One hundred and forty words isn`t a lot, but China`s job seekers are cramming an entire career`s worth of experience into a few sentences in

order to help them find the perfect job.

"Microresumes" have become especially popular this May, as prospective university graduates are getting ready to enter the workforce. Graduate

students are particularly likely to post their resumes on their microblogs.

"I am from the city of Qingdao and I am looking for a temporary job to help me get by. I will take my post-graduation examinations next year,"

wrote a graduate student from Qingdao University in east China`s Shandong Province on weibo.com.

There were more than 17,000 microresumes posted on weibo.com as of May 13.

Ruan was quoted in a Thursday article in the China Youth Daily newspaper as saying that microresumes are an efficient way for both job seekers

and employees to achieve their goals.

Direct and short introductions can quickly spread over the Internet, which helps employers save time when they`re trying to find the right

candidates, he said, adding that the speed at which short introductions can spread on the Internet also allows prospective job seekers to make

more connections than they would with traditional resumes.

Several companies have begun looking at microblogs as an effective channel for recruitment. A recruiter for Alipay, China`s largest third-party

online payment service, said that Alipay has been recruiting employees via microblogs since 2009, according to the China Youth Daily article.

The recruiter says that microblogs can "yield twice the result with half the effort" in helping companies to recruit new employees.

However, summing up an entire career in just 140 characters is a challenge for many job hunters. Some of the microresumes posted online seem

to be posted just for their humorous content, rather than for the purpose of actually finding a job.

He suggests that good microresumes should be clear and tightly focused, with links to the poster`s personal website, if he or she has one. This

can allow employers to understand the candidate more easily, he says.

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