OVER 12,400 graduates and undergraduates showed up at a job fair at the Shanghai Mart over the weekend, with 3,655 applicants getting interview calls.

The participating companies received 20,440 applications, the organizer of the fair said.

About 500 companies, including state-owned enterprises, private and foreign companies, put up about 10,000 jobs on offer. The average monthly salary for new graduates was between 4,000 to 6,000 yuan (US$914), slightly higher than last year.