What do returnees value for job hunting?
Less focus on pay
Wang Ling graduated from the University of New South Wales in Australia with a master's degree. Due to the limitation of graduation time, he did not invest too much time in the spring recruitment, but devoted most of his job search energy to the autumn recruitment.
After studying business for 6 years, Wang Ling's ideal job is to enter a bank. After returning to China, he went to Shenzhen, hoping to get some experience in a financial institution in Pengcheng.
When asked about his expected salary, Wang Ling told reporters that the starting salary is not his focus.
Whether the company can provide him with a broad platform, whether the position is stable, whether he can apply what he has learned in his major... These dimensions are also the aspects that he is very concerned about when applying for a job.
"In the past two years, many students around us have indeed lowered their salary expectations. I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. It means that everyone is more 'down-to-earth' when applying for a job. Now there are not a few overseas students who return to work and start businesses every year. Showing differentiated job search advantages, employers will not pay for it." Wang Ling said.
According to the relevant data in the "2021 China Returnee Employment Survey Report" released by Zhaopin in February this year, the number of "returnee priority" positions in the domestic recruitment market has continued to decrease in recent years, with a downward trend in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
The number of returnees returning to China for job hunting has increased, and the number of "returnee priority" positions has decreased, which has objectively increased the pressure on returnees to seek jobs in China.
Zhao Xingli, who returned to China after graduating from Japan's Waseda University with a master's degree in 2020, is also paying attention to this year's autumn recruitment market.
Previously, she worked in a foreign-funded enterprise in Qingdao, but after working for a period of time, she realized that the job did not completely match her major, but since she was no longer a fresh graduate, she could only apply for positions open to previous graduates.
After two job searches, Zhao Xingli believes that considering the entire career, the platform effect of the employer is more important than the short-term salary level.
"Students should not be short-sighted in their career planning. Some major platforms in professional fields may not offer high salaries at first, but it is definitely a good opportunity for job seekers to exercise themselves and accelerate their growth. The reason why I pay more attention to the unit platform in this job search.”
The talent-benefiting policy provides more choices
According to Tang Anli, Secretary-General of Shenzhen Returnee Association, in addition to language advantages, employers also value the cross-cultural communication and communication skills of returnees, and continuous learning ability is also one of the criteria. Settle down in the middle, improve yourself, and don't overthink things.
Tang Anli has been working with returnees for 12 years, and began to work on returnee recruitment in 2015.
Tang Anli said that among the returnee groups she has come into contact with, most of them choose to return to China for development after graduation, and more and more overseas students want to come to Shenzhen to work and live.
In her view, this is due to Shenzhen's efforts in recruiting talents and promoting the city over the years.
The sincerity of cities to attract talents is further affecting the choice of places for returnees to find jobs and start businesses.
The focus of some returnees has shifted from “Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen” to “new first-tier” and second-tier cities. This is a decision made after weighing the cost of living in first-tier cities and the policies of other cities to benefit talents.
Both Ben and Master studied in Fan Sai in the United Kingdom. This year, he decided to work in Wuhan. He recently signed an entry agreement with an electronic information company in Optics Valley and is about to start his job.
Fan Sai was born in Gansu. When choosing a place of employment, he considered Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuhan and other cities.
"Comparatively speaking, the cost of living in Wuhan is lower, but the opportunities it can provide for overseas students to start their own businesses have not been discounted." Fan Sai said that he had a classmate who started a business in Wuhan after graduating from an undergraduate degree. 3551 Optics Valley Talent Plan Policy", a series of preferential policies for talent introduction in Wuhan.
"Whether the place of employment can provide a broad upward channel for the future development of young people is very important to us, and it is also one of our core concerns when choosing a career."
Wider career options
According to the latest data released by the Ministry of Education, since 2012, more than 80% of Chinese students studying abroad have chosen to return to China after completing their studies.
The broad stage that can be provided in China is attracting more and more overseas students to combine their studies and specialties with the needs of national development in order to realize their personal value and realize their ideals in life.
It is worth noting that in recent years, with the emergence of new industries and new formats such as a new generation of information technology, new materials, new energy, metaverse, and biomedicine, the diversification of job hunting for returnees has become more obvious.
This is not only reflected in the job options that employers can provide, but also in the expansion of the field of self-employment by returnees, which are no longer limited to individual fields directly related to their own majors, which are more prominent in the field of new technologies.
Wang Ling told reporters that, in his opinion, compared with the business studies he studied, the fields of science and engineering students around him for job hunting are broader.
"Taking artificial intelligence as an example, some students can not only do AI, but even participate in Metaverse-related projects after returning to China, because these require artificial intelligence and other technologies to do the underlying structure. Now there are many domestic enterprises in related fields, standing' There are also many emerging technology companies in the outlet, and international students need to seize the opportunity.”
Sun Yahui