Students seek stability in jobs, not flexibility
1 year, 10 months ago

Students seek stability in jobs, not flexibility

China Daily  

College students attend a job fair in Beijing on April 28. College students who are about to graduate are showing increasing preference for stable jobs, mostly in State-owned companies, in the post-COVID times, while authorities are keen on ensuring their employment to secure a safe job market, a survey showed. According to the report released by recruitment portal Zhaopin, most students it surveyed have a clear and comprehensive understanding of the current economic landscape, and favor job stability in top private and State-owned companies instead of flexible jobs that are often riddled with uncertainties. Nearly 47 percent of the respondents surveyed between March and April — considered the "golden period" for college students to seek jobs before graduation — want to be employed in State-owned companies, which is a year-on-year increase of 2.3 percentage points. Companies prefer to recruit people with higher academic degrees for white-collar positions and vocational graduates with skills for blue-collar jobs, the portal said in its report.

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China's job market remains stable in January-November
3 months, 2 weeks ago

China's job market remains stable in January-November

China Daily  

Students attend a job fair at Tsinghua University in Beijing, March 15, 2024. BEIJING -- China's job market remained generally stable in the first 11 months of 2024, as the surveyed urban unemployment rate on average edged down on a year-on-year basis, official data showed on Monday. The surveyed urban unemployment rate on average in China stood at 5.1 percent …

China's job market remains stable in January-November
3 months, 2 weeks ago

China's job market remains stable in January-November

China Daily  

Students attend a job fair at Tsinghua University in Beijing, March 15, 2024. BEIJING -- China's job market remained generally stable in the first 11 months of 2024, as the surveyed urban unemployment rate on average edged down on a year-on-year basis, official data showed on Monday. The surveyed urban unemployment rate on average in China stood at 5.1 percent …

Grad student's janitorial job choice sparks debate
6 months, 1 week ago

Grad student's janitorial job choice sparks debate

China Daily  

Students attend a job fair at Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2024. Reports that a college student pursuing a master's degree in physics enrolled to work as a janitor at a secondary school in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, have ignited heated debate online about whether he has made the best career choice. The master's student, Li Yongkang, …

Grad student's janitorial job choice sparks debate
6 months, 1 week ago

Grad student's janitorial job choice sparks debate

China Daily  

Students attend a job fair at Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2024. Reports that a college student pursuing a master's degree in physics enrolled to work as a janitor at a secondary school in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, have ignited heated debate online about whether he has made the best career choice. The master's student, Li Yongkang, …

China’s rising youth unemployment breeds new working class
7 months, 1 week ago

China’s rising youth unemployment breeds new working class

The Hindu  

Rising unemployment in China is pushing millions of college graduates into a tough bargain, with some forced to accept low-paying work or even subsist on their parents’ pensions, a plight that has created a new working class of “rotten-tail kids”. The phrase has become a social media buzzword this year, drawing parallels to the catchword “rotten-tail buildings” for the tens …

Chinese vice-premier urges efforts to improve graduate employment
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese vice-premier urges efforts to improve graduate employment

China Daily  

Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, speaks at a video conference on young people's employment and entrepreneurship, in Beijing, capital of China, May 14, 2024. BEIJING -- Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang on Tuesday urged efforts to enhance the employment of college graduates and …

Job market remains on stable track
1 year, 11 months ago

Job market remains on stable track

China Daily  

Students look for jobs at a career fair for graduates at Southeast University in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Sunday. LIU LI/FOR CHINA DAILY Q1 figures show slight drop in surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas China's job market remained on a stable track in the first quarter this year, with the surveyed unemployment rate registering a slight fall, according to …

China is encouraging college graduates to work in the countryside
2 years, 9 months ago

China is encouraging college graduates to work in the countryside

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — China is urging college graduates to seek jobs in the countryside as youth unemployment in urban areassoars to the highest level in history. Local governments should attract college graduates to work as village officials, according to a joint statement issued last week by the ministries of education, finance, civil affairs, and human resources and social …

Young jobseekers in China struggle despite economic recovery
4 years, 7 months ago

