Gucci Go/Shanghai Daily news

The first job fair sponsored by a Japanese enterprises held at the Marriott Hotel Hongqiao attracted over 10,000 undergraduates who were competing for 350 positions, reported today's Oriental Morning Post.
"We planed to hire 110 civil servants with excellent Japanese language skills, 230 technicians and 10 managers", said one principal from the Shanghai Japanese Club on Commerce, "so, only 500 out of the 10,000 applicants were given interviews."
Xie Yinzhi, Personnel manager of Hitachi Information Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., indicated that the salary for new graduates in Japanese enterprises is lower than that paid by western companies.  Success however often depends on the personal qualities of the applicants.
"Excellent team spirit is one attractive characteristic in Japanese enterprises." said Dong, an undergraduate applicant from Donghua University,"Besides, they often provide training courses in Japan."