Jobseekers leverage digital economy boom

Flexible jobs bounce back after dull with applicants hitting 36% last year

A growing number of jobseekers are extending their career boundaries to more cutting-edge areas thanks to the development of digital economy, and embracing flexible jobs breaking the stereotyped notion of labeling them as low-income or with lower working skills. The new trend makes experts to call for the working rights protection of these flexibly employed and secure the sustainable and healthy development of the thriving job sector.

Lin Qin, 28, is among the nation's growing population of seeking or taking new types of flexible jobs, with these jobs incubated by information technology and digital economy development.

Li, who offers online consultancy services on AI technology to some small-sized companies after quitting his job as a cloud-computing engineer in August, said that it's no longer a shame taking flexible jobs.