Online human resource services provider 51job.com has launched a national platform in China providing internship opportunities for college students in cooperation with hundreds of companies.
Using this platform, companies can post internship and part-time job information at zero cost, while college students can learn about company trends and other job-related information.
So far, a total of 596 companies, including China Mobile, Eli Lilly and Company, Ping An Insurance, Sony Ericsson, and Horizon Research have joined the platform, providing 3,165 internship and part-time jobs targeting college students. In addition, companies like Bosch China and Oracle have held online campus talks, enabling college students to communicate online with their human resource executives or engineers and find answers to questions about what they will encounter during their internship.
Zhen Ronghui, CEO of 51job.com, said that under the current economic situation, 51job.com would like to give up some of its income to help college students find employment. Zhen said that although companies are cutting back on hiring at the moment, the fast developing Chinese market still encourages companies to carry out short-term or provisional projects and these companies can hire interns or part-time workers to meet their demand.
One of the first professional human resource service providers in China, 51job.com was listed in September 2004 and was the first Nasdaq-listed Chinese human resources service provider.
