Zhang Shuting, a bachelor's degree from China University of Political Science and Law and a master's degree from the University of Hong Kong, has invested hundreds of resumes in the past few months, and has not found a suitable job.In late May of this year, she returned from Hong Kong to the house of Dongguan, Guangdong to be a "full -time daughter".
Hundreds of resumes submitted to Zhang Shuting, only 24 -year -old, brought three interview opportunities.One of the investment banks issued a notice to her after a few rounds of interviews, but later she was canceled because the company frozen recruitment.
In order to find a job, Zhang Shuting used various contacts, asked classmates and friends to recommend it, and also contacted the boss of the previous internship company. All kinds of methods were exhausted, but there was no following.
"Forced to squat at home" for three consecutive months, Zhang Shuting, who graduated from law, had to repeatedly reduce the expectations of job hunting.She said, "As long as they are willing to give me a chance, I can try it."
In the context of China's weak economic recovery and shrinking corporate recruitment demand, employment pressure gradually transmitted from ordinary colleges to "985" and "211" at the top of the employment pyramid."985" and "211" have been focusing on the construction of 39 and 115 famous universities since the 1990s, but many prestigious students like Zhang Shuting are also facing a dilemma of work.
Official data show that the scale of Chinese college graduates in 2023 reached 11.58 million, a record high.At the same time, the unemployment rate of youth from the age of 16 to 24 rose monthly by month and six months, reaching 21.3%in June, the highest since the official statistics.On the 15th of this month, the National Bureau of Statistics of China announced the suspension of the data of the youth unemployment rate, which caused public speculation that the number of youth unemployment in July may be worse.
Chinese youth "difficulty in employment" also shows a prominent phenomenon, that is, high education unemployment.According to the China Macro Financial Analysis Report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in July this year, among the young unemployed people in urban town in 2021, more than 42%of college degree or above.
Faced with the severe employment situation, a "985" college management and engineering master Wang Lingsu (a pseudonym) who graduated next year (pseudonym), now the first round of resume "Haitou" has begun.
Wang Lingsu also added a variety of WeChat groups.Whether there are hundreds of employment groups in the college and class, or community groups, dormitory groups, senior school sisters, and even idle groups that exchange items, she is reluctant to retreat, "afraid to miss the job information."
Wang Lingsu said that there are too many outstanding people around him, and good employment opportunities are limited, so they can only "roll".She knows that her education is just knocking on the stepping tiles. "Everyone is actually swimming in a pool, depending on who can go ashore."
Famous school students set off "Kao Gong" heat
There are more monks in the employment market, and civil servants have become the first choice for many famous universities to solve employment problems.
Among the five or six hundred people at the same level as Wang Lingsu, half of them are interested in exam -oriented civil servants.Zhang Shuting also told the United Morning Post reporter that among her classmates of China University of Political Science and Law, in less than one -third of her classmates entering law firms, a large part of the exam is examined by civil servants.
In order to fight for the "iron rice bowl" of civil servants, many of Zhang Shuting's classmates are "national inspections" and test from Beijing and Shanghai to areas with better salaries and benefits from Guangdong and Zhejiang.She also took the civil servant examination in Guangdong Province.
China Civil Service Examination Network data shows that the number of civil servants in the 2023 National Examination exceeded 2.5 million, an increase of more than 540,000 year -on -year, a record high.Although the number of recruits this year has increased by thousands of people from last year's 30,242 people, the competition is still quite fierce.
Lu Xi, an assistant professor at the School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore, pointed out in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that the number of admission is limited, and most people cannot obtain a stable job by testing civil servants.
He also bluntly stated that it is a "very short -sighted behavior" and "a very sad thing."This is because long -term staying in the system may lead to disconnection from society. "You feel that it is safe to enter the system at the age of 26 and 27. When you change in your 30s, you will be abandoned by the system as soon as possible.Abandoned by society. "
Selective "unemployment"
Among the famous school students who have not yet "landed", there are not a few young people who take the initiative to choose "unemployment" or still watch.A well -known "985" university in East China said that there are many graduates who have received work admission notices, but they are still waiting for better opportunities.
The informed person also revealed that the initial employment rate of his university has reached 85%in August this year. By the end of the year's data statistics, the employment rate will rise.
Zeng Xiangquan, Director of the Institute of Employment, Renmin University of China, said in an interview with Sanlian Life Weekly in July this year that the excellent graduates "winner" can get multiple admission notices, but other students may not have one of them.This shows that China's current structural unemployment is prominent.
He pointed out that the employment market of Chinese college students is facing the problem of unbalanced structural structural imbalances that do not match the total supply and demand, and there are also mismatches of knowledge and ability structure. The latter is a more serious and lasting issue.
As for the unable to find a job in the short term when college graduates enter the society, Zeng Xiangquan believes that this phenomenon is not unique to China, and the unemployment rate in China cannot be directly compared with international data.Internationally, the person who searched for work within 4 weeks before the investigation week was included in the unemployment population, and China set the standard as 12 weeks before the survey week. "If according to international standards, China's youth unemployment rate will be about 10%lower than it is now."
Zeng Xiangquan believes that the more long -lasting and serious problem is the mismatch of the educational structure, which is also one of the reasons for China's low -quality employment.
In reality, college students who need to work can only gradually reduce the requirements.Zhang Shuting registered Xiaohongshu's account in June this year to share his experience of finding a job and doing "full -time daughter".At the same time, she also relaxed expectations and prepared for the "long -lasting war" to find a job.
She said: "If you can't go particularly well, you will be worse, and then slowly reduce it; there is no chance to go north in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, Hong Kong.The expected matching problem. "
