Talent Development

F.N.B. Corporation has promoted Brian Mancos to Director of Human Resources and Corporate Services at First National Bank, its largest subsidiary. Mancos, previously Senior Corporate Counsel, succeeds the retiring Charles Casalnova. He will oversee HR strategies, facilities management, and business continuity planning, reporting directly to CEO Vincent J. Delie, Jr. This appointment reflects FNB’s commitment to internal talent development and succession planning, leveraging Mancos’s deep understanding of the company and his extensive experience in HR and real estate matters.

The 2025 Open Atom Open Source Ecology Conference in Beijing spotlighted open source’s role in industry. Topway Info & Communication and Kaihong Zhigu showcased their contributions, receiving the “Open Source Pioneer Enterprise” award. They launched the OpenHarmony Co-construction Map 4.0 and participated in talent development initiatives. Kaihong Zhigu also joined the OpenHarmony AI Agent TSG, aiming to integrate AI with the operating system. They presented on “AI + Harmony” applications across education and transportation.

JD.com launched its 2026 campus recruitment program, aiming to hire 35,000 individuals, including 20,000 graduates and 15,000 interns. Recruits will participate in a “Five-Year Growth Plan” with personalized development. JD.com emphasizes unrestricted promotions and has consistently increased compensation and incentives. Notably, the company is investing 7 billion RMB in apartments for young professionals in Beijing, with free accommodation for qualifying interns, demonstrating its commitment to attracting and retaining talent.

China has officially recognized “Rural Collective Economic Managers” as a new profession, crucial for rural revitalization. Tencent’s “WeVillage Common Prosperity Village” project, which focuses on cultivating “Village CEOs,” aligns with this new role. This project, in collaboration with China Agricultural University, has trained approximately 66,000 individuals across 309 counties. These managers are tasked with unlocking village resources, boosting collective income, and driving rural prosperity using tools like WeChat, fostering digital empowerment and new rural development models. Tencent aims to continue supporting this role’s development.

360 Digital Security Group and Bijie Vocational College partnered on July 10, 2024, establishing the Bijie Vocational-360 Digital Intelligence Security Industry College in Guizhou. This collaboration aims to accelerate talent development for the region’s digital economy through an integrated teaching-research-application system. The initiative features a “three-centers, one-platform” structure focusing on industry-aligned training, dual-qualified faculty, and technological innovation. Executives emphasize bridging academia-industry gaps to support Guizhou’s digital industrialization goals and create a sustainable talent pipeline, positioning it as a model for Western China’s development during the province’s 14th Five-Year Plan implementation. (100 words)