173: Chapter 173 Students who piggybacked on campus recruitment! Making Wei Mei Jia earn money from Jiu Xiang Foods!

Chapter 173: Students Crashing the Campus Recruitment! Let Weimeijia Earn Money from Jiuxiang Food!

After Su Yang approved the plan to recruit fresh graduates, Jiang Yuzhen began contacting Ran Ying and the Institute of Technology to coordinate the recruitment for the six companies on the twentieth.

She indeed had no experience with campus recruitment fairs, but Ran Ying and the staff at the school were teaching her very diligently; some things they simply prepared for Jiang Yuzhen themselves.

Jiang Yuzhen also contacted seniors who had graduated in previous years and were in charge of HR, asking them for advice on precautions for holding a campus recruitment fair.

When they heard that Jiang Yuzhen, their junior who had graduated less than half a year ago, had already become the secretary to a chairman...

...and was even responsible for the campus recruitment of six companies, they were all quite enthusiastic toward her.

They were almost completely open with their knowledge!

They even sent her various promotional materials, press releases, and speech drafts prepared by their own companies for her to use as a reference.

Jiang Yuzhen felt that as soon as Su Yang left, the pressure on her shoulders suddenly increased!

Fortunately, the HR personnel from the six companies were very cooperative with her work.

While Jiang Yuzhen was busy and fulfilled, Su Yang took Tao Xue to buy some panda doll souvenirs at the Giant Panda Base and then leisurely went to visit the Jinsha Site Museum.

Su Yang had been in Rongcheng for over a year, but he hadn't visited many of the local attractions yet.

After finishing the museum tour, the two of them checked directly into a hotel.

In about three days, Su Yang and Tao Xue thoroughly enjoyed visiting the main attractions in the Rongcheng urban area that interested him.

Occasionally, he would deal with some business matters during this time, but at most, he would only spend about half an hour in the hotel.

For Su Yang, it was quite relaxing!

On the nineteenth, the day before the campus recruitment fair.

Jiang Yuzhen called Su Yang to ask about the standards for recruiting fresh graduates.

"Boss, should we loosen the requirements a bit?"

This was also a concern for the HR of the six companies, as they would be responsible for the assessments and interviews.

"That's definitely not necessary. Aside from having no work experience requirements, we still need to be a bit strict with other criteria. Let them interview as they would for ordinary fresh graduates. After all, the employees we hire must be capable of working," Su Yang said with a smile. "The Institute of Technology is indeed my alma mater, but that doesn't mean we'll hire just anyone... If we really can't find satisfactory candidates, the positions can remain vacant!"

"Alright, Boss, I understand!"

Jiang Yuzhen relayed Su Yang's intentions to the HR of the six companies, but the HR from Hongyu Law Firm had some doubts: "Secretary Jiang, could there be another meaning behind the Boss's words? After all, that's his alma mater..."

When Jiang Yuzhen saw this question on her computer, she couldn't help but cover her forehead: "Don't overthink it!"

"Your law firm was just acquired by the Boss, so you might not be used to his speaking style. What the Boss says is usually very simple and clear; you just need to interpret it literally. Don't overthink it, and don't try to guess his motives. This isn't a reading comprehension test!"

"Oh~ I see. Thank you, Secretary Jiang!"

Being Su Yang's subordinate was actually quite comfortable!

At least if there were any issues, he would raise them directly.

Jiang Yuzhen hated leaders who intentionally made their speech 'profound and mysterious'!

As if they couldn't demonstrate their level of culture without being vague!

Su Yang hung up the phone with Jiang Yuzhen and began to consider whether to establish a holding company or a group corporation.

Currently, his six companies were operating independently, making it difficult to coordinate when they needed to act simultaneously!

As soon as the twentieth arrived, the campus recruitment at Rongcheng Institute of Technology began.

At this time, Su Yang also took Tao Xue away from Rongcheng to visit Mount Qingcheng.

