Kill two love birds with one stone: young Chinese seek chance romantic encounters while looking for job online
- Traditional dating apps are being challenged by chance encounters while looking for a job
- Online employment platforms are an ideal place to mine personal information, allowing the professional to turn personal
Young Chinese adults have embraced a unique way of finding partners – chance encounters on job-finding apps.
Platforms like Jiayuan, MarryU, Tantan, and Momo have long been predominant in the online dating scene in China.
But now, online job-seeking apps are encroaching on their territory, as people who initially set out to secure employment accidentally discover romantic partners along the way.
Xiaohongshu, a popular social media platform, has seen a proliferation of posts about such chance encounters.
A person from Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, who goes by the username @aoaobuyaoli, made a post on Xiaohongshu titled: “I found a boyfriend over 185cm in height on BOSS Zhipin,” documenting her love story across more than 40 posts.
WeChat chat records she shared showed that she was initially hoping to find employment on the job-seeking app.
However, after submitting her resume and job preferences to the recruiter, he advised her not to join the company.