Job-hoppers prefer foreign firms: survey

BEIJING - A new survey shows that about 42 percent of private enterprise employees looking to change jobs would rather work for foreign-funded businesses.

Workers in the private sector seem to be the most active job-hoppers, with 64.5 percent of them saying they are considering changing jobs, according to the survey by Zhaopin.com, one of the largest human resources service providers in China.

The findings coincide with publication of the best-selling novel "Du Lala's Promotion", which features a simple girl who started employment at a small private company and worked her way up to a job with one of the world's top 500 businesses. The young woman has become a shining example for many Chinese employees at relatively unknown private enterprises.