Topic Reading-Vol.1149-6/4/2015

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,

Half of college students want to work in second-tier cities: Survey-China

Job seeking in China isn’t that easy. Although GDP has been growing over seven percent for the last several years, China’s job market for college graduates doesn’t seem to have enjoyed that much growth. One reason is that the number of college graduates has been increasing at a higher rate than that of having been created by the robust economy. There are nearly 20 million college students in China. Nearly 10 million students take the national entrance exams each year. At the end of this school year in June, approximately 7.5 million students are graduating and entering the job market. While over 20 percent of new college graduates are said to be unable to find a job, this year’s new graduates are expecting to earn over 50% higher salary than the last year’s respondents to the survey.

Are they more qualified or simply just too confident? As the economy isn’t expected to grow or create new jobs as much as the previous years, Chinese students will surely have to work very hard to find a job that meet their expectations in such a highly competitive and saturated job market.

Enjoy reading and learning about the challenges of the youth in China.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/29/content_20855784.htm