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Job hunting in China proves popular among US investors

with Nicole Bullock

China's premier job-hunting site got an impressive raise in just its first day as a public company in the US, as its stock closed up 8.5 per cent on their debut day of trading.

Zhaopin, whose name means "recruit," is a LinkedIn-like site for professional networking and job seeking . Its shares closed at $14.65. It had priced its offering of 5.6m American depositary shares at $13.50 each – the middle of an indicated range of $12.50 to $14.50. That means it raised a total of about $76m, excluding an over allotment option.

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