Hordes of hopefuls flock to the jobs fair. It attracted an estimated 8,000 people. [Photo/WeChat account: weigg6666]
On Jan 29, a jobs fair was held in the Rainbow shopping mall in the Taizhou Medical High-tech Zone – located in Taizhou city, in East China's Jiangsu province – attracting an estimated 8,000 job seekers.
A total of 103 top businesses participated in the fair and offered 25,300 positions.
Jobs provided at the fair were diverse, including clerks, operators, mechanical engineers and R&D engineers.
Corporate participants included leading companies like Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group, the Taizhou branch of Great Wall Automobile Co Ltd, Lens Precision (Taizhou) Co Ltd and Taizhou Tiandehu Hotel Co Ltd.
Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group human resources spokesperson Li Yajing said the company searched for estimated 120 staff this time around and most of the successful applicants got a preliminary employment offer in just an hour.
Statistics showed that about 5,334 resumes were received at the fair and 3,622 job seekers received initial employment offers.
Many companies said the recruitment results were gratifying and they expected to arrange an interview and sign-up the candidates as soon as possible.
The zone's HR and social security department publicized the jobs fair through social media, outdoor media, banners and phone calls.