For almost a month He Rui, who holds a master's degree, has been
seeking employment in Shenzhen.?
"I'll keep trying because I know there's one for me," he said
yesterday. "The city is full of energy and opportunities. Who
knows? I could even be a big shot here."
He's just one of the many university graduates in the country
who rank Shenzhen as the best city to find work and find it fast.
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A recent study conducted by China's leading online recruiter
CJOL.COM showed that this south China city remained first choice
with the highest number of university graduates.
Twenty-five percent of respondents to the study said Shenzhen
was their first choice for employment, followed by Shanghai (21
percent), Beijing (16 percent) and Guangzhou (14 percent), CJOL.COM
consultant Zhang Huaping explained.?
About 51 percent of the respondents were baccalaureates with 17
percent holding master's degrees. The remainder didn't hold a
college or university degree.
A lot of graduates choose Shenzhen because the city doesn't seem
far away from home, Tang Tingfen, a professor at Shenzhen Academy
of Social Science said. "They often find themselves becoming part
of any number of social or cultural groups here because the city
doesn't want to know about your previous status as long as you do a
good job."
Shenzhen Labor Bureau vice-inspector Chen Jifu said the city's
specialty was that it "provides talent with the space to
develop."
Chen observed, "Generally most university graduates become
important players in their fields in three to five years after
joining a firm in Shenzhen.?
"Many management personnel working in the city's government
departments and enterprises are university graduates from across
the country," said Chen. "Some of them have even become renowned
entrepreneurs."
Some scholars, however, have urged fresh graduates to choose
their location for work rationally. "It's understandable that many
university graduates decide on a city without knowing about them in
depth. But before they really go to these cities they should ask
themselves if they can really find a suitable job or enterprise
there," said Yang Yao, a senior lecturer in Science and Technology
of Kunming University.
"Some of my students went and returned two years later with
nothing. That is an avoidable waste of money, time and energy. They
should set their target based on their career development and not
just the cities," said Yang. .??
"Even if a company in an ordinary city has the potential that
suits a graduate's requirements and would help him/her develop. I
will strongly suggest that he/she give it a try," Yang added.
A recent report showed that the rise in the number of university
graduates looking for jobs in Shenzhen has already outpaced the
creation of employment in the city.
"Some years ago 100 graduates were competing for 50 jobs in
Shenzhen but today double that figure are fighting for the same
number of jobs," Chen said.
(China Daily January 12, 2007)