People walk past the Alibaba logo on an orange wall.
Alibaba is now on an hiring spree.
  • Alibaba's Taotian Group — which includes Taobao and Tmall — is hiring 2,000 fresh graduates this year.
  • The hiring spree is part of its drive to recruit 15,000 staffers after two years of regulatory curbs.
  • It comes at an opportune time for China's fresh graduates as youth unemployment hit a record high in June.

Alibaba's hiring over 2,000 fresh graduates this year – signaling that it views an end to China's tech crackdown.

Alibaba's Taotian Group, which includes its Taobao and Tmall retail platforms, put out a massive recruitment ad targeting graduates, per a post on its WeChat account.