Colleges and universities around the world try to help
students find employment after graduation. A university in China has taken that
effort online.
The Kunming University Talent Shop is an online site that features
top graduates on the Alibaba retail platform, Taobao. Students are divided into
four categories that “promote Chinese infrastructure investment and
manufacturing power,” according to a report from CNBC.
The site includes a photo, a summary of career goals, and
salary expectations for each student. Prospective employers are then able to
bid for the right to offer a student a contract. The bidding fees start at
$160, according to a report in People’s Daily Online.
Chinese officials expect more than seven million graduates
to be looking for jobs in the country in 2015. At the same time, the number of
new jobs created has fallen from 3.44 million in the first quarter of 2014 to
3.24 million during the same period this year.
