efficiency & discrimination

Obviously employment is a little bit different in China due to the whole socialism/communism thing. In a tutoring session today with my student that works as a translator in the oil company, she mentioned that her company is not nearly as efficient as it could be, because they are required to employ so many people. Apparently her company owns the rights to some oil rich land in the middle east, and their middle eastern counterparts are often wondering why they have so many people working in their oil fields.

With so many people in China, it can be very difficult to find a job, even with government mandates for numbers of employees and such. This is why the Chinese are so concerned with getting good grades to get into a prestigious university so their diploma will carry weight with companies when they graduate and they can get a good job.

I'd love to know more about hiring and workplace discrimination here. Chinese resumes must include some things that would just be asking for a lawsuit in the States. You have to have your age, date of birth, gender, marital status, nationality and a picture on your resume.