Hiring of coronavirus sampling professionals surges nationwide
Hiring across China for professionals to conduct nucleic acid samplings has surged following the country's health authority's vow to improve regular testing mechanism as the country steps up COVID- 19 prevention and control measures.
The number of domestic openings has been continuously increasing since March with the week- on- week growth rate basically exceeding more than 10 percent, according to data sent to the Global Times from zhaopin. com, one of China's largest online recruitment platforms, on Wednesday.
Recruitments in Beijing accounted for 36 percent of the nation's total demand from May 2 to May 8, up 115 percent on a weekly basis, the data showed.
The average monthly salary has also been growing, jumping from 8,204 yuan ($ 1209) for the week of February 28 to March 6 to 11,467 yuan during the week of May 2 to May 8, the data from zhaopin. com showed.
Multiple cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Ningbo have implemented strict nucleic acid testing requirements such as residents only being able to enter public spaces with a negative result within 48 hours, while stepping up the construction of regular testing sites.
Hangzhou has deployed 10,000 free sampling sites and requires residents to get tested every 48 hours, according to the city government on April 27.
There would be at least 750,000 new testing sites to be established nationwide, based on a model that only considers the nation's urban population, said the Shanghai Securities News' report.
The Global Times learned from domestic recruitment platforms that applicants are required to meet relevant healthrelated qualifications such as a nursing certificate and study in related fields.
Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan said on May 9 that major Chinese cities need to establish a “15- minute nucleic acid sampling service circle,” as the nation's epidemic prevention and control work enters a new phase in response to Omicron and other new variants, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
The National Health Commission vowed earlier to improve nucleic acid testing and sampling mechanism for regularized testing.