At Rongcheng Institute of Technology, in the Jiuxiang Food recruitment area, a young male student asked Wang Lei, the employee in charge of recruitment for Jiuxiang Catering: "The salary is only six or seven thousand after the probation period?"

"Correct!"

"Can one even survive in Rongcheng on six or seven thousand?" He casually complained and then asked, "Does your company have overtime?"

"Generally no overtime!"

"In other words, there's still overtime?"

"It's possible there will be overtime!"

Wang Lei didn't dare say that Jiuxiang Food would never have overtime; no one could guarantee that.

Unless their boss was standing right here to state it personally!

"Then forget it, I don't like overtime!"

Watching the male student walk away coolly, Wang Lei, who was in charge of recruitment, felt quite helpless.

He tilted his head to look at the neighboring Hongyu Law Firm section; Hongyu Law Firm was actually quite popular.

Because a law firm sounded more high-end and sophisticated than a food company.

"Does your law firm have overtime?"

"You need to coordinate with the lawyers' work!"

"Do the lawyers work overtime?"

"Lawyers don't work overtime!" the person in charge of recruitment for the law firm said candidly. "Lawyers work 24 hours a day!"

"..."

Hearing this answer, Wang Lei couldn't help but laugh.

The salary offered by Hongyu Law Firm wasn't much higher than Jiuxiang Catering's.

Comparing them like this, he suddenly felt his own company was actually quite good!

He turned his head to look at another neighboring company, which was also recruiting workers for a factory.

The number of students submitting resumes to that company was actually quite a bit more than his side!

That company offered a monthly salary of eight thousand, which was indeed one or two thousand higher than what his company offered.

But that company had a 12-hour shift system, required night shifts, and only offered one day off per week.

Calculating it this way, it was definitely not as good as their company!

Wang Lei suddenly felt uneasy again...

Did these college students think working night shifts was as easy as staying up late to play games?

At this moment, another male student came up to Wang Lei: "Does your Jiuxiang Food really offer a monthly salary of six thousand with social security?"

"Correct!"

"Are room and board included?"

"I'm sorry, we have staff dormitories, but we don't provide meals for now, though there is a subsidy!" the Jiuxiang Food recruitment employee smiled. "Our company has very little overtime, an eight-hour workday, and currently we have a two-day weekend, so you only need to work five days a week."

"Oh!"

The male student's eyes lit up a bit.

He had done some research; some of his seniors who couldn't find jobs had gone directly to factories.

But the overtime there was terrifying, working 12 hours every day.

They also had to work night shifts, and the salary was only a bit over five thousand!

He didn't like staying up all night either!

Wang Lei asked with a smile: "Which position do you want to interview for?"

"I want to interview for the Equipment Maintenance Department!"

"Do you have a resume?"

"Yes!"

"Let me see!"

"..."

Wang Lei glanced at the other person's name—Ding Weichao.

Su Yang spent three days playing at Mount Qingcheng, then went to Mount Emei to soak in the hot springs, and then he received a call from Jiang Yuzhen.

"Boss, are you by a river?"

Jiang Yuzhen heard the sound of flowing water.

"No, I'm soaking in a hot spring!"

Jiang Yuzhen took a deep breath: "Alright!"

Immediately after, she reported on the recruitment situation.

The recruitment wasn't over yet, but it was nearing the end.

The six companies had recruited thirty-seven people at Rongcheng Institute of Technology, with eighteen positions still vacant.

Students from a neighboring school had come to crash the institute's recruitment, and four of them performed quite well.

Several companies wanted to keep them because the recruitment positions were vacant anyway.

Su Yang asked in confusion: "It seems like we aren't very popular?"

"It might be because of my lack of experience and insufficient promotion; not many people participated in our company's interviews. There are also some other reasons!"

In fact, brand recognition was also an issue; Jiang Yuzhen didn't mention it, but Su Yang knew.

His companies certainly couldn't compare to well-known large companies or other enterprises with official backgrounds.

"Have the reasons been analyzed?"

