"Internet +" opens up new space for employment (Online China)

  In the live broadcast room of Jinmi Village Modern Agricultural Park, Xiaoling Town, Zhashui County, Shangluo City, Shaanxi Province, an anchor is promoting fungus products.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Rui

  Online delivery staff, Internet marketers, artificial intelligence trainers, omnimedia operators, supply chain managers, virtual reality engineering technicians... In recent years, new occupations with fine division of labor in the Internet field have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

  The white paper "Chinese Youth in the New Era" recently released by the Information Office of the State Council pointed out that Chinese youth in the new era are growing up in the mutual shaping of the Internet, and the rapidly emerging new industries and new business formats have spawned a large number of new occupations and gathered a large number of flexible employment youths. , which fully reflects the more opportunities and more choices that the times have given young people.

  Refreshing new jobs

  In recent years, while the Internet has contributed to economic and social development, it has also created many refreshing occupations.

  "Artificial intelligence trainers are to make AI smarter, better understand people, and better serve people. Behind the familiar smart products such as Tmall Genie, Xiaodu Smart Screen, and Xiao Ai, there are artificial intelligence trainers. ." Liu Xiaowei, an artificial intelligence trainer from Changsha City, Hunan Province, said that the AI ​​robot products at the beginning of the design are like newborn children, and artificial intelligence trainers are needed to "educate students according to their aptitude". Adult", so that it has enough wisdom to adapt to different application scenarios.

"I like being called an artificial intelligence trainer. This title has a fashionable and cutting-edge flavor." Liu Xiaowei said.

  According to the location shown on the mobile phone map, go to an office building to take a photo; enter the office area, find the company logo to take a photo and upload it; contact the company to provide a business license, etc., and check the relevant information... After a series of operations, the "post-90s" Beijing boy Nie Beibei completed a single task.

It sounds like playing a treasure hunt game, but in fact, as a job information reviewer on a recruitment website, Nie Beibei is conducting on-the-spot inspections of companies that publish recruitment information.

"I enjoy this job very much. At the same time, we have to be patient, careful and responsible enough to review carefully, complete dozens of orders every day, and deal with problems in a timely manner, so that job seekers can avoid detours." Nie Beibei said.

  Shi Chunlei is a supply chain manager of a food company. She introduced her career as follows: "Supply chain is a system, and related positions include purchasing, manufacturing, logistics and distribution, warehousing, planning, customer service, etc. In the past, these The positions are all 'single-soldier operations'. Now supply chain managers need to 'multi-line battles' with relevant departments to determine the price of high-quality and high-quality products and services from big data, so as to reduce costs and increase efficiency for enterprises. The new career proposed to me In order to meet the new requirements, how to improve competitiveness by operating and managing the company's supply chain is what I still need to improve."

  Experts believe that relying on the digital economy and Internet platforms, flexible and diverse new occupations have emerged as the times require.

Technological innovation has promoted the emergence of new occupations, and the rise of new occupations also reflects the vitality of China's economy.

  Job seekers have more choices

  Chen Suya is a master of documentary major in a university. During school, she often uploaded her daily life on the video platform, attracting many fans.

After graduation, she chose to be a full-time "video creator".

  Due to the flexibility of working hours, locations and methods, short video and live broadcast platforms have become a good place for many young people to obtain income and realize their personal value.

According to the "Research Report on Short Video Platforms Promoting Employment and Creating Social Value" recently released by the research group of the School of Labor and Human Resources of Renmin University of China, a short video platform has created a total of 34.63 million employment opportunities, of which 20 million were directly created. , mainly from employment opportunities for content creators.

  "The booming development of Internet technology has lowered the threshold for people's employment. Young people can learn quickly and have more creativity. They can rely on their skills to innovate in the field of digital economy, create a series of valuable works and products, and bring themselves broader opportunities. There is room for development." Liu Dacheng, deputy dean of the Internet Industry Research Institute of Tsinghua University, said in an interview with this newspaper that the digital economy is market-led, one industry leads hundreds of industries, and can achieve full scene penetration, which can bring more job opportunities and jobs.

