LaowaiCareer

What LaowaiCareer does

LaowaiCareer is a Beijing-headquartered two-sided online job marketplace that connects international job seekers (foreigners who may not speak Chinese) with Chinese employers. Its primary product is a bilingual English/Chinese job board at laowaicareer.com that aggregates listings across more than 23 mainland Chinese cities plus Hong Kong, Singapore, the USA, Germany, Taiwan, the UAE, and Russia, supporting full-time, part-time, internship, and freelance engagements. The platform provides candidate-side filtering by city, industry, job type, and language, along with profile registration and resume upload; on the employer side, it offers paid job postings, a searchable candidate database, filtering, and personal account management. Auxi

Name

LaowaiCareer

Legal name

北京复华中兴国际人力资源有限公司

Website

https://laowaicareer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

LaowaiCareer is a Beijing-headquartered bilingual English/Chinese online job marketplace connecting international job seekers with Chinese employers across more than 23 Chinese cities and select international markets, monetizing via employer-paid job postings and candidate database access while remaining free for job seekers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Job posting fees: Employers pay to post job listings and access the international candidate database. Revenue generated from employer subscriptions and listing fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

LaowaiCareer operates an English-language online job board marketplace that aggregates employer job listings from Chinese companies and multinationals across multiple Chinese cities, matching them with international job seekers and expats. The platform lets employers post full-time, part-time, internship, freelance, and teach-abroad roles and supports job seekers with free CV upload, job alerts, and visa-related information. Employer services include paid job postings, featured listings, candidate database access, and personal account management from the LaowaiCareer team.

Product overview

LaowaiCareer operates as a single unified job board platform for foreigners seeking employment in China. The platform consists of a job search and application system where job seekers can create profiles, search for positions, and apply to jobs, while employers can post job listings and manage candidate interactions. Additional supporting services include a blog for career advice, email newsletter subscription for weekly job updates, and featured employer/job showcases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LaowaiCareer Job Board Platform An English-language online job marketplace that aggregates employer job listings across multiple Chinese cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Tianjin, Chengdu, Hong Kong and others) plus selected international locations, and matches them with international job seekers and expats. Free for candidates to register, upload CVs, and apply; paid for employers to post jobs, feature listings, and access the candidate database.

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Featured China Employers NetworkcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerNetwork of employers including Top 500 multinational companies, Chinese companies, and startups. Featured employers displayed on platform homepage include StarM(Nantong)Dutch Football Academy, 深圳市中东欧经济文化促进会, 无锡北微传感科技有限公司, and AMC University College.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Glassdoor: Global job and employer review platform with multilingual coverage. Overlaps on employer branding and job listings, and is even referenced on LaowaiCareer's own site — an adjacent incumbent with shared employer customer pool.
• Indeed: Global job search engine with broad employer listings including China-based roles. Overlaps with LaowaiCareer's employer and job-seeker audiences but is a horizontal incumbent rather than a China-specialized niche player.
• LinkedIn: Global professional network with a localized China presence. Serves overlapping Chinese employers seeking international talent and foreign professionals looking for China roles, with vastly broader features (networking, content, learning) than LaowaiCareer's job board.
• Zhaopin: Major Chinese recruitment platform serving enterprise employers and white-collar candidates. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the China recruitment market, though primarily Chinese-language.
• Boss Zhipin: Fast-growing mobile-first Chinese recruitment platform with direct-chat hiring model. Competes for the same Chinese employer hiring budgets, especially among tech and professional roles that overlap with LaowaiCareer's customer base.
• 51job: One of China's largest domestic recruitment platforms. Competes for the Chinese employer budget and overlaps with LaowaiCareer's employer base, but does not serve English-only foreign job seekers as a core segment.

Direct peers

• eChinacareers: Long-standing English-language job board focused on foreigners seeking employment in China. Directly competes with LaowaiCareer on the same two-sided value proposition — English-speaking foreign candidates and Chinese employers — in the same geography.
• HiredChina: English-facing job platform serving international professionals looking to work in China, with employer recruitment services. Highly comparable two-sided marketplace model targeting the same user base as LaowaiCareer.

Regional players

• SmartShanghai: Shanghai-focused English-language media site with a jobs and classifieds section. Comparable in serving English-speaking expats in China with hiring content, but as a regional media player rather than a dedicated international-hiring marketplace.
• Shanghai Expat: Expat-focused community and classifieds platform serving Shanghai and broader China. Comparable audience (foreign professionals in China) and overlapping job/information offering, though more of a community bulletin than a curated two-sided job marketplace.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/laowaicareer
• Xx.com/laowaicareer
• Facebookfacebook.com/laowaicareer.china.jobs

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments1 record

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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