Alibaba Begins Campus Recruitment

B2B e-commerce firm Alibaba (1688.HK) announced that it would begin its annual campus recruitment program, under which it expects to recruit more than 3000 new employees from 59 schools nationwide by next July.

Positions covered by the latest recruitment program include website operations, technology, and sales department positions. More than 360 of the positions are in the company's technical development center, and new graduates will also be recruited for phone sales.

Alibaba's subsidiary companies also announced their plans for Q4 recruitment. Taobao will recruit nearly 300 people; Alipay, nearly 100; Yahoo Koubei, 71; and Alisoft, 20.