  In December 2021, the "14th Five-Year Plan for Digital Economy Development" issued by the State Council clearly stated that individuals are encouraged to use new platforms such as social software, knowledge sharing, audio and video websites to find employment and start businesses, and to promote flexible employment and sideline innovation.

  "We should give full play to the advantages of the platform economy and maximize the creation of rich and diverse digital employment opportunities." Wang Xiaoguang, deputy director of the Economics Department of the Central Party School (National School of Administration) believes that the digital economy is an innovation engine that promotes high-quality development in China's new development stage. It is an important way to solve the employment difficulties of college students and promote the proportion of middle-income groups.

  The rapid development of emerging industries is also beneficial to the employment of college graduates in related majors.

According to the "2022 First Quarter Employment Market Prosperity Report for College Graduates" recently released by Zhaopin, the industries with more recruitment needs are the Internet, e-commerce, computer software, modern services, and intelligent manufacturing.

  Make flexible workers more motivated

  Every morning, Ms. Chen, the "delivery anchor" in Fuzhou, felt very relieved to see boxes of packages containing dried plums, candied fruit and other local specialties sent to all parts of the country.

From catching the "Internet +" express train to targeting online live broadcasts, her prosperous business is inseparable from hard study and systematic training.

It turned out that in order to help practitioners master new skills faster and solve the problem of "what to broadcast and how to broadcast" live broadcast delivery, the Fuzhou Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau arranged a special fund of 10 million yuan for skill improvement, and carried out training for 10,000 Internet marketers.

After Ms. Chen learned to live broadcast, the turnover of the online store increased significantly.

  In recent years, relevant state departments and governments at all levels have escorted new occupations in many aspects such as policy support, service guarantee, and platform construction.

  For example, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has released national vocational skills standards for a series of new occupations such as Internet marketers, artificial intelligence trainers, and information security testers.

"Regular release of new occupations and related information has multiple positive meanings, which is conducive to improving the prestige of relevant occupations and the sense of honor and identity of practitioners, and attracting more workers with relevant professional knowledge and skills to join them." Tian Yongpo, director of the Human Resources Market and Mobility Management Research Office of the Academy of Sciences, said that the release of the national vocational skills standards has made the corresponding job content and ability requirements more clear and standardized, and can promote the high-quality development of related industries and employment.

  In recent years, the rapid development of e-commerce, sharing economy, platform economy and other industries has spawned a large number of part-time jobs with flexible working hours, which have become an important force in stabilizing employment.

The relevant person in charge of the National Bureau of Statistics said that by the end of 2021, China's flexible employment has reached 200 million people.

It is understood that while many young people are actively engaged in flexible jobs, they also have some concerns, such as insufficient career development stability, lack of long-term planning for career prospects, and low social insurance participation rates.

  In this regard, Zhang Chenggang, an associate professor at the School of Labor Economics at Capital University of Economics and Business, said that relevant parties should increase the publicity and introduction of new occupations, enhance social awareness of new occupations, and guide talents to enter new occupations in an orderly manner; increase the supply of training resources and improve new occupations. Professional talent training system to help practitioners acquire new professional skills; improve relevant security policies in a timely manner, and strengthen the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of new professional practitioners.

  Relevant departments have gradually improved the protection measures for new occupations to make flexible workers more motivated.

In July 2021, 8 departments including the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Safeguarding the Labor Security Rights and Interests of New Employment Forms of Workers", which aims to maintain the labor remuneration, reasonable rest, social insurance, labor safety, etc. rights and interests.

The "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Digital Economy" proposes to improve the social insurance system and labor rights protection system for flexible employment personnel, and promote the pilot program of flexible employment personnel to participate in the housing provident fund system.

  "China's digital economy has strong momentum, great potential, and wide space for development, and is expected to attract a wider range of employment groups in the future." He Wei, deputy director of the Institute of Policy and Economics of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, believes that making the digital economy bigger and stronger will make the digital economy bigger and stronger. Continue to become an important force driving China's economic development, while helping to adjust the employment structure, improve the quality of employment, and open up more and wider employment space.

  Li Xueqin