Chinese hotels and restaurants are looking for employees amid a recovery in demand in the service sector after the end of Beijing’s zero-COVID protocols, with a survey by a leading recruiter showing an increase in job offers. in the hotel industry.
During the first six working days after China’s Lunar New Year holiday, vacancies in the hotel and catering sectors increased 40 percent over the same period a year earlier, according to a survey released Friday by Zhaopin, a of the largest recruitment firms in the county. .
Passenger car and cargo truck drivers and plane and train crews are also badly needed, with job openings up 85.2% over the same period, due to busy post-war transportation and logistics sectors. reopening of China after COVID.
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Vacancies in the tourism services industry grew by 58.9% due to the abandonment of the zero-COVID regime, as well as a resurgence in demand during the festival season, while the posting of workers in the manufacturing sector also increased 42.2%.
China’s hospitality industry has seen a surge in job demand following the reopening of the nation’s post-COVID lockdown
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The survey was conducted from January 28 to February 28. 2 in 38 major cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.
The cities of Foshan, Guangzhou and Dongguan in the southern economic powerhouse Guangdong province saw rapid year-on-year growth in overall job openings at 43.2%, 19.6% and 9.2% respectively, according to the survey. The country’s largest provincial economy is aiming to achieve gross domestic product (GDP) growth of more than 5% in 2023 after its economy grew just 1.9% in 2022 due to frequent COVID shutdowns.
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Some 72% of companies surveyed said they are optimistic about China’s economic development, with the easing of COVID restrictions and prioritization of economic growth boosting confidence.
However, with heightened uncertainty in China’s real estate and export sectors, more job seekers sought secure positions. Some 33.9% of job seekers said they would look for “stable jobs, without risk of dismissal”, up from 26.8% last year.
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China’s services activity in January expanded for the first time in five months, another private survey showed on Friday.
