‘I have to pay the rent and I have to buy food. It’s tough’: Chinese graduates and their hopes for work

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China’s young people are entering one of the worst labour markets the country has seen with unemployment reaching new high of 21.3%

July’s figure was expected to be even higher but on Tuesday, the National Bureau of Statistics said it was. Spokesman Fu Linghui said the statistics needed “further optimisation” and questioned whether job-seeking students should continue to be counted as unemployed.

Many graduates now view the private sector as too risky and are focusing on getting a job in the government “Ever since I was a child, I’ve liked playing computer games and I wanted to work on game design,” said Yuxing who graduated in computer science and technology this year. “Most of my classmates started working hard on finding a job in our third year of college. But it’s harder to find a good job now,” he said.“Before the pandemic, our first choice would be to find a job ourselves in the market, and taking the civil service exam was our last choice. Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have changed our priority to put becoming a civil servant first.

Zhaoyi has had three jobs since he graduated in industrial design last year but he disliked them all and hopes to work freelance in digital marketing. He said his generation think about work differently to that of his parents.

 

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