Apple Company and How it Recruits Talent,
Apple Company
Introduction
This paper delves into the Apple Company and how it recruits talent, how it selects and trains talent, and why it has become the most successful and most visible technology company in the world.
Description of Apple
The Apple Company (Apple Inc.) was first incorporated on the 3rd of January 1977. Apple is known for its excellence in "…designing, manufacturing and marketing mobile communication and media devices," according to the Apple profile written by Reuters. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak worked together to invent the Apple computers (Apple I and Apple II), and Apple II was the first successful computer designed for home computing using a mouse-driven graphical device.
Meanwhile, today, the devices that Apple designs and manufacturers include personal computers, portable digital music players, iPhones, iPads, Macintosh products, apple TV among other electronic devices.
In addition to these products, Apple sells many peripherals, a variety of software programs, networking solutions and "…third-party digital content and applications," Reuters explains. One of Apple's most popular portals is iTunes, and it also offers the "App store, iBookstore and Mac App Store" (Reuters). Apple is all over the world, manufacturing and marketing its products in Japan, Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific (including Australia and other Asian countries except Japan), and it provides mobile learning products and products for educational settings.
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