Zhejiang: Job market picks up
Summer used to be a slow season for the job market, but things are different this year. Many companies that froze hiring since the financial crisis are recruiting again. Zhou Xiaoye has a story from Zhejiang Province in east China.
At this provincial job fair, a flooring manufacturer is collecting resumés.
The company chief says it’s the first time they’re recruiting since the economic downturn began.
Flooring manufacturer Rao Xianping said, “We’re an export company, and we’ve been hit hard by the crisis. However demand is coming back now, so we need to recruit lots of staff, in every subsidiary company.”
Besides the increase in export orders, the company is also optimistic about the domestic market.
Rao Xianping said, “The company has invested a lot in the domestic market, so we badly need employees in the sales and production sectors.”
Another company says their biggest headache is the lack of staff to handle foreign trade.
Company recruiter Hu Ronghui said, “We’ll send employees overseas as long as we recruit. ”
This isn’t an exceptional case. This job fair used to have more than 20 companies, but this year there are over a hundred.
Wang Changjiang, deputy firector of Zhejiang Laboe Exchange Center, said, “Starting from this May, there’s been a surge in job opportunities. Through July, the number of employers increased by 30 percent, while jobs increased by 4 percent.
Jobs in textiles, electronics, machinery have increased the most, while the most wanted vacancies are for sales people and technicians.