Chapter 1597: A Sea of People
The recruitment time was set for 8:00 tomorrow morning, and Director Xiao and the others had deliberately arranged the venue at a stadium in the city center.
Otherwise, if so many people all came to Xu Group, it would be very easy for something to go wrong.
Besides, the company still had to carry on its daily work as usual. There was no way they could suddenly receive so many candidates at once.
Murong Hai was in charge of security at the venue this time as well as the recruitment work, so it could be said his task this time was extremely heavy.
The night before the job fair, Murong Hai had already arranged for his men to patrol the stadium 24 hours a day.
They had to ensure that this job fair proceeded safely; if anything happened, they would be the ones held responsible.
The next morning, Murong Hai and Director Xiao arrived early at the recruitment site.
To their surprise, it was only 6:30, yet the place was already packed with people, forming a long line like a sea of heads.
By rough estimate, there were at least more than five thousand people here to apply.
Many people, even though they hadn’t been screened by the system, refused to give up and still came with a "might as well try" mindset.
Director Xiao had known there would be a huge crowd this time, so he had specially called in the entire HR department.
The HR department had sent over more than twenty people in total, but against a line of over five thousand, a mere twenty-plus people seemed rather feeble.
But even so, they could only grit their teeth and push ahead now.
The goal was to get all these candidates processed in the shortest possible time.
"Director Xiao, there are a bit too many people this time. Is it always this crowded in previous years?"
This was the first time Murong Hai had seen such a lively job fair. The key point was that they were only hiring 150 people in total, yet so many had shown up; obviously the vast majority wouldn’t be selected.
"Although the positions at our Xu Group are indeed very attractive, we’ve never had this many people in previous years. Normally we only hire about 50 a year. This year, because of special circumstances, the boss decided to take on a lot more at one go. Plus, Mr. Xu lowered the requirements this year, so many fresh graduates came directly to apply."
After hearing Director Xiao’s words, Murong Hai then remembered that when he first came over, he had indeed seen a lot of college students.
Judging from their appearance, they should have just graduated; some were even still holding their diplomas, not yet put away.
Murong Hai’s eye for people wasn’t bad. With just a rough sweep of the line, he had already spotted several very capable young people.
"Director Xiao, pay special attention to these young ones later. I think they’re really good." As he spoke, Murong Hai pointed them out one by one.
After looking at those young people, Director Xiao was also quite stunned.
Director Xiao had been doing recruitment for more than ten years; you could say his eye was very sharp.
He too could see the immense potential in these young people, and their capabilities were also very good.
At the same time, Director Xiao began to feel a bit of admiration for Murong Hai.
He had known that Murong Hai wasn’t simple, but Murong Hai’s ability far exceeded his expectations.
He’d heard from Xu Ke that Murong Hai was an expert in combat, but he hadn’t expected him to have such deep insight into talent recruitment as well.
Even with his many years of recruitment experience, Director Xiao couldn’t help but deeply admire Murong Hai.
He immediately memorized these young people and planned to instruct his subordinates later to pay special attention to them.
There was still about half an hour until 8 o’clock, and by this time the stadium was already packed to bursting.
Murong Hai had long known that the turnout would be enormous this time, which was why he had specifically requested a stadium that could hold more than ten thousand people.
But he hadn’t expected that even so, the place would already be filled to the brim.
If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, even Murong Hai wouldn’t have believed it. This was only a single company’s job fair, and yet so many people had come, in such a terrifying number.
"Xiao Wang, with this many people, how long are we going to be interviewing?"
"Yeah, I suddenly feel like we’re going to be working overtime till tonight, aren’t we?"
Seeing this scene, the HR staff all felt massive headaches. It wasn’t that they were complaining about the work, but with this many people, they were indeed a bit overwhelmed.
Seeing the worry on his staff’s faces, Director Xiao raised his voice and said, "Don’t worry, everyone. I’ve already reported to the company, and there will be reinforcements coming later. As long as we can see this job fair through smoothly, everyone who participates in this event will receive an extra bonus. Mr. Xu has said that once this is over, he’ll give you all a vacation—and it will be paid leave with full attendance."
Hearing Director Xiao’s words, all the staff were very surprised.
At the same time, their motivation also surged; everyone was determined to get that paid leave.
This was exactly where Director Xiao was shrewd: he was good at using benefits to win people’s hearts, so everyone would be motivated and the job would be wrapped up quickly.
At 8 o’clock sharp, the job fair officially began. As the HR director, Director Xiao definitely had to oversee the whole event.
However, he himself didn’t need to personally conduct interviews; he would only step in for the candidates that his staff on Nan Street couldn’t make a call on.
As for Murong Hai, his main job was to maintain order on site, and if they were short-handed, he would send his people to help.
Glancing at the number of people present, Murong Hai roughly estimated that at least eleven thousand had come today.
Because the stadium’s maximum capacity was only around thirteen thousand, and now it was already so crowded that there was barely room to stand, which was enough to show how many people there were.
Of course, present today were not only candidates of all kinds, but also reporters from various newspapers and magazines.
Clearly, all sectors of society were paying close attention to Xu Group’s recruitment this time. They all wanted to get exclusive news at the first possible moment.
During the first hour, the order on site was still very orderly.
But as it slowly approached noon, many people at the venue began to grow restless.
The temperature today was indeed high; when Murong Hai took out his phone to look, it was approaching 30 degrees.
Under these conditions, most of the candidates were already having some physical issues; a few girls even showed mild signs of heatstroke.
Seeing this situation, Murong Hai immediately realized that if this continued, something would happen, so he called Xu Ke at once.
At that moment, Xu Ke was busy discussing the upcoming gathering with the old Mr. Xu. After all, this was a major event that could affect Xu Group’s future development if handled poorly.
Just then, a sudden call came in from Murong Hai.