Discrimination in employment cited as the most embarrassing employment issue by respondents
Proposal to extend the status of fresh graduates attracts attention
Employment is the foundation of people's livelihood.
Every year at the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress, deputies to the National People's Congress and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference make motion proposals on employment that attract much attention.
What issues in the employment field do you pay attention to this year's National Two Sessions?
On the eve of the National Two Sessions, the Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily, in conjunction with the questionnaire website (wenjuan.com), conducted a survey on the youth expectations of the National Two Sessions entitled "The Two Sessions are coming, which issues are you most concerned about?" A total of 2,201 people participated.
According to the survey, the most difficult employment problem for the interviewees is that gender, age, education and other employment discrimination still exist.
49.2% of the respondents want to protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers.
To help fresh graduates find employment, 56.7% of respondents look forward to employment skills training and practical guidance.
Xu Ping is an international student majoring in law. After graduating and returning to China, she is looking for a job in Shanghai.
She complained that 80% of the companies she had interviewed asked her questions such as "do you have a boyfriend" and "are you married".
This made her very disgusted. "Marriage and childbearing are very sensitive to female job seekers, and they even have a 'one-vote veto'. I think it is ridiculous." Although she does not recognize such a corporate culture, she has repeatedly missed job opportunities. feel very troubled.
Wang Jia, a 36-year-old mother of two, resigned in the middle of last year and has been looking for a job since then. Not long ago, she experienced double discrimination based on age and gender.
In a final interview session, she had a very pleasant conversation with the CEO and vice president of the company, and got a reply of employment.
But the next day, I received the news that the HR department had withdrawn the employment notice.
The reason is that she is already a mother of two and worried that she has limited energy for work.
"It's very sad, I feel that it is difficult for me to find a job."
In terms of employment, what things make you difficult?
According to the survey, the most difficult employment problem for respondents is that employment discrimination such as gender, age and education still exists, ranking first among the options (47.5%).
Li Miaomiao is a recent graduate of a secondary school in Hangzhou, majoring in marketing.
This week, as usual, she submitted her resume online and interviewed offline.
She admitted that finding a job was far from smooth as she imagined.
"I feel that I lack a clear job-seeking intention and career plan, and I don't know what kind of job is suitable for me."
Other problems include: Difficulty matching employability with job demands (45.4%), lack of social security and supporting policy support for flexible employment (40.2%), fewer jobs that meet expectations (40.1%), lack of clear career planning for individuals ( 37.1%), limited employment channels, limited access to information (36.8%), traps such as false recruitment and charging fees (35.9%), "too many monks but too little food", fierce competition (35.7%), etc.
It is worth noting that only 2.2% of the respondents said that they do not have employment problems and do not face difficulties.
Wang Jia expects that there will be more effective means to protect the rights and interests of job seekers and strengthen law enforcement against illegal employers.
At the same time, the channels for rights protection will be unblocked, the speed of handling discrimination cases in the workplace will be improved, and job seekers will be encouraged to protect their rights in accordance with the law.
What kind of support do people want in terms of employment?
The data shows that 49.2% of the respondents hope to protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers, 48.5% of the respondents expect to eliminate unreasonable employment restrictions and discrimination, 45.5% of the respondents suggest strengthening vocational skills training, and 44.3% of the respondents It is recommended to provide more jobs, 42.6% of the respondents expect career planning courses to be more practical and practical, and 40.9% of the respondents hope to strengthen the supervision of Internet job search platforms.
Li Miaomiao feels that unclear self-positioning and career goals are relatively common problems among students.
"The effect of school career planning courses is very limited. There are not many class hours, and they are often major and elective courses. Students do not pay enough attention to them, and it is difficult for teachers to provide targeted and personalized guidance." She hopes that college career planning courses can be combined with majors. Tailor-made, according to the individual situation of the students, one-to-one accurate help and tracking of the progress of job hunting, support and counseling for students who have difficulties, and good employment support services.
Pan Wenjing, a recent undergraduate graduate, said that the companies that come to the school to recruit each year are relatively fixed, and most of them prefer strong majors, which makes students of other disciplines face the dilemma of few high-quality jobs and limited employment channels.
"I especially hope that colleges and universities can strengthen cooperation with enterprises and develop more internship opportunities and recruitment positions." She also pointed out that many students have problems with insufficient application skills, and even feel at a loss in some recruitment processes.
"Schools should combine professional content to carry out online and offline job hunting skills counseling."
During the National Two Sessions this year, the Democratic Progressive Central Committee intends to submit the "Proposal on Taking Multiple Measures to Promote the Employment of Youth Groups", suggesting that the time limit for retaining the qualifications of fresh graduates be moderately extended.
Pan Wenjing expressed her support for this hotly discussed proposal.
"The employment of students who have graduated in the past two years has been greatly affected by the epidemic. If the restrictions on graduation time can be relaxed and the status of fresh graduates can be properly retained, the anxiety and pressure of graduates can be greatly relieved."
To help fresh graduates find employment, 56.7% of respondents look forward to employment skills training and practical guidance, 54.0% of respondents hope to organize more campus recruitment and expand job search channels, and 52.1% of respondents suggest developing more trainee positions and strengthening employability.
Others include: improving the grassroots employment support system for graduates (48.6%), providing more jobs for fresh graduates (41.8%), increasing entrepreneurship policy promotion and financial support (33.1%), and providing assistance to students with employment difficulties ( 20.8%).
China Youth Daily China Youth Daily reporter Du Yuanchun Source: China Youth Daily