Alibaba launches largest university recruitment drive in China

It is advertising 113 entry-level roles, 45 of which are open to fresh graduates.

The Alibaba Group has launched its largest university graduate recruitment drive across China, following a survey that revealed the company as a preferred choice of employer amongst students of business and commerce in the country, a press release revealed.

The e-commerce giant said it is advertising 113 different entry-level roles, 45 of which are open to fresh graduates for the first time. Alibaba said that it looks to nurture and motivate junior staff amongst its ranks.

Alibaba’s campus recruiters are spanning out to attend job fairs in Chinese cities such as Hangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Chongqing, and Wuxi, as well as Ulan Qab.

Alibaba officially launched the 2022 campus recruitment program on 19 July targeting students graduating in the academic year ending next year.

Besides business and commerce, the firm also ranked within the top two slots among the Generation Z students majoring in engineering, natural sciences, and the humanities, said Stockholm-based employer branding specialist Universum.

Universum’s survey also showed e-commerce headlining the rankings of university students’ most preferred industry to kickstart their careers, at 28% of those polled.