The Hefei National High-tech Industry Development Zone – located in Hefei city, capital of East China's Anhui province – launched its "China Speech Valley Quantum Center" 2022 autumn recruitment drive on Nov 17-18 in the province to attract college graduates to the region.

The zone, together with 150 employers, went to Anhui Agricultural University and University of Science and Technology of China.

Among the employers were the "three quantum giants" – QuantumCTek, Origin Quantum and CIQTEK – as well as intelligent speech and AI technology company iFLYTEK and innovative platforms such as the Institute of Advanced Technology of Science and Technology of China.

A total of more than 6,100 positions were offered and 1,975 resumes were collected in the two days, with 964 people securing preliminary offers of employment.

"Every year we go with the Hefei high-tech zone to recruit people from Anhui Agricultural University. This year we had a bumper harvest of resumes and we will have in-depth communications with job seekers," said an HR manager who graduated from the university and now works at Hua Yi Ecological Landscape Architecture Co Ltd.

In the special jobs fair at the University of Science and Technology of China, prospective employers  patiently answered questions about job duties, salaries, development directions and gave guidance to the graduates.

Plans are for the Hefei high-tech zone to recruit more folks from other colleges in the province, including Anhui Medical University and West Anhui University.