China's Job Market Warmed as Country's Economy Recovered

As the Chinese economy gradually emerges from its economic recession, many job seekers say the country's job market is showing slight signs of improvement compared to last year.

With the rebounding job market, new college graduates are stepping up their plans to land their first full-time jobs.

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November is regarded as a golden month for graduating students to take the lead in the job market, as many domestic and international companies look to hire new young employees.

A special job fair at Beijing's Tsinghua University hosted by southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has attracted hundreds of job hunters who are competing for the more than 1,600 positions on offer.

Jiang Ping is a human resources official with Chongqing.

"Talents are the key competence for a region's economic development, especially after the global financial crisis. Chongqing's economy has gradually recovered."

At the fair, Chongqing Chang'an Automobile Company is looking to fill more than 1,000 positions. Cai Jun is a company recruiter.

"Last year, due to the economic crisis, our company reduced 150 job vacancies. But the situation is totally different this year. With the government's favorable policies and rebounding auto industry, we will provide as many job opportunities as possible this year."

Apart from the warming job market, those graduates who show flexibility when applying for jobs can increase the employment rate this year.

Statistics indicate that more than 80 percent of graduating students would like to get any job at first, and then look for what they consider to be their ideal job.

Furthermore, many graduates have changed their target positions from government departments, IT and finance to education and other traditionally unpopular industries.

Graduates are not limiting their job searches to major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai or Guangdong. Many say they will consider working in some western cities such as Chongqing, which are also developing at a fast pace.

Wei Qirui, a graduate of Tsinghua University, has signed a contract with Chang'an Automobile Company at the job fair.

"Chongqing's economy is developing at a fast pace in western China, and it's full of opportunities. I have sent out many resumes these days and found it not a difficult thing to find a good job if you put yourself in the right position."

Some key universities such as Tsinghua have a full schedule of campus job fairs from now until the end of the year. On average, they are holding three to five job fairs every day.

Zhang Cheng, CRI News.