我是怎样在“最佳雇主”找到工作的

    费迪尔•洛佩兹

    • 所属公司：诺德斯特姆

    • 最佳雇主公司排名：第89位

    • 职位：加拿大人力资源开发总监

    • 年龄：47岁

    1985年，在美国东海岸一所大学就读一年后，费迪尔•洛佩兹就想回老家圣地亚哥了。他说：“我想边上学边打工。”

    对他来说，向诺德斯特姆公司（Nordstrom）求职是理所当然的事。他很小就对时尚着迷，现在还会充满愉悦地回想自己当年和父母一起去逛西雅图那些零售商店的情景：那些友好的售货员，舒服的咖啡吧，甚至沿途摆放的东西也都是用礼品纸包好的。他说：“那时候我就一直对这些东西很着迷。”

    洛佩兹一开始在诺德斯特姆公司的青年男性部门当销售。他很快就意识到，这份用来贴补学费的工作也是一条值得终身追求的职业道路。在新员工培训课上他了解了诺德斯特姆公司的内部擢升文化。他说：“你能充分感受到同事对自己的支持。”结果他很快就离开学校进入诺德斯特姆公司开始全职工作。在这家公司效力的30年弹指一挥间，他在晋升阶梯上不断攀爬，一直升到现在的位置。他从一名销售做起，一路上担任过部门经理、买手、加州五个地方的店铺经理。然后他在杰弗里（Jeffrey）曼哈顿分店当了一段时间总经理，这是一家诺德斯特姆2005年就入股的精品店。

    洛佩兹在诺德斯特姆积累的三十年经验为他胜任现在的工作奠定了坚实基础：为诺德斯特姆在加拿大五个新店的经理开发并实施深入培训项目。这些店计划2016年秋季正式开业。洛佩兹说：“我确实很喜欢培养一个团队，看着他们取得成功。正是在杰弗里那个分店我懂得了如何做好销售并创造客户体验。”当加拿大这个机会到来时，他就觉得大显身手的时候到了。

    FerdieLopez

    • Company: Nordstrom

    • Best Companies rank: 89

    • Role: Director of Talent Development, Canada

    • Age: 47

    In 1985, after a year of college on the East Coast, Ferdie Lopez wanted to move back home to San Diego. "I wanted to go to school part-time and work part-time," he says.

    Applying to Nordstrom was a no-brainer. A fashion fanatic from an early age, Lopez recalled with fondness the shopping trips he made to the Seattle-based retailer with his parents: the friendly sales people, the cozy café, even the way items were gift-wrapped. "It always stuck with me," he says.

    Nordstrom hired Lopez as a sales person in the young men's department. It quickly became apparent that the job Lopez had taken to supplement school was a career path unto itself. In the new-hire orientation, he learned about Nordstrom's culture of promoting from within. "You feel completely supported by the people you work with," he says. He soon left school to work at Nordstrom full time. Fast-forward 30 years, and Lopez has climbed up a good swath of the company's ladder. He moved from sales to department manager to buyer to the store manager of five locations in California. He then worked a stint as general manager of the Manhattan outpost of Jeffrey, the luxury boutique Nordstrom has had a stake in since 2005.

    The experiences Lopez has gained in his three decades at Nordstrom prepared him from his current job: creating and implementing an immersion program for the managers of Nordstrom's five new stores in Canada, which are set to open by fall 2016. "I really love developing a team and seeing them succeed. And at Jeffrey, I gained an understanding of how to sell and create a customer experience," Lopez says. When the Canada opportunity arose, he says, it was the perfect match.