Chapter 3633

The effectiveness of the cadre assessment system will take some time to manifest, but the introduction of highly educated talent has an immediate effect; within a few days, people had already come to Linshan City to apply.

Su Xinghui attached great importance to this first highly educated talent to apply in Linshan; he personally met with this individual and conducted an interview.

This highly educated talent was a cadre from Tangchuan City named Dong Zhimin, a 32-year-old Master's graduate in Public Administration from Yanzhong University; before coming to apply in Linshan, he was a cadre at the Tangchuan City Agricultural Bureau.

Dong Zhimin was a young man with a refined temperament who looked very scholarly; however, Su Xinghui could see a kind of firmness and persistence in his eyes, which gave him a good first impression of Dong Zhimin.

Su Xinghui said to Dong Zhimin, "Comrade Dong Zhimin, right? First of all, let me represent the Linshan Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government in welcoming you to Linshan to apply!"

Dong Zhimin nodded and said, "Thank you, Mayor Su!"

Su Xinghui said, "I am very curious; our policy has only been out for a few days, so how did you make up your mind so quickly to come to Linshan to apply?"

Dong Zhimin said, "To be honest, Mayor Su, when you were in Baozhou, I wanted to apply there when you launched this policy. However, my father happened to be in poor health at the time, and Tangchuan was too far from Baozhou, so I didn't manage to go. Now that you, Mayor Su, have come to Linshan, Linshan is relatively close to Tangchuan, and my father's health has improved quite a bit, so I came."

Su Xinghui nodded slightly: "Then I think it's quite a pity that you couldn't go to work in Baozhou."

It was indeed a pity that Dong Zhimin couldn't go to work in Baozhou. If Dong Zhimin had gone to work in Baozhou immediately when they launched this highly educated talent introduction policy, he would have been at least a deputy-division-level cadre by now. It was just a pity that he had wasted these two or three years; even if he came to Linshan City now, he could only start as a section-level cadre.

Of course, a section-level cadre was still much higher than Dong Zhimin's current rank, and it could also save him a few years of effort. In fact, if he had continued to stay in Tangchuan City, he might not necessarily have been promoted to section-level even after a few more years.

Dong Zhimin said, "It is indeed a pity, but my father was in poor health at the time, which is a choice anyone would have made. Now that you, Mayor Su, have come to Linshan and I can still come to you to apply, I consider this my good fortune."

Dong Zhimin's answer was very appropriate, which gave Su Xinghui a very good impression of him. Moreover, Su Xinghui also felt fortunate; if Dong Zhimin had gone to Baozhou at that time, Baozhou would have gained another talent, but he would have had one less usable talent in Linshan now.

After Su Xinghui asked Dong Zhimin a few more questions, he had the staff of the Organization Department give Dong Zhimin a test paper. There were no objective questions on the paper, only essay questions, which included some of the work positions these highly educated talents were intended to fill, and how the applicant would go about working if they were assigned to that position.

These questions did not limit how many to answer; you could choose to answer one question for a position you were good at, but you could also answer all of them. It was very free, looked very simple, and had no standard answers.

However, such questions were also the most difficult, as they greatly tested the applicant's psychological quality, comprehensive ability, and writing ability. Su Xinghui really needed cadres who could perform brilliantly in every position. If an applicant could do every question and had good ideas for each, their score would naturally be very high.

But if an applicant only did one or two questions they were good at and answered them brilliantly, Su Xinghui would not rate them poorly either. Linshan currently needed all kinds of talent, and such specialists were certainly very good as well; as for comprehensive ability, it could be slowly developed in future work.

Because this type of written test did not limit how many questions the applicant did, it also did not limit the time for the test. As long as the applicant was willing, they could answer inside for a whole day. Of course, mobile phones were not allowed, because current smartphones could search for anything.

Usually, applicants would first take a written test and then have an interview, but because Dong Zhimin was the first cadre to apply in Linshan, Su Xinghui reversed this order and interviewed him first, because he was very interested in Dong Zhimin, who had come to apply so quickly.

Generally speaking, the result of the interview was much more important than the result of the written test, because the written test could be prepared for in advance, could refer to other people's ideas, or could even be searched online. But during the interview, Su Xinghui could see some of the applicant's qualities and abilities very clearly, and he could also make his final choice.

Today, Dong Zhimin, the first highly educated talent to apply in Linshan, spent nearly two hours on this paper, writing four eloquent answers for four positions. These four positions included a township mayor, a section chief of a certain bureau, a manager of a state-owned enterprise, and a director of a county government office.

Su Xinghui read these four answers very carefully. Dong Zhimin's writing was quite good, and there were some ideas that made Su Xinghui want to applaud. Moreover, it could be seen that these ideas were basically Dong Zhimin's own, as Su Xinghui had also heard him mention them when he interviewed him.

It could be seen that Dong Zhimin's Master's degree in Public Administration was not earned in vain; he truly had substance in his belly.

Finally, after an investigation by the Organization Department, Dong Zhimin was officially hired by the Linshan City Organization Department. Through Su Xinghui, Dong Zhimin's organizational affiliation was transferred from Tangchuan City to Linshan City.

After asking about Dong Zhimin's own wishes, Dong Zhimin was assigned to Fengling Town in Fengming District to serve as the town mayor. Fengling Town was the location of the Fengling Coal Mine; after the mine disaster occurred, the former town mayor also resigned to take responsibility, and the position had been vacant ever since.

In the following days, highly educated talents applying to Linshan City came in an endless stream, which surprised the Linshan City Organization Department. Their staff were busy beyond measure. No one expected that Su Xinghui's appeal would be so strong, and that such a policy to introduce highly educated talent would have such good results once announced.

Such a grand occasion made Su Xinghui very gratified. With the supplement of this batch of highly educated talent, the average quality of cadres in Linshan City should see a relatively large improvement.