"I've asked!"

Su Yang said curiously: "Tell me about it!"

Jiang Yuzhen replied in a low voice:

"Some students have higher salary expectations that don't match what we're offering!"

"Others ask if we can guarantee no overtime, which we can't guarantee."

"Some don't want to travel for work and only want to work locally; Jiuxiang Catering encountered this issue."

"There are also those who feel that working at a food factory should include not just housing, but also meals!"

"And some HR personnel feel that certain students have too much personality and would be hard to manage, or their school grades are poor, below average, or they performed poorly... or even have criminal records and such!"

"..."

"Oh!"

Su Yang nodded, not thinking much of it.

Recruitment is just a mutual selection process!

Indeed, there were areas where his work hadn't been thorough enough.

"Boss, should we take those four from the other schools?" Jiang Yuzhen asked softly. "The HR side thinks those four have good school grades, performed well, and their abilities are above the level of ordinary second-tier university students. It's just that something went wrong with their autumn recruitment, and they're under a lot of pressure now and want to find a job!"

"Then take them!"

The positions were already offered, so why take them back?

If they were willing to choose his company, it was a sign of respect for him, Su Yang!

"Alright, Boss!"

Su Yang had just hung up the phone with Jiang Yuzhen when he soon received a call from Ran Ying.

"President Su, why did you give slots to students from other schools?"

"Isn't it because we didn't fill the positions at your place?"

Hearing this, Ran Ying couldn't say anything more.

Su Yang recruiting so many people at the school was already giving the school a lot of face!

She was just feeling a bit upset!

She knew that many students at the school hadn't found jobs yet... but they just weren't up to snuff!

Some simply didn't even participate in the campus recruitment!

"President Su, your recruitment is a bit strict. We can recommend some more students who perform well usually and have outstanding abilities. Although they don't meet the professional requirements, they can learn," Ran Ying said softly. "Also, there are some good ones among the previous graduates who just had bad luck, underestimated themselves, had too high expectations, or failed the postgraduate or civil service exams... Do you think you could consider them to fill the gap?"

"Fine!"

Su Yang felt that the school teachers probably wouldn't recommend people randomly!

The professional threshold for the positions in his companies indeed wasn't very high.

After all, many college students end up in jobs that don't match their majors.

After finishing the call with Ran Ying, he spoke to Jiang Yuzhen again: "Have Tan Yanghong coordinate with Weimeijia and let him solve the issue of the employees' meals."

"As a contract?"

Jiang Yuzhen quickly caught the main point.

"Yes!" Su Yang said with a smile. "Let Weimeijia charge according to the standard rates, but if it's a contract, they should definitely give Jiuxiang Food a discount. After all, there are so many workers!"

Even if they only provided one meal a day and earned five yuan from each worker, the profit from the five hundred workers of the entire Jiuxiang Food would be 2,500.

With 20 working days a month, that would be 50,000!

If it were two meals, wouldn't that be one hundred thousand?

If breakfast was added, wouldn't it be even better?

Of course, Su Yang didn't want to earn money from the workers; he wanted Weimeijia to earn money from Jiuxiang Food!

This money would definitely be paid by Jiuxiang Food!

From the Business Deduction, Jiuxiang Food should be close to breaking even this month.

Emmm... losing a bit more doesn't matter!

There were historical reasons why Su Yang's food company didn't provide meals.

The companies he acquired were many small factories, with at most a hundred employees, and they simply couldn't afford to run a cafeteria.

Housing wasn't an issue, as there were already staff dormitories.

But as a food company, not providing room and board for employees was indeed not quite right!

Jiang Yuzhen nodded and said: "I understand!"

"This is still beneficial for Weimeijia!"

"Mm!"

Weimeijia had a central kitchen and was originally based on volume.

The more they sold, the lower the cost, and the more they earned.

If Weimeijia could take on other factories and school cafeterias, that would be even better.

However, this certainly wouldn't be easy, as it involved too many conflicts of interest.