Graduates Face Many Barriers in Job Hunting ?B7n,!&~
It is graduation time again. Whether joining the social workforce or pursuing
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advanced studies, about four million Chinese graduates will soon turn a new page in 6HeZ<.d&
their lives. Still, no matter what, campus life will remain deeply etched on the minds ruiAEC<Ej
of China's former students. What lies ahead for the country's graduates? FtHR.S=u
Statistics released by relevant departments of China show that in 2006, graduates #[=%+ *Q
from all Chinese colleges and universities numbered 4.13 million, up 750,000 from h' #C$i
2005 with a growth rate of roughly 22%. Hence, the employment tension further >..C^8 "
intensifies. Meanwhile, various intangible barriers exist in social relations, regional F6,[!.wl
restriction, permanent residency and university's reputation have made the graduates' <Wqk5mR
job-hunting process tougher. !A@Ft}FB
Some analyze that against the backdrop of intensified employment tension for ]w*w@:Zk
university graduates, needy students from rural and urban areas usually find ] /w:5o#
themselves in relatively inferior positions. nZ7FG
Some graduates realize that in order to get a job, they have to sign some "unfair AXBf\)[
treaties" that promise not to take the postgraduate exam or leave the company within =GGt:3Kx-
several years, or they have to pay 5,000 Yuan for breaching the contract. Some ?2LRMh")$
recruiters even declare openly that they only need students from famous universities, gN./u
so graduates from other schools are not even entitled to apply. }fzv9$]$
Currently the contradiction in China's higher education has transferred from entering xweV8k/
to leaving a university and from the difficulty in enrollment to employment after B}Lz#'5_
graduation. It has become a common phenomenon that "graduates become jobless". ;G
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Should this problem not be tackled rightly, the employment issue would turn into a [
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new factor that causes social instability. 0C3s
College—A New Experience kWkAfzf4a
Living at college, first of all, gives me a sense of responsibility, of being on my Pi^5LI6JW
own. My parents aren’t around to say, ―No, you’re not going out tonight‖ or ―Did you _@-D/g
finish your homework?‖ Everything I do has to be my decision, and that gives me the srX" vF
responsibility of handling my own life. During the second week I was at college, I had 4|PNsHXt
to go out and look for a bank where I could open an account. Before that I looked in \:`'!X1*U
the phone book since I had no clue about any banks around here or where they were qhNY<
located. I went to the bank and made decisions for myself—whether to have a e<