[Epoch Times, May 20, 2022]China will welcome tens of millions of college graduates this summer. Due to the recent “dynamic reset” policy of the CCP, many large cities have been closed successively, which has severely impacted the Chinese economy. Bad employment winter. The survey showed that the employment contract rate of graduates fell to 23%. In a recent list of civil servants to be hired, there is even a doctor from Peking University who is striving to be a grass-roots urban management.
College student signing rate drops to 23%
Zhaopin recently released the “2022 College Student Employability Survey Report”, showing that as of May, the signing rate of male graduates was about 23%, and only 10% of female graduates, both lower than last year.
The report shows that many graduates have taken the initiative to lower their employment expectations. For example, the average expected monthly salary of this year’s graduates is 6,295 yuan (RMB, the same below), which is about 6% less than last year’s 6,711. Among them, 12.8% expect a monthly salary of less than 4,000 yuan, up from 8.9% in 2021.
At the end of last year, the Ministry of Education of the Communist Party of China estimated that the number of college graduates in 2022 would reach 10.76 million, surpassing 10 million for the first time and setting a new high. Recently, due to the continuous impact of the epidemic in major cities such as Shanghai and Beijing, it has become more difficult for fresh graduates to interview and apply for jobs.
A few days ago, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council of the Communist Party of China went to the graduate job fair of Yunnan University to speak again on “employment issues”. Since the end of April, Li Keqiang has emphasized “stabilizing employment” three times in the meeting, showing that China’s employment situation is facing huge challenges.
At the same time, the Chinese economy suffered a severe recession. As the epidemic has heated up since the beginning of this year, the authorities have adopted a “zero-clearing” policy that has severely impacted the economy. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of the Communist Party of China on May 16, in April 2022, the national urban unemployment rate was 6.1%, a new high since March 2020; the unemployment rate of the 16-24-year-old population survey was 18.2%, a record high. .
Graduates of a certain 211 college complained on the Internet that the employment rate of their own department this year is less than 30%, and the most exaggerated is that the employment rate of girls is zero.
A Chinese student studying for a doctorate at Purdue University in the United States admitted to Radio Free Asia overseas that the employment situation in China is now severe, so he has no plans to return to China after his doctorate.
Civil servants “traffic jam” Dr. Peking University rushes to be an urban management
The international student said, “It’s hard to get a job now. Most of the people I know in China are taking the civil service exam. Most of the civil servants are undergraduates or masters, because the treatment of private enterprises is not good, and there is less money and more work.”
“China’s workers’ rights are not very protected, and it is indeed a better choice to be a civil servant, at least it will not be easily laid off.” He said.
Recently, in the list of civil servants to be recruited in 2022 announced by Chaoyang District, Beijing, many of the applicants are graduates of famous Chinese and foreign universities, and up to two-thirds of them have master’s and doctoral degrees.
According to “China Fund News”, in the list announced by Chaoyang District, one “urban management team member” recruited by Datun Street is from China Agricultural University of 985 University; two “urban management team members” recruited by Chaowai Street plan are both One is from the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the other is from the China Foreign Affairs University, which trains diplomats.
The “Urban Management Supervision Post” in the Cui Gezhuang area attracted a returnee with a master’s degree from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom; even more powerful is Jiuxianqiao Street, which recruited an “Urban Management Law Enforcement Post”, which plans to admit a Ph.D. from Peking University .
Judging from the recruitment requirements, these positions are basically “township and street grassroots” positions. Some netizens have inquired that this doctor from Peking University has an undergraduate degree from Shandong University and majored in physics. Many people speculate that Dr. Peking University is rushing to become an urban management officer because he has taken a fancy to Beijing’s hukou and the establishment of civil servants.
Some students are already planning to pursue higher degrees to gain more time and avoid employment difficulties in 2022. The Nikkei previously reported that 11 percent of graduating master’s students said they would continue their education through doctoral and other programs. In 2021, this proportion will be only 4%.
Responsible editor: Sun Yun#