CCTV News: As spring comes, enterprises resume work and labor force return to work, and the employment market has entered an active period. The reporter sorted out the data provided by local human resources and social security departments and recruitment platforms, and found that the supply and demand of talents in the fields of artificial intelligence and robots were booming, and the spring recruitment market ushered in a "AI boom" in the spring of 2025.

Recruitment platform data shows that in the spring recruitment in 2025, the number of job seekers in the artificial intelligence industry increased by 33.4% year-on-year, and the year-on-year growth rate of recruitment of robot algorithm engineers and debugging engineers exceeded 30%. From the perspective of recruitment requirements, 52% of robot algorithm engineer positions require master's and doctoral degree, and 45% require more than 3 years of work experience; from the perspective of industry distribution, the most recruiting robot algorithm positions are artificial intelligence (24.1%), large-scale equipment electromechanical (12.8%), electronic technology (7.3%), industrial automation (5.9%), automobile manufacturing (5%) and other industries. At the same time, the market's demand for AI knowledge dissemination and talent training has surged, driving the recruitment of artificial intelligence lecturers to increase by 112.4% year-on-year.

At job fairs in many places, reporters saw that algorithm engineers and robot research and development talents are the "hot cakes" that enterprises compete for. With the advantages of industrial clusters, cities such as Hangzhou and Shenzhen have become highlands for AI talents gathering.

At the first large-scale offline talent recruitment fair in Hangzhou in spring, 830 companies launched 21,000 positions, half of which focused on AI algorithms and large model development.

In order to attract high-tech talents, various places have also introduced a series of preferential policies. Chengdu Hi-tech Zone has launched the "AI Talent Settlement Subsidy"; Wuhan Optics Valley has included AI skills training in the "New Craftsman Plan". It is worth noting that small and medium-sized AI companies have become new forces to absorb talents. Data shows that the recruitment demand for AI companies with less than 100 people increased by 61% year-on-year, and some positions even showed the phenomenon of "one person and multiple positions".

The high-end manufacturing industry favors skilled talents

The recruitment market for artificial intelligence and robots is very hot, but the development of high-end manufacturing industry is also booming. After sorting out the data, the reporter found that the spring recruitment market in 2025 showed a trend of "technical positions leading the way", and skilled talents have become the key support for enterprises to expand production and upgrade.

From the data of multiple recruitment platforms, the demand for recruitment in high-end manufacturing increased by 5.9% year-on-year. Recruitment demand for drone assembly and testing positions such as Dongguan and Wuhan increased by 82.7% year-on-year. The average salary for industrial automation jobs rose by 12% year-on-year. In addition, the proportion of positions involving autonomous driving technology has increased significantly. The intelligent transformation of enterprises has driven the demand for front-end development jobs to grow by 8%, and the salary of operations and maintenance support jobs has increased by 9.8% compared with the same period last year.

In Hohhot, more than 300 companies' recruitment positions focus on 15 industry fields including electronic information, new energy, new materials, biomedicine, and low-altitude economy.

The reporter saw at the Shenzhen "Nanyue Spring Warm" smart manufacturing industry special job fair that 72 companies provided thousands of high-quality positions, covering multiple fields such as smart manufacturing and new energy vehicles.

From "labor-intensive" to "skills major", the upgrade of the service industry has given birth to new occupations

After seeing the employment trend of the manufacturing industry, we turn our attention to the service industry. The reporter learned that the service industries such as housekeeping services and property security are changing from "labor-intensive" to ensure basic life to "skill professional" that provides personalized services, and have given birth to a number of new professions.

At Nanning's 2025 "Spring Breeze Action" and special event for employment in the real economy, the hospital's accompanying staff position has attracted much attention.

In traditional domestic maintenance, distribution and logistics, property security and other industries, the year-on-year growth rate of recruitment is about 20%, among which new professions such as "smart building administrator" and "smart home operation and maintenance engineer" have quietly emerged; traditional cleaning and nanny have also turned to "housekeeper service". The stronger the professional skills, the better the employment.

Small cities retain people, and the attractiveness of talents in third- and fourth-tier cities has increased

The data from the job search platform shows that with the development of the economy and the improvement of the employment environment, third- and fourth-tier cities are becoming more and more popular, and many job seekers choose to find jobs at their doorstep. What are the reasons behind "staying people in a small town"?

Compared with 2025 spring recruitment season, talents in third- and fourth-tier cities expect to continue to maintain a growth trend in the proportion of local work. The reporter learned that many small and medium-sized cities have created more jobs by taking over industrial transfer and developing characteristic industries. The relatively low cost of living in small and medium-sized cities and other reasons have also made more and more talents choose to stay in their hometowns.

In the 2025 "Spring Breeze Action" job promotion activity for returning home and staying in the city, machinery manufacturing, electronic information, food processing, housekeeping services and other industries have provided more than 2,000 positions, building a two-way selection platform for job seekers to "take care of local employment and increase income when working outside".

In Leiyang, Hunan, the development of county consumption has promoted the rapid growth of distribution business. Youjia Station has to recruit more than 60 couriers in a month. The recruitment requirements are relatively broad for age and education, which has attracted many people who originally worked outside to apply.

In Ji'an, Jiangxi, the "offline station + live broadcast job" method attracts efficient matching of talents and positions, and develops flexible working hours based on actual conditions to meet the needs of special groups for job hunting.