Article: ALIBABA HIRING AGAINST THE TREND


AsiaInfo Services
02-04-2009
Alibaba Hiring against the Trend

HANGZHOU, Feb 04, 2009 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- Chinese B2B bellwether Alibaba Group, the parent company of Alibaba.com, says that it will hire 5,000 employees in 2009, bringing its workforce to 17,000. Last year the group hired 4,000 staff.

The listed unit of the group Alibaba.com will absorb 3,000 employees, online payment subsidiary Alipay 500, C2C website Taobao.com 1,000, the group's headquarters 200, and 300 for Alisoft and Koubei.com.

Recruitment this year will be focused on China, while Alibaba also plans to extend hiring in the U.S. and Europe.

Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma has offered cheaper plans to try ...

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