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Job skills at school make job hunting easy

In an effort to improve vocational education, the Ministry of Education announced recently that it would spend 2 billion yuan to update teaching facilities and establish quality curriculum.
December 14, 2006 • Read more..

Job market vibrant, but needs talents

The job market is vibrant and vacancies have increased in the past year, especially in the financial sector.
December 21, 2006 • Read more..

China graduates face job crunch

With the trees in bloom and the sun shining, students strolling the grounds of Beijing's leafy university campuses shouldn't have a care in the world.
June 30, 2006 • Read more..

Shortage of jobs to affect huge number of graduates

China's university graduates are braced for gloomier employment prospects next year as the number of graduates will reach a record high of 4.95 million, the Ministry of Education said yesterday.
November 29, 2006 • Read more..

China wants to recruit foreign pilots

In order to relieve the shortage of pilots in its aviation sector, China wants to recruit foreign airline pilots.
July 28, 2005 • Read more..

Job shortage to continue in 2007

China's serious job shortage is likely to continue through next year, with more than 15 million urban people unable to find work.
December 9, 2006 • Read more..

China's underpopulation crisis

China's vast supply of cheap labor and India's army of capable engineers have attracted enormous flows of foreign investment to their countries.
March 7, 2006 • Read more..

China needs to get rich before it gets too old

Helen Qiao, an economist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in Hong Kong, posed an interesting question this week: 'Will China grow old before getting rich?'
February 15, 2006 • Read more..

Mainland turnover high

Multinational companies saw a higher rate of employee turnover on the Chinese mainland last year than in other parts of Asia.
January 24, 2007 • Read more..

Time to invest in human resources

Despite the fact that cheap labor is one of the greatest advantages of the Chinese economy, mechanization is becoming increasingly prevalent.
January 27, 2007 • Read more..

Big four firms plan to boost China staff

The big four accountancy firms are planning to boost their staff numbers by more than 20% this year.
June 5, 2006 • Read more..

Shanghai still doesn't have enough people

Shanghai's rapidly aging population means that there's a labor force shortage, especially in the 25-35-year-old age group.
February 5, 2007 • Read more..

China threat looms in skills shortage

There's an old Chinese proverb: An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
February 6, 2006 • Read more..

Talent shortage driving up Chinese salaries

Salaries in China surged last year and are expected to grow further this year.
January 23, 2007 • Read more..

China enters an auspicious year, birth rate is expected to soar.

Pig years, which occur every 12 years, are considered auspicious. But the coming one, or so many believe, will be especially fortunate.
February 17, 2007 • Read more..

Employers head to rail stations to find workers

A shortage of workers during the Spring Festival has driven many employers to recruit staff from incoming migrant workers at the city's railway stations.
February 28, 2007 • Read more..

Job centers keep busy

A record 1.05 million people applied for jobs at public job placement centers across the city last year, according to an annual labor market report.
March 6, 2007 • Read more..

Ayi shortage to decrease

The ongoing shortage of ayis in the city is dropping quickly as domestic helpers return to Shanghai following the Lantern Festival.
March 7, 2007 • Read more..

China's talent wars

Despite the apparent abundance of labor, there is a paradox: Companies often have trouble finding the right candidate for the job.
March 13, 2007 • Read more..

Tech flocks to Shanghai

44 foreign companies now have their Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, 48 of which established operations there only in the last year.
March 14, 2007 • Read more..

How to deal with the future labor shortage?

The current labor shortage spreading from the coastal areas across the country signifies the coming of the Lewisian Turning Point in China's economic development.
March 15, 2007 • Read more..

Recruitment target for luring overseas talents being met.

More than 10,000 overseas professionals have been lured to Shanghai in the past 15 months. Nine months ahead of target.
April 5, 2007 • Read more..

Training program to educate brand managers

A training program has been launched to deal with the shortage of brand management professionals.
April 10, 2007 • Read more..

Talent shortage linked to benefit cuts

A shortage of professionals has led to a decrease in the number of multinational companies offering extra benefits.
July 27, 2007 • Read more..

Engineers have lost their shine for youth

The number of qualified engineers is failing to meet the demands of the country's rapid economic growth.
September 25, 2007 • Read more..

The battle for Asia's tech talent

Skills in business application and software development, amongst other fields, are expected to be in high demand across the Asia-Pacific.
February 13, 2008 • Read more..

200 new jobs each day last year

Finance sector generates 200 jobs a day but 70% remain vacant.
March 11, 2008 • Read more..

Hong Kong's jobless rate fell to 3.3%, lowest in 10 years

Hong Kong's unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to the lowest in a decade, aiding household consumption in a city where overseas sales are weakening.
March 19, 2008 • Read more..

China's talent shortage survey results by Manpower

Manpower surveyed nearly 43,000 employers across 32 countries and territories in late January 2008.
September 8, 2008 • Read more..

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