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Job fair attracts thousands
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Wu Yan
THOUSANDS of people gathered at the China Hi-Tech Fair Exhibition Centre last weekend, hoping to snag a job, as a job fair for SZ foreign firms was held.
"There were more than 150 firms with over 8,000 positions available at the fair," said Liu Fangrong, assistant secretary-general of SZ Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment (SZAEFI).
Co-sponsored by SZAEFI and the SZ Municipal Personnel Bureau, the fair attracted about 20,000 people from all over the country.
"It seems that we had more applicants with higher qualifications this year. Another feature is that some headhunting companies participated," said Guo Xiaoqin, executive director of SZAEFI.
Many of the job applicants were college students who are to graduate this summer.
Wang Jia, a journalism major at Hunan University in Central China, was trying to secure a job with several companies. She said she had passed the postgraduate entrance examination, but she had to find a job first because her family cannot afford her further study.
Even some expatriates were looking for jobs at the fair. Wilson M Quilachamin hails from Quito, capital of Ecuador. He was seeking a job as a mechanical engineer. A young French lady, coming along with Quilachamin, applied with several companies as a secretary.
Surprisingly, the job-seekers included a frail-looking 65-year-old man. Named Feng Guanghan, he said he was an experienced chemical engineer and that, with a love for work, he wanted to find some opportunity to give play to his specialty.
The fair was the second of its kind, with the first held last year.
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