Thousands flock to Beijing job fair

2009-02-06 03:54:33 GMT China Daily Spring Festival is not yet over but job seekers cannot wait any longer. About 30,000 people flocked to the first job fair in the capital yesterday amid the global economic downturn.

Intel says to shift 2,000 jobs out of Shanghai

2009-02-06 03:17:32 GMT China Daily BEIJING - Intel Corp announced on Thursday a reorganisation of its China operations that would close a Shanghai plant and eliminate 2,000 jobs, while affected workers would be offered positions in other parts of the country.

Beijing job fair draws thousands

2009-02-06 01:55:43 GMT Xinhua English BEIJING, Feb. 6 -- Spring Festival is not yet over but job seekers cannot wait any longer. About 30,000 people flocked to the first job fair in Beijing on Thursday amid the global economic downturn.

U.S. jobless claims surge to 26-year high

2009-02-05 14:07:05 GMT SINA.com WASHINGTON - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits jumped to a 26-year high last week, according to government data on Thursday that pointed to a rapid deterioration in the economy.

Graduates swarm to job fairs in Beijing, Qingdao

2009-02-05 09:12:43 GMT Xinhua English

Government to provide incentives to job-seeking college graduates

2009-01-25 09:37:37 GMT Xinhua English BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council announced over the weekend a plan to provide incentives to job-seeking college graduates, including professional training and preferential loans for start-ups.

Be pragmatic in looking for jobs

2009-01-22 02:16:42 GMT China Daily BEIJING, Jan. 22 -- To ease college students' difficulties in finding jobs, we must guide them to change their outdated ideas about finding posts that perfectly fit their majors, says an article in Jiefang Daily. The following is an excerpt:

College graduates attend job fairs

2009-01-14 06:36:21 GMT Xinhua English College graduates attend a job fair in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 13, 2009.

10% of migrant rural workers hunt for jobs online

2009-02-06 10:10:44 GMT Xinhua English BEIJING, Feb. 6 -- Ten percent of all migrant rural workers search for jobs using the Internet, Zhou Hongren, Executive Vice Minister of the Advisory Committee for State Informatization (ACSI), disclosed in his new book, "On Informatization." To date, in China, there are 120 million "floating" migrant rural workers who have traveled to other provinces in search of work. When taking into account spouses and children, a total of 500 million people might benefit from informatization. This group of people should not be without the use of information technology.

East China province holds job fair for migrant workers

2009-02-05 05:31:51 GMT Xinhua English People search for job information at the job fair for migrant workers held in Huaiyuan County, east China's Anhui Province, on Feb. 4, 2009. Over 3,000 job vacancies of 120 local enterprises were provided to migrant workers at the job fair.

China migrant workers 20 mln jobless

2009-02-04 05:27:12 GMT Reuters China says about 20 million migrant workers have lost jobs or are unable to find work.

Work fears curtail Spring Festival

2009-02-04 03:36:22 GMT China Daily It was still a week before the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations but thousands of rural workers, buckling under the combined weight of possessions and fears of job losses, were already streaming out of Shanghai Railway Station.