China News Client, Beijing, July 17 (Zuo Yukun) Employment is the foundation of people's livelihood and the source of development. Behind the employment data, one end is connected to the national society and the other is connected to thousands of people.
Under the impact of the epidemic in 2020, the employment situation is extremely grim. "With the employment priority policy, the employment situation in the first half of the year has seen positive changes." Liu Aihua, spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics and director of the Department of Comprehensive Statistics of the National Economy, said on the 16th.
“The unemployment rate in the national urban survey in June was 5.7%, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from May; the unemployment rate in the survey of 31 large cities and towns was 5.8%, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from May.”
In Taiyuan, Shanxi, job seekers are looking for jobs in the venue. China News Service reporter Wu Junjie photo
"It 's a little difficult to start a job this year "
"This year is a bit difficult. I started looking for a job since the fall of last year. I did not expect that my job was lost by the epidemic."
The fresh graduate Tu Lan (a pseudonym) originally determined a Beijing enterprise management and training position through school recruitment at the end of last year. However, affected by the epidemic, the enterprise experienced difficulties in its operations and the Guan Peisheng position was forced to be cancelled.
Data from the Ministry of Education show that this year's college graduates have reached record highs in increments and increases. An epidemic disrupted the job search of 8.74 million graduates including Tu Lan.
"In fact, every year, our country will encounter great employment pressure during the graduation season. This year, we have encountered an epidemic situation and a record high number of graduates. It is still difficult for so many people to enter the labor market and find a job immediately." China News Agency Zhang Yi, Dean of the Academy of Social Development Strategies of the Academy of Sciences, told CNN.
"Unemployment rate of college students has reached a new high in the same period. Affected by the epidemic, the demand for college graduate recruitment has declined this year, and job interviews have been subject to certain restrictions." Liu Aihua said.
Labor force survey data show that in June, 20-24 year-old college graduates and above, this part of the population is mainly newly graduated college students, the survey unemployment rate reached 19.3%, an increase of 2.1 percentage points from May and a year-on-year increase of 3.9 percentage points .
On-site job fairs were resumed in the talent market in southern China. Photo by Cheng Jingwei
"The biggest difference between this year and previous years is that due to the epidemic situation, there are fewer opportunities for students to take offline internships, and the long-term immobilization of people from other places also affects the choice of students for employment." Ren Ren, a counselor at a college in Qingdao, Shandong, said.
Mr. Li, who is responsible for student employment in a university in Beijing, has been busy collecting various recruitment information every day, dealing with student employment issues, inviting graduated alumni to write guides, and personally recording the job search skills. Small video.
"We even sent a letter of help to the alumni in the alumni group, calling on alumni to provide more employment resources for graduates. This has never happened before." Teacher Li said.
"Receive a job offer and start a new life"
But fortunately for graduates and teachers, they are not "fighting alone." Employment is at the top of the "six stability" and "six guarantees", and the employment of college graduates is "the most important thing in stabilizing employment."
Since the beginning of this year, the country has launched many unconventional measures to focus on the key employment group of college graduates, and actively ease the employment pressure of colleges and universities. Enrollment expansion for enterprises, expansion of graduate students, and expansion of jobs at the grass-roots level encourage entrepreneurship to drive employment. Online promotion and online and offline recruitment work simultaneously. Several policies provide uninterrupted employment services for graduates.
According to Tu Lan, some students in the class changed their employment plan before the epidemic. Among them, four decided to return to their hometowns for employment, and two decided to go to Shenzhen and Hangzhou.
"According to their feedback, all graduates have been given very favorable treatment. There is a classmate who takes the talent introduction plan and returns to work in a small city in his hometown. In addition to the salary of 4500-6000 yuan, the graduate student has another 2000 yuan per month. The subsidy, the talent apartment can also be discounted by 25%, etc."
Take multiple measures and see results. On the 15th, the China Employment Market Prosperity Report of the second quarter of 2020, jointly launched by the China Employment Research Institute of Renmin University of China and Zhilian Recruitment, showed that China's employment market prosperity index in the second quarter of 2020 rebounded month by month, and the number of recruitment needs rose month-on-month .
