why college graduates are having a hard time getting jobs in china?
chinese economy’s been expanding, why they can’t taste fruits of economic success?
chinese economic success is illusion?
Because …
- There are more colleges in China now, and they produced more college graduates than the market need. When it is getting more and more college, and quality of some college are lower than others. Outstanding student from colleges are unlikely to have an issue to get a job. For some average to so so college graduates, it becomes a problem. The graduates do not want a "bad" job (Paid too low – at least much lower than someone graduated a few years ago, too far, not-related to their study areas etc), but the good jobs do not want them as they got plenty to choose from.
- The styles of the education in China is another problem. In China, a lot of students are focus on studying from books for their entire life. They have good grades and good knowledge, but they don’t know how to use their knowledge, handle the real life, no real working experience or even how to communicate with others. The market perfers on people for someone with more experience and smooth person which the newly graduates are lack of. If you are the boss, will you hire someone who needs to bring a parent to the job fair and need parents to answer questions or push their children to talk on job fair?? … Welll… This happens sometime in China.
China created over 15 million new jobs during 2009. Jobs are there, competition is fierce, and entrepreneurship is encouraged. If you can’t find the job that you want, then start your own company to build your future. Success belongs to those who take initiative.
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5 years in Shanghai
BSherman
7 Mar 10 at 4:19 pm
Because …
- There are more colleges in China now, and they produced more college graduates than the market need. When it is getting more and more college, and quality of some college are lower than others. Outstanding student from colleges are unlikely to have an issue to get a job. For some average to so so college graduates, it becomes a problem. The graduates do not want a "bad" job (Paid too low – at least much lower than someone graduated a few years ago, too far, not-related to their study areas etc), but the good jobs do not want them as they got plenty to choose from.
- The styles of the education in China is another problem. In China, a lot of students are focus on studying from books for their entire life. They have good grades and good knowledge, but they don’t know how to use their knowledge, handle the real life, no real working experience or even how to communicate with others. The market perfers on people for someone with more experience and smooth person which the newly graduates are lack of. If you are the boss, will you hire someone who needs to bring a parent to the job fair and need parents to answer questions or push their children to talk on job fair?? … Welll… This happens sometime in China.
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cmui1978
7 Mar 10 at 5:00 pm
Many students dream of leaving their hometowns in rural areas and "making it big" in the megacities in the east. However, there just aren’t enough jobs to support all those dreams. Returning to their rural communities usually means taking a teaching job with low pay and little promotion possibilities. This causes the vicious cycle of poverty to repeat itself.
Right now, the government is encouraging people to get masters’ degrees in order to delay the job-hunting process in hopes that this three-year delay (that’s how long it takes to get a master’s degree) will result in a better economy. However, so far, all it’s done is make the market more competitive with more people expecting higher pay for the same jobs that were available before they got their advanced degrees. Masters’ degrees are so common now that they bear little meaning on the uniqueness that used to be brought to the table.
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Craftylass
7 Mar 10 at 5:31 pm
Firstly, China’s educated population is growing faster than the economy.
Secondly, there are jobs, lots of job, but good jobs are hard to find. So many kids have rich parents and are too lazy to take an entry level job. So they say "getting a job is too hard.:
There are a huge number of jobs in factories (in the office of the factory) outside of the city. Many of my friends work in places doing international trade, but they really don’t speak English.
The demand is very high, but the salaries tend to be low.
By the way, I have helped many people in China find good work at all levels.
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flingebunt
7 Mar 10 at 5:52 pm