Jing'an gets on with the job

Jing’an District saw 51,336 new jobs last year, the third year the figure has exceeded 50,000, according to local human resources and social security bureau.

It also helped set up 885 startups and found jobs for 837 long-time unemployed young people, increases of 110 percent and 142 percent, respectively, from the previous year. The number of unemployed people in the district is below 24,000.

The bureau organized more than 50 job fairs last year, with more than 2,000 employers offering over 10,000 vacancies, and provided 43,297 vocational training opportunities for local people.

Recently, a batch of 100 employers were honored for their contributions to promoting employment and entrepreneurship.

They included Shanghai Foreign Service (Group) Co, a human resources service company that has been honored for three consecutive years.

The company has been active in job fairs organized by the district government, providing not only jobs but also career consultancy and expert guidance. It has also set up an internship base for college graduates and people with difficulty in finding jobs. The base provides one-on-one career guidance and serves more than 10 people a month. 

Based on job hunters’ wishes and companies’ recruitment requirements, staff at the base arrange internships ranging from three to six months. Some 90 percent of job hunters are employed after their internships.

Last year, the company helped 25,801 people find jobs across the city, including 924 in Jing'an.

Another company honored was the Jing’an branch of Shanghai Security, which helps people, including veterans, find jobs. It took part in 28 job fairs last year and helped around 100 people find employment.

Jing’an has also been active in supporting startups by streamlining and speeding up the approval process and providing favorable policies and guidance for new entrepreneurs. Wang Guangrong, director of the human resources bureau, said assisting startups increased the capacity for employment.

In 2017, when bureau staff learned that Pierre Zhuang, a senior human resources expert, was aiming to set up an international executive search firm in China, they gave him advice and helped him set up CGL last year. Now the company has seven branches serving more than 500 companies and last year had an annual business volume of 100 million yuan (US$15 million).

Zhuang was impressed by the services he enjoyed in Jing’an. “Having worked so many years, it’s the first time for me to have the business license and related services delivered to the door by the authorities,” he said.

Science is an important part of Jing’an’s industry map with a cluster of companies specializing in big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

By the end of last year, the district had 276 high-tech companies, and it was identified as one of the national demonstration bases for new industries for its big data industry. There are more than 200 companies with big data as their core business in Jing’an, with some listed in the top 50 big data companies in China.