Alibaba unit to hire 2,000 graduates as big tech crackdown eases

Taotian Group, the unit which includes Taobao and Tmall, is recruiting the graduates for a range of roles including design, product and data, according to a post on its official recruitment Wechat account on Thursday (Aug 17). — Bloomberg

Alibaba Group Holding’s ecommerce arm in China is hiring more than 2,000 graduates amid record youth unemployment and as authorities eased their regulatory crackdown on technology platforms.

Taotian Group, the unit which includes Taobao and Tmall, is recruiting the graduates for a range of roles including design, product and data, according to a post on its official recruitment Wechat account on Thursday (Aug 17). The jobs will be based in at least six Chinese cities such as Hangzhou and Shanghai.