Small is beautiful for job seekers
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May 23, 2011, Monday
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ONE hundred and forty Chinese characters isn't a lot, but the country's job seekers are cramming an entire career's worth of experience into a few sentences in order to help them find the perfect job.
"Micro-resumes" have become especially popular this month, as prospective university graduates prepare to enter the workforce. Graduate students are particularly likely to post their resumes on their microblogs.
"I am from Qingdao City and I am looking for a temporary job to help me get by. I will take my post-graduation examinations next year," wrote a graduate student from Qingdao University in east China's Shandong Province on weibo.com, China's most popular microblogging site.
There were more than 17,000 micro-resumes posted on weibo.com by last Friday.
College graduates aren't the only ones believing small is beautiful in their bid to find a job. China's gainfully employed are also using microblogs to seek bigger and better opportunities. Ruan Xin, a senior manager with a company in China's economic hub of Shenzhen, recently posted a micro-resume in the hopes of finding a better job.
Ruan was quoted in the China Youth Daily newspaper as saying that micro-resumes are an efficient way for both job seekers and employers to achieve their goals.
Several companies have begun looking at microblogs as a channel for recruitment. A recruiter for Alipay, China's largest third-party online payment service, said it has been recruiting employees via microblogs since 2009.
The recruiter says microblogs can "yield twice the results with half the effort" in helping companies to recruit new employees.
New figures show 140 million people have signed up for accounts at weibo.com. Chinese media giant Sina, which owns weibo.com, estimates that the site will have 200 million registered users by the end of this year.
However, not all employers are convinced that summing up an entire career in just 140 characters is an effective job strategy. Wang Dong, a human resources director for an online advertising company, believes micro-resumes aren't long enough for many employers. "Advertisers and media companies are the most suitable targets for this kind of recruitment," said Wang.
"Micro-resumes" have become especially popular this month, as prospective university graduates prepare to enter the workforce. Graduate students are particularly likely to post their resumes on their microblogs.
"I am from Qingdao City and I am looking for a temporary job to help me get by. I will take my post-graduation examinations next year," wrote a graduate student from Qingdao University in east China's Shandong Province on weibo.com, China's most popular microblogging site.
There were more than 17,000 micro-resumes posted on weibo.com by last Friday.
College graduates aren't the only ones believing small is beautiful in their bid to find a job. China's gainfully employed are also using microblogs to seek bigger and better opportunities. Ruan Xin, a senior manager with a company in China's economic hub of Shenzhen, recently posted a micro-resume in the hopes of finding a better job.
Ruan was quoted in the China Youth Daily newspaper as saying that micro-resumes are an efficient way for both job seekers and employers to achieve their goals.
Several companies have begun looking at microblogs as a channel for recruitment. A recruiter for Alipay, China's largest third-party online payment service, said it has been recruiting employees via microblogs since 2009.
The recruiter says microblogs can "yield twice the results with half the effort" in helping companies to recruit new employees.
New figures show 140 million people have signed up for accounts at weibo.com. Chinese media giant Sina, which owns weibo.com, estimates that the site will have 200 million registered users by the end of this year.
However, not all employers are convinced that summing up an entire career in just 140 characters is an effective job strategy. Wang Dong, a human resources director for an online advertising company, believes micro-resumes aren't long enough for many employers. "Advertisers and media companies are the most suitable targets for this kind of recruitment," said Wang.
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