Online recruitment takes offThe growth of online recruitment websites in China has surged over the past two years as job-hunters turn to the Internet, according to China Daily.There are more than 200 employment websites, with Beijing-based Zhaopin.com and China HR.com and Shanghai-based 51job.com covering 70 per cent of the burgeoning market. Zhaopin.com has recorded 1 million pageviews a day with up to 1,000 new job listings. The majority of job listings cover Internet, software, computer and marketing positions. By registering with an online recruitment website, a job-hunter can access a variety of professional services and employment tips. Zeng Yunqiang, who works for a foreign-funded company in Pudong, used online recruitment websites to free himself from the burdens of traditional job-hunting. "It was like jumping into a sea. I could update my resume online and instantly contact companies by e-mail," said Zeng, who used the Internet to find his current position last year. But not everybody is getting positive employment results by using the Internet. Jin Zhu, a Fudan University student, failed to find a job online. "All of my room mates registered online to find a job, but we rarely got feedbacks. Even when we did, the companies said we lacked experience," said Jin, a journalism major. Experts say successful online job seekers should be Internet-savvy with good computer skills. But the experts warn that more needs to be done to prevent unscrupulous websites from selling the personal information of job hunters to marketing companies. |
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