Car mechanics in demand

China will need 800,000 new car mechanics over the next two years to keep pace with the 13 per cent annual growth in car ownership on the mainland, according to a joint report issued by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Education, China Central Television reports.

Shaanxi university seeks VPs

Xian Jiaotong University in Shaanxi will offer eight vice-president positions on four-year tenures to applicants from across the globe, the China Youth Daily reports.

BOC seeks branch directors

The Bank of China (BOC) is recruiting directors for its Gansu, Hainan and Russian branches, the Beijing Youth Daily reports. It is the first time the BOC will hire a director for an overseas branch through open recruitment.

Beijing citizens top earners

Beijing residents earned 25,312 yuan on average last year, up 3,460 yuan from 2002, according to a report by the municipal statistics bureau. The capital's top per capita earners were in the financial industry with an average annual salary of 61,713 yuan, Beijing News reports.

COMPANIES

The Beijing branch of Citibank is looking for senior sales executives for the consumer banking department. The successful applicants will be responsible for acquiring new customers.

LG Chem is seeking sales representatives, engineers, marketing specialists, strategic planners, education specialists, accountants and secretaries for its Beijing office.

CETC-Chinacomm Communications is looking for sales staff, project managers, quality managers, and design engineers in Beijing.

Effem Foods (Beijing) is looking for a project equipment manager, new product development manager, packing development engineer, assistant brand manager and customer director.

Beijing Tongrentang Commercial Investment and Development is recruiting an administrative assistant to the general manager, a branch general manager, a shop manager, a marketing manager, an HR manager, an R&D director for the information department, and commodity analysis staff.

The Beijing branch of Boston Consulting (Shanghai) is looking for technology assistants to work with the local technology specialist and Greater China IT support leader.

RICOH International (Shanghai) is looking for plant directors, accountants and sales managers.

McKinsey & Consulting, Shanghai, is seeking industry information analysts.

The Shanghai branch of American International Assurance is recruiting software testing specialists, IT finance and accounting directors, senior Java developers, legal affairs assistants and database specialists.

Foster Wheeler, a Shanghai-based engineering consulting firm, is looking for a cost control engineer and a structural engineer in Shanghai, and a business development manager for Beijing.

TNT China is seeking a hubs and gateway manager, a strategic development manager and an operation manager in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

BearingPoint is recruiting a senior consultant/manager, a financial consultant/senior consultant and an associate corporate counsel for Greater China in Beijing and Shanghai.

The above jobs briefs serve only as general news items for readers' information. They are not recruitment advertisements.

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