Shenzhen companies are paying more to recruit better-qualified
staff in the new year, a study by the municipal labor and social
security bureau has found.
The study, based on a survey of 481 companies in different
industries, also found that the city would hire up to 400,000
workers in the first three months of the year 2006, the number
being at par with the same period last year.
The study suggests that junior high school graduates would find
it difficult to land a job in Shenzhen this year, as more companies
are looking for workers with senior high school graduation
certificates, said a labor bureau official surnamed Huang. The
surveyed companies required 20 percent of their workers to hold a
primary professional title, compared with 15 percent last year.
Many companies have plans to raise salaries, according to the
investigation, which did not include the rate of salary
increase.
Migrant workers expect to earn more than 1,100 yuan (US$137.5) a
month this year, according to a survey released by the Ministry of
Labor and Social Security on Monday. The survey was conducted among
5,300 migrant workers from 48 counties in 25 provinces.
The ministry carried out a survey among 2,606 companies and
found that 63 percent of them planned to increase salaries. The
survey also found that the average ordinary worker would earn 949
yuan, higher than the previous year.
(Shenzhen Daily February 7, 2006)
