Chinese Company Will Only Hire People Born In 'Year Of The Dog'

[matcom]

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SHANGHAI, China -- In a new twist on the phrase "working like a dog," a company in northern China says it will hire only candidates born in the Asian zodiac's Year of the Dog.

The lunar-calendar astrology used in China and other Asian countries counts the coming year, which starts Jan. 29, as a dog year. The Asian zodiac assigns a different animal to each year in a 12-year cycle, each of which is credited with different personality traits.

A personnel manager for Jilin Jiangshan Human Resources Development Co. Ltd. said his company believes people born in the Year of the Dog are more suited to its corporate culture.

"We believe that people born in dog years are born with some good characteristics such as loyalty and honesty," said the manager, who identified himself only as Mr. Dong. "As a human resource company, those characters are exactly what we need."

The company's policy, placed on an Internet job site, has drawn accusations of bias from some Shanghai college graduates.

Although Chinese law forbids discrimination in hiring, it doesn't say what constitutes an offense and job ads often come with a list of conditions including gender, age, height and even place of birth.

Dong said critics are barking up the wrong tree.

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/5862124/detail.html

[Shell Beau]

1. "Dong said critics are barking up the wrong tree."

:rofl:




How very peculiar. :freak:

[sundog]

2. cool

if i ever decide to defect, i know where i can get a job :D

[kick-ass-bob]

3. I'm suing. I'm an Ox.

[matcom]

4. yeah, but what YEAR were you born?

:D

[Hugin]

7. Dragon here...

I guess it'll be a class action thing.

[LostinVA]

9. Me too, which always impresses my Asian students

[SteppingRazor]

5. I was born in the Year of the Dragon...

I've always been happy that I was born in the only year named after a fictional animal. It's rather ironic, in that my animal shares that quality with astrology as a whole. :evilgrin:

[calico1]

6. Cool!

If I should lose my job I know where I can get another one, as this is my year! :D

[ET Awful]

8. I'm a Cock . . .

:P

Or rather, I was born in the Year of the Cock :evilgrin:

[LostinVA]

12. SEX THREAD!!!

[KamaAina]

14. You'd think that "Mr. Dong" would be, too, but...

he must be a Dog since he works there...

[XemaSab]

10. Snake here

:P

[SW FL Dem]

11. Wow - I qualify - born in 1958 n/t

[Orangepeel]

13. I think I'm a monkey

but I'm not sure.

[LoZoccolo]

15. They do this stuff with blood type too.

That's why it's a good idea to outsource jobs over there.

[Divameow77]

16. I'm a snake

that might be the same as Dong :P

[Xithras]

17. What's wrong with us Tigers?

Natural born leaders, go getters, real people people. We are driven and honest.

Maybe their DOG management is afraid we'll replace them all ;)