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City job market recovering from financial crisis

Metro | Jobs/human resources
2009-10-14

THE city's job market is recovering from the global economic downturn with the number of jobs created at the same level as before the crisis, the Shanghai Human Resources and Social Security Bureau said yesterday. ...

Rules tighten on residence permits

Metro | Charity and civil affairs
2009-8-19

ZHU Xinyi, a 23-year-old woman who has just graduated from Nanjing City in Jiangsu Province and is now working for an IT company in Shanghai, became confused by a new notice board when she went to get her residence...

Scam targeted

Metro | Jobs/human resources
2009-7-2

THE Shanghai Human Resources and Social Security Bureau yesterday launched an intensive month-long crackdown on people who swindle money from migrant workers by pretending to find them jobs. Migrant workers can...

Migrants win insurance break

Metro | Jobs/human resources
2009-7-2

SHANGHAI has asked city companies hiring migrant workers to pay higher social insurance for them. The move is part of a bid to open employment insurance to more city outsiders. Companies that employ migrant...

Public gets to weigh in on bailout recipients

Metro | Jobs/human resources
2009-4-28

MORE than 100 Shanghai companies that are in serious financial trouble and may be forced to slash payrolls are expected to receive government funding under a city bailout plan designed to prevent large-scale layoffs. ...

Business startup loans rules relaxed

Metro | Education
2009-4-1

NON-SHANGHAI natives who graduated from local universities can now apply for government-guaranteed business-starting loans after the Shanghai Human Resources and Social Security Bureau altered its loan policy yesterday....

Subsidy to hire jobless

Metro | Jobs/human resources
2009-3-13

EMPLOYERS in the city can receive an annual subsidy of up to 10,000 yuan (US$1,462) if they hire a laid-off worker or a jobless person from a family living below the city's poverty line, the Shanghai Human Resources...

City will help people open companies

Metro | Jobs/human resources
2009-3-2

THE city is expected to help 30,000 people to open companies over the next three years. People are being encouraged to start different kinds of companies, from founding chain stores to farmers opening guest houses...

Job scam fight

Metro | Jobs/human resources
2009-2-10

AN intensive one-month crackdown on agents who swindle money from migrant workers by pretending to find them jobs was launched yesterday by the Shanghai Human Resources and Social Security Bureau. Migrant workers...

Help for graduate entrepreneurs

Metro | Jobs/human resources
2009-1-9

STUDENTS who have graduated from Shanghai's universities over the past two years can now receive financial support from the government and small loans if they set up their own businesses in the creative industries...