Zhang Yumo's job sounds like the most comfortable vocation in history. She is a "hotel test sleeper" for a mobile app. Her working responsibility is to anonymously experience hotels' service, environment, cleanliness, value for money and dining.
Her reviews posted on the mobile app provide an independent third-party evaluation and help travelers make smart hotel picks.
"When making comments on hotels, we try our best to get rid of subjective preference and write objective descriptions to give customers more reference. Using pictures and videos, my report serves as a vivid illustration for customers," she says.
Zhang was selected for the job in 2010 from a pool of 7,000 applicants thanks to her art college degree and background of freelance writing. She has since been certified by the China Hotel Association as a "Professional Hotel Test Sleeper," earning 10,000 yuan a month.
"These emerging jobs like travel experience officer, modeling for websites, hotel test sleeper, pet photographer, etc, reflect Chinese people's pursuit of a high quality of life," according to Liu Kang, director of the China Employment Training Technical Instruction Center.
"These jobs cater to the rising demand of urbanites for a sophisticated lifestyle as well as offering more opportunities for young people to jump into a job that they are really passionate for," he adds.
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