Online applications will replace the annual large-scale job fair for Shanghai university graduates, starting this year, officials of the Shanghai Career Guidance Center for Graduates revealed yesterday.

Under the new model, job introduction service will be available at the center's official Website (www.firstjob.com.cn) to link up companies with graduates, they added.

Students will have to fill in an electronic card on the Website, giving personal details - such as academic achievements, honors and punishment records - for companies to peruse and select.

All the information will be certified by university authorities to ensure reliability, officials said.

Previously, the center used to host a citywide job fair at the end of every year, offering face-to-face interview opportunities for graduates.

"With the number of graduates increasing, the on-the-spot job fair could not cope with so many job seekers, forcing us to find a new way," said Wang Xiping, the center director.

According to Wang, the number of those attending the fair reached some 60,000 last year, almost triple the figure a decade ago. Despite adding more space, the fair was always overcrowded, which meant students could only leave their resumes without communicating with prospective employers.

"It was almost impossible to find a job at such a large-scale fair," said Li Luyi, a Shanghai International Studies University graduate, claiming the success rate of job application at such fairs was just 20 percent.

However, small-scale job fairs held in campus will continue since they are organized by individual universities according to their students' needs, officials said.

The city saw 83,000 university graduates this July, a 31 percent increase from last year. Some 70 percent of them found jobs through campus fairs, online applications and teachers' recommendation.

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