On July 23, Zhilian Recruitment released the “Talent Market Hot Report for the Second Quarter of 2026”. The data showed that the number of recruitment companies increased by 8.5% year-on-year in the second quarter, and the growth rate increased. Recruitment in new productivity industries such as robotics, new materials, and AI is still growing at a high rate. Pets, old-age care, and beauty care are growth points for the service industry to absorb employment. Among them, pet services reached the top of the industry with a growth rate of 43.2%; the silver hair economy spawned immediate demand for nursing personnel, and demand for caregivers increased 30% over the same period last year; 8 jobs in the pet, nursing, and beauty care industries were distributed in second-tier cities and above. In addition, demand for technical talents in automotive design/manufacturing, artificial intelligence, chips, and pharmaceutical research and development is growing, and there is a gap. Among AI engineers, intelligent driving system engineers have the biggest gap, with a supply-demand ratio of 3.41; among chip engineers, IC design talents are the most scarce, with a supply ratio of 4.46; automotive design/manufacturing engineers lead the career list with 40% recruitment growth, and there is a shortage of technical talents in various fields.

On July 23, Zhilian Recruitment released the “Talent Market Hot Report for the Second Quarter of 2026”. The data showed that the number of recruitment companies increased by 8.5% year-on-year in the second quarter, and the growth rate increased. Recruitment in new productivity industries such as robotics, new materials, and AI is still growing at a high rate. Pets, old-age care, and beauty care are growth points for the service industry to absorb employment. Among them, pet services reached the top of the industry with a growth rate of 43.2%; the silver hair economy spawned immediate demand for nursing personnel, and demand for caregivers increased 30% over the same period last year; 8 jobs in the pet, nursing, and beauty care industries were distributed in second-tier cities and above. In addition, demand for technical talents in automotive design/manufacturing, artificial intelligence, chips, and pharmaceutical research and development is growing, and there is a gap. Among AI engineers, intelligent driving system engineers have the biggest gap, with a supply ratio of 3.41; among chip engineers, IC design talents are in greatest demand, with a supply ratio of 4.46; automotive design/manufacturing engineers lead the career list with 40% recruitment growth, and there is a shortage of technical talents in multiple fields.