Young jobseekers in China struggle despite economic recovery

India Today  

Biology student Ma Jingjing wandered the hall of a job fair in central China among other young Chinese hoping to find work in an economy crushed by the coronavirus pandemic. Louis Kuijs of Oxford Economics told AFP there is no doubt China is recovering, but the magnitude would determine if growth is "strong enough to re-absorb some of the labour …

China buoys job market for college grads amid COVID-19
4 years, 8 months ago

China buoys job market for college grads amid COVID-19

China Daily  

BEIJING -- With a record 8.74 million college graduates entering a labor landscape disrupted by the COVID-19 epidemic, the Chinese government has tried hard to help the class of 2020 not just land jobs but also explore new possibilities. The surveyed unemployment rate among job seekers holding junior college diploma or higher degrees and aged between 20 and 24, the …

China explores multiple channels to ensure college grads employment
6 years, 11 months ago

China explores multiple channels to ensure college grads employment

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China will continue to expand channels for the employment of college graduates this year, a spokesperson with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said Friday. China will encourage college graduates to start their own businesses by offering favorable policies and advancing the development of incubator projects, Lu said. The MHRSS has asked local human resource authorities …

China to promote employment of college graduates
7 years, 10 months ago

China to promote employment of college graduates

China Daily  

China to promote employment of college graduates Xinhua | Updated: 2017-05-11 07:44 Share Share - WeChat CLOSE BEIJING - Chinese central government has called for more efforts in helping college graduates get jobs or start businesses, according to statement issued after a national tele-conference on employment Wednesday. The employment of college graduates matters to China's social stability, as a total …

China to promote employment of college graduates
7 years, 10 months ago

China to promote employment of college graduates

China Daily  

China to promote employment of college graduates Xinhua | Updated: 2017-05-11 07:44 BEIJING - Chinese central government has called for more efforts in helping college graduates get jobs or start businesses, according to statement issued after a national tele-conference on employment Wednesday. The employment of college graduates matters to China's social stability, as a total of 7.95 million college students …

China to promote employment of college graduates
7 years, 10 months ago

China to promote employment of college graduates

China Daily  

China to promote employment of college graduates Xinhua Updated:2017-05-11 BEIJING - Chinese central government has called for more efforts in helping college graduates get jobs or start businesses, according to statement issued after a national tele-conference on employment Wednesday. The employment of college graduates matters to China's social stability, as a total of 7.95 million college students are expected to …

China to create over 50 mln new urban jobs by 2020
8 years, 1 month ago

China to create over 50 mln new urban jobs by 2020

China Daily  

BEIJING - China will create over 50 million new urban jobs by 2020, the State Council announced Monday. The government will improve employment structure and quality, and keep the urban headline unemployment rate under 5 percent by 2020, according to the employment facilitation plan for the 2016-2020 period released by the State Council. As China successfully withstood challenges in curbing …

China issues guideline encouraging college grads to work in grassroots
8 years, 2 months ago

China issues guideline encouraging college grads to work in grassroots

China Daily  

China issues guideline encouraging college grads to work in grassroots Xinhua | Updated: 2017-01-24 20:26 BEIJING -- The central government has issued a guideline to encourage more college graduates to work at the community level. College graduates will be encouraged to find employment in the modern seed industry, agrotechny, countryside tourism, rural e-commerce, rural cooperatives and water conservation projects, according …

China issues guideline encouraging college grads to work in grassroots
8 years, 2 months ago

China issues guideline encouraging college grads to work in grassroots

China Daily  

China issues guideline encouraging college grads to work in grassroots Xinhua | Updated: 2017-01-24 20:26 BEIJING -- The central government has issued a guideline to encourage more college graduates to work at the community level. College graduates will be encouraged to find employment in the modern seed industry, agrotechny, countryside tourism, rural e-commerce, rural cooperatives and water conservation projects, according …

True graduate employment rates required
8 years, 3 months ago

True graduate employment rates required

China Daily  

College students wait to apply for jobs at a job fair in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, Oct 27, 2012. AS CHINA EXPECTS a total of 7.95 million college students to graduate in 2017, the Ministry of Education recently issued a notice not only encouraging and supporting entrepreneurship and innovation among them, but also banning universities from forcing …