"As far as I know the employment situation of our school this year, it is not as difficult as imagined. Even compared with previous years, due to this year's policy bonus of enrollment expansion and enrollment rate increase, the overall employment rate has even slightly increased from last year." Ren teacher Say.
"The economy is not linear development. Two years later, the economy may have passed the trough and there will be new growth. The suspension of fresh graduates and continuing education is also a way to reduce the unemployment rate during this period." School of Labor and Personnel, Renmin University of China Dean Yang Weiguo said.
Job seekers at the job fair. Photo by Liu Lixin
A few days ago, Tu Lan also received an acceptance notice from an international online e-commerce company and was about to travel to Shanghai to start a new life. Tu Lan said that he had delivered this company when he recruited in autumn, but he missed it for various reasons. Recently, the company started recruiting people again, and contacted itself actively.
"From the quick survey carried out by the National Bureau of Statistics, the situation of enterprises returning to work is continuing, and enterprises in many industries are expanding their recruitment positions." Liu Aihua said that in the first half of the year, 5.64 million people were employed in cities and towns across the country, completing the annual target 62.7% of the mission.
"Under the impact of the epidemic, so many new jobs in cities and towns can be achieved, which actually shows that China's economic recovery, resumption of work and production and school have shown very good trends. This has injected a lot of vitality into the Chinese economy and also put confidence in Bring into society." Zhang Yi said.
"Starting my own business for a few months and earning enough money for my graduation trip"
In the first half of the year, the Chinese economy ushered in a "V"-shaped rebound. The GDP growth rate in the second quarter changed from negative to positive, up 3.2% year-on-year. Not only did GDP growth rate change from negative to positive, the main indicators also recovered. For example, the value added of exports and industry has been increasing for three consecutive months, the decline in consumption has narrowed for four consecutive months, and the price increase has fallen back at a high level.
"The current economic recovery is relatively obvious, and this fundamental change will also have a stable effect on employment, helping to stabilize employment and expand employment." Liu Aihua said.
She introduced that in the next step, in accordance with the requirements of the "Government Work Report", the employment priority policy should be comprehensively strengthened to do everything possible to stabilize and expand employment.
"Restoring the migrant workers' employment market and graduates' employment market are two major events in employment." Zhang Yi said.
For everyone's job, the country made another big move on the 15th! The Executive Meeting of the State Council held on July 15 deployed in-depth promotion of mass entrepreneurship and innovation, focusing on supporting the employment and entrepreneurship of college graduates and other groups. It is clarified that government-invested incubation bases, etc. should provide a certain percentage of the venues free of charge to college graduates, migrant workers, etc.
Zhao Xiaofang, a villager in Beizhouzhang Village, Pingxiang County, promotes and sells file boxes through webcast. Photograph by Yao Youliang
On the 15th, 13 departments such as the National Development and Reform Commission also jointly released 15 new formats to promote the expansion of employment.
"Encourage the development of a new individual economy and further reduce the cost of self-employment for self-employed entrepreneurs. We support diversified self-employment and time-sharing employment such as micro-commerce e-commerce and webcasting. Vigorously develop the micro-economy and encourage "sideline innovation". Explore adaptation Cross-platform, multi-employer flexible employment rights protection, social security and other policies."
During the epidemic, Tu Lan sold anti-epidemic items such as alcohol in WeChat group. "After a few months of tossing at home, I have earned enough money for graduation travel in five domestic provinces and cities and the first rent in Shanghai." Tu Lan said that the space for self-employment is really large, mainly you are willing to do it. "I will continue to try entrepreneurship and sideline business in the future."
Liu Aihua said, "With the continued significant effect of the policy of strengthening employment priority, the gradual recovery of fundamentals, and the enhancement of the development capabilities of enterprises, we are confident of maintaining the overall stability of the employment situation in the second half of the year." (End)