business in smaller cities such as Wuhan, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Xiamen.
Starting as an online news aggregator in 2012, the world’s most valuable startup has been diversifying its business into various industries ranging from short videos to video games. Last week, the company consolidated all of its educational products under a separate brand called Dali education, marking a milestone in their plans to increase their presence in China’s highly competitive online tutoring market.
In addition to the national hiring campaign and despite facing global headwinds, ByteDance’s global TikTok division still plans to hire some 3,000 engineers in Europe, Canada, Singapore and the US over the next three years, and the US. It remains one of its engineering centers, Reuters. reported last week, citing a company spokesperson.
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