China expects 7.95 million college graduates in 2017
8 years, 4 months ago

China expects 7.95 million college graduates in 2017

China Daily  

College students wait to apply for jobs at a job fair in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, Oct 27, 2012. A total of 7.95 million college students are expected to graduate in 2017, according to the Ministry of Education. Chen Baosheng, minister of education, said the numbers of college students who secured employed or started their own businesses …

China expects 7.95 million college graduates in 2017
8 years, 4 months ago

China expects 7.95 million college graduates in 2017

China Daily  

College students wait to apply for jobs at a job fair in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, Oct 27, 2012. A total of 7.95 million college students are expected to graduate in 2017, according to the Ministry of Education. Chen Baosheng, minister of education, said the numbers of college students who secured employed or started their own businesses …

China expects 7.95 million college graduates in 2017
8 years, 4 months ago

China expects 7.95 million college graduates in 2017

China Daily  

College students wait to apply for jobs at a job fair in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, Oct 27, 2012. A total of 7.95 million college students are expected to graduate in 2017, according to the Ministry of Education. Chen Baosheng, minister of education, said the numbers of college students who secured employed or started their own businesses …

China eyes entrepreneurship and innovation for stable employment
9 years, 10 months ago

China eyes entrepreneurship and innovation for stable employment

China Daily  

BEIJING - China will encourage entrepreneurship and innovation in an effort to create more jobs and stabilize employment, said Xin Changxing, vice-minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, during an online interview on Tuesday. China's State Council, the country's cabinet, rolled out specific measures on employment and entrepreneurship last month, which underscored pressure in the job market …

College graduates still struggling in job market
11 years ago

College graduates still struggling in job market

China Daily  

The Chinese government has been excellent in creating jobs with a total of 13.1 million jobs added in 2013, compared with only 2.2 million in the United States. However, another study by the Peking University Institute of Economics of Education showed that last year 43.7 percent of college graduates, including both undergraduate and graduate levels, said they have a job. …

College graduates still struggling in job market
11 years ago

College graduates still struggling in job market

China Daily  

The Chinese government has been excellent in creating jobs with a total of 13.1 million jobs added in 2013, compared with only 2.2 million in the United States. However, another study by the Peking University Institute of Economics of Education showed that last year 43.7 percent of college graduates, including both undergraduate and graduate levels, said they have a job. …

More teaching jobs for graduates
16 years ago

More teaching jobs for graduates

China Daily  

进入英语学习论坛下载音频 Schools across China will hire 50,000 college graduates as short-term teachers this year to help ease employment pressure. The ministry also announced other policies this week to help ease employment pressure on college graduates. Graduates recruited by the army will have their education loans paid by the government, while those who are awarded an honor in the army can …

Hire graduates without local hukou
16 years, 1 month ago

Hire graduates without local hukou

China Daily  

Hire graduates without local hukou By Tan Yingzi Updated: 2009-02-17 07:48 In a move to further encourage companies to hire more young people, the State Council has asked every city in China - except four - to drop the permanent residency requirement when hiring non-native college graduates. "The Chinese job market is grim amid the global financial crisis and college …

Hire graduates without local hukou
16 years, 1 month ago

Hire graduates without local hukou

China Daily  

进入英语学习论坛下载音频 In a move to further encourage companies to hire more young people, the State Council has asked every city in China - except four - to drop the permanent residency requirement when hiring non-native college graduates. "The Chinese job market is grim amid the global financial crisis and college graduates are facing huge pressure finding jobs," it said. College …

Grads can't find major-related jobs
18 years, 4 months ago

Grads can't find major-related jobs

China Daily  

Updated: 2006-11-18 09:06 About 1.24 million Chinese college graduates have failed to land jobs that require their qualifications upon graduation this year, the county's top labour official said. Tian Chengping, minister of labour and social security, said on Thursday he estimates about 70 per cent of college graduates have been employed since graduation, according to the China Youth Daily. Only …

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