China News Agency, Shanghai, February 25th (Reporter Xu Jing) Zhang Zhiyi, a "post-95" girl, now works every day to "take orders" from online platforms and do English translation for local games at home.
She used to be a 9-to-5 worker in a foreign company. She graduated from Shanghai International Studies University with a Spanish major. She is currently a freelance Chinese-English translator.
In recent years, flexible employment has become an important channel for new employment in Shanghai, and more and more college graduates have stepped into the door of flexible employment.
Zhou Zeyu, a "post-00" who chose to start a business after graduating from the School of Management of Donghua University in 2022, "started" as a blogger on a video website.
When "staying at home" due to the epidemic in 2020, as a game enthusiast, he began to try to make videos and publish them on video websites.
The traffic of the interactive videos he produced has steadily increased, and his independently operated account has exceeded 20 million views within a year.
In June 2021, with the help of the school, Zhou Zeyu and his team registered and established the company.
"Entrepreneurship seems to be the boss, but in fact it is not easy at all, and the concept of commuting does not exist." Zhou Zeyu said that now that the market competition is becoming more and more fierce, he and his team are also considering the direction of development, hoping to find more Universal entrance, access to a larger market.
He also hopes to keep exploring new things while he is still young.
There are many reasons why college students choose flexible employment. Like Zhou Zeyu, most of them pursue "working for self-realization".
"Being on the road of freelancing felt like a mistake at the time, but now I think it's a matter of course." The main reason why Zhang Zhiyi decided to resign was that the overall development was limited, and the realization of income and self-worth could not reach the ideal. state.
As a game enthusiast, Zhang Zhiyi hopes to work in a game company, but because she has no relevant work experience, she frequently hits the wall when she resumes her resume.
In the meantime, in order to maintain a basic source of income, she searched for some part-time translation jobs while looking for a job. Gradually, she found that translation was very interesting and the market was huge. The language certificates she got in college gave her a chance.
"It is very fair and simple to learn new knowledge continuously. The better you do it, the higher your income." Zhang Zhiyi said that after two years of precipitation and preparation, she entered the field of game translation that she has always longed for since the second half of last year. , "There have been many difficulties and new challenges along the way, but I have never doubted the original decision for a moment, and I am full of expectations for the future."
Zheng Dong, director of the Student Employment Guidance Center of East China University of Science and Technology, said in an interview that with the rapid economic and social development, the Internet and information technology have created many new jobs and new types of occupations. Form of employment to achieve employment.
In fields such as cultural creativity and life services, flexible employment has brought more career choices to college students, and young people are well-received.
Zheng Dong reminded that college students still have to make corresponding choices based on their own circumstances, from multiple perspectives such as personal interests and career planning, and in light of regional economic development.
No matter in which field, personal comprehensive quality and ability are the most important.
It is undeniable that flexible employment also puts forward higher requirements for the current social security.
In fact, Shanghai, as a highland of innovation, is thriving with new Internet business forms such as the online new economy, which has become a new bright spot in economic and social development, and has accelerated the growth of flexible employment groups.
The "Shanghai Employment Promotion Regulations" approved by the first meeting of the Standing Committee of the 16th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress on the 25th set up a special chapter on "flexible employment" to improve flexible employment promotion measures.
After the implementation of the "Regulations", Shanghai will further increase support policies for flexible employment personnel, employment services, odd job market construction, social insurance, occupational injury protection, etc., continue to expand flexible employment development channels, and optimize flexible employment and entrepreneurial environments.
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