Germany's Continental AG recently said it would recruit 5,500 this year, junior employees, mainly for university graduates and young global professional recruitment, the main purpose is to introduce new knowledge and new ideas to enhance their own ability to innovate.

     Continental said the group added 5,500 employees, about 4,000 people are engaged in the engineering design work, another 1,500 will be responsible for commercial aspects of the business. The recruitment is intended primarily for pharmacists, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, as well as economics, law, human resource management expertise.

     Continental is currently with the world's nine universities have cooperation projects, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tongji University. Continental Human Resources Board member Heinz-GerhardWente said: "The increased investment in technology and markets is very important to increase investment in human resources is equally important."