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Job hunters go online in new form of recruitment

Source: Xinhua | 00:00 UTC+8 February 18, 2020 | Print Edition

It was around 10am when Li Yan, 23, opened her laptop and showed up to an online job interview wearing a nice blouse paired with pajama pants.

鈥淛ob hunters used to elbow their way in to deliver resumes at various job fairs around this time. But now, we are in a special period. We have to stay at home and resort to the internet,鈥 said Li, a student from Jilin University in northeast China.

She is among 8.74 million students who are expected to graduate from college this year, 400,000 more than last year.

To curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, China has postponed the opening of the spring semesters of all schools and universities.

The Ministry of Education has suspended nationwide offline recruiting activities, which may bring mass gatherings, and is improving online recruiting services, such as online interviews and contract signing.

Local governments, universities and enterprises have taken action.

Beijing is expected to hold 82 online public recruiting events by the end of February. Southwest Petroleum University in Sichuan Province will organize an online job fair today, which has attracted more than 2,400 job-hunting students and over 230 enterprises.

According to a report by leading job recruitment platform Zhaopin.com, around 68.2 percent of enterprises hope the platform will be able to provide accurate resume matching service, while 55 percent of firms want video interview service.

Tech companies such as Tencent, Alibaba and OPPO have all put their school recruiting activities online to reduce gatherings and cross infections.

Zhang Yuan, a human resources staff at Northeast Securities, said that online interviews could relieve the tension of job hunters and allow them to perform well.

鈥淩ecruitment fairs are giving way to online enrollment and interviews. We have to change our interviewing habits to help contain the coronavirus outbreak, but our standards of recruitment remain unchanged,鈥 Zhang said.

Some college students have shared their online interview experience on social networking platforms, while some others are promoting online interview skills, such as how to dress up at home.

鈥淭he door to jobs remains open online despite the closing of traditional job fairs. I hope the epidemic outbreak can end soon, and I can find a good job,鈥 Jilin student Li said.

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