China News Agency, Hefei, May 8th, title: "Generation Z" employment concept under the epidemic: flexible employment through "Xing"

　　Author Zhang Jun Chu Weiwei

　　Submitting resumes, consulting positions, signing contracts... Zhu Meifang, a logistics management graduate of Hefei University, just attended the first large-scale job fair in her life and reached preliminary employment intentions with three companies.

　　The university tour of key enterprises in Hefei, Anhui Province was recently held at Hefei College. 30 key enterprises provided 1,383 jobs. This was also the first offline job fair held by colleges and universities in Anhui Province since the COVID-19 epidemic was lifted.

　　Zhu Meifang, who was born in 1999, had just experienced a failure in the postgraduate entrance examination. However, she quickly adjusted her status and joined the "team" of job hunting.

"In terms of job hunting, I first consider the positions I am interested in, followed by the future development prospects." Zhu Meifang told reporters that sufficient professional knowledge reserves and communication and coordination skills are her advantages. The experience of going to the company for internships during the university has made her an advantage. She was more confident during the interview.

　　According to Zhang Yingjie, director of the Career Guidance Center of Hefei University, March and April are the "golden seasons" for spring recruitment. Affected by the epidemic this year, colleges and universities have implemented closed management, and many offline job fairs cannot be held. Said to be a serious challenge.

　　Zhang Yingjie said that in order to help graduates find employment, many colleges and universities have held online job fairs to provide graduates with jobs.

Taking Hefei University as an example, more than 10 online job fairs and lectures have been held this year.

Zhang Yingjie said frankly that online job fairs cannot replace offline face-to-face communication, because the proportion of companies signing contracts with graduates online is relatively small, and the combination of online and offline is the main way for college graduates to find jobs.

　　Born in 2000, Wang Yiran, a graduate of Hefei University majoring in mechanical and electronic engineering, has held employment notices from many companies since applying for a job in September last year.

Wang Yiran said that his greatest interest is "building a car". After determining his career plan, he went to relevant companies for internships many times during his college years, and practiced himself by starting his own business on campus.

　　"If you want to get a job calmly, you must not only have a solid theoretical foundation, but also adjust your mentality and expectations to adapt to fast-paced work." Wang Yiran said that contemporary college students pay more attention to their interests and direction when seeking employment, and they are willing to endure hardships and are not afraid to endure hardships.

　　According to data from the Ministry of Social Affairs of the People's Republic of China, the number of college graduates in China this year reached 10.76 million, exceeding 10 million for the first time.

According to the "2022 College Student Employability Survey Report" previously released by Zhaopin, 50.4% of college graduates in 2022 chose to work in units, down 6 percentage points from last year.

The proportion of freelance and slow employment graduates was 18.6% and 15.9%, both 3 percentage points higher than last year.

　　"In recent years, graduates are more interested in their career choices, and their employment is more flexible." Zhang Yingjie introduced that in 2022, there will be nearly 4,000 graduates of Hefei College, most of whom are "post-00s", and they will choose more diverse and more free jobs.

When guiding graduates to apply for jobs, the school will also provide them with more job options, such as jobs in emerging industries such as artificial intelligence and rail transit.

　　"The ideas of 'Generation Z' are more free and open, and it also injects more vitality into the company." Lianbao (Hefei) Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. is the first company in Hefei with a revenue of over 100 billion yuan and an export of over 10 billion US dollars.

The company's senior recruiter, Pauline, said that "Gen Z" has a strong learning ability and a stronger ability to accept new things, and companies are in great need of such innovative young people.

　　In order to promote the employment of college graduates, several provinces including Anhui, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong and other provinces have recently introduced a number of measures to stabilize employment.

Shanghai launched a graduate employment policy to strengthen online recruitment and job recruitment; Jiangsu launched the "Employment Promotion Week" and "Hundred-Day Sprint Action" for college graduates in 2022; Anhui introduced policies to provide two-way rewards and subsidies for small and micro enterprises to recruit college graduates.

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