E-commerce giant Alibaba kicks off ‘largest ever’ recruitment drive for new graduates

Alibaba’s latest recruitment drive opens up new positions in the company and at its major units like Ant Group, Cainiao and Alibaba Health. Hi-tech jobs on offer include those in the fields of computer engineering, data science, blockchain and security engineering. — SCMP

Alibaba Group Holding has kicked off what it describes as the firm’s “largest ever” recruitment programme for new graduates on Monday, in a sign that the Chinese e-commerce giant is moving forward after paying a record fine of 18.2bil yuan (US$2.8bil or RM11.91bil) in April for antitrust violations.

Hangzhou-based Alibaba, which owns the South China Morning Post, is making 113 different company positions available, 45 of which are being opened to new graduates for the first time, according to the firm’s statement on Tuesday.