Some people apply for 26 positions in half a year, and there are "985" colleges and universities with a class of seven adults to take the public examination
Patrol Army: Is it worth it to give it a go for "going ashore"
"Finally ashore!"
At the beginning of February this year, Wu Jiang saw his name appear in the list of proposed hires of a municipal institution in Hunan Province, and he couldn't help but sigh. Before that, he applied for 2 career editing positions and spent half a year touring most of Hunan Province.
Examination for public service and examination refers to becoming a state civil servant or entering a public institution through unified open recruitment. In recent years, young people's enthusiasm for reference has remained high. According to data from the Ministry of Education, the size of college graduates in 2023 is expected to be 1158.<> million, and the fierce competition for employment has spawned an army of public examiners.
Along with the phenomenon of "examination fever", special terms such as "patrol examination, entrance examination" and other special terms have appeared in the examination and examination editing groups. Patrol examinations refer to touring various places to participate in civil servant or public institution examinations, and increase the chances of landing ashore through multiple examinations. Entering the interview, or "entering the interview", means that the candidate's initial test score has reached the score line and can enter the interview. This means that their chances of going ashore are somewhat higher.
Waiting for them to "go ashore", why did they join the army of patrol examinations? What did they pay for during the tour? Is going ashore the only choice in life?
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Patrol exams, just to compete for an opportunity to enter
In July 2022, 7-year-old Xiaochun graduated from a university in Fujian with a bachelor's degree in architecture. Since she never found a job, she began to prepare full-time at home for the public examination.
At first, Koharu felt that it was "a little difficult" to prepare for the exam, but after she studied it, she found that the two subjects of the civil service examination, the Administrative Vocational Aptitude Test (Conduct Test) and Shen Theory, were based on knowledge accumulation and more or less reserved. ”
"Of course, in addition to hard work, there is also a matter of luck." In the actual combat process, Koharu often has a situation of "only one or two differences, or even only 0.2 or 0.01 points", in her opinion, increasing the probability of "entering the surface and going ashore" through patrol examinations is a last resort.
Xiaochun, who has "applied for more than 20 positions", is a native of Hunan, and for more than half a year, she has been touring three provinces in Hunan, Fujian, and Guangdong, and she can't remember how many exams she has taken, she only remembers that "the travel fee to go once is at least a few hundred yuan."
"The probability of going ashore once or twice is not very large, but I can always have one or two opportunities to enter the exam more than a dozen times." Phoebe, who is studying in the second year of graduate school at a "985" university in Beijing, is about to graduate, and since November 2022, she has applied for nine civil service positions, "This is similar to the Haitou recruited in autumn, I think it is normal." ”
Young people who embark on the road of inspection often face a double test of mental and physical strength.
In July 2022, Wu Jiang entered a public institution in Hunan as a contract worker, he needs to balance work and study, "I go to work at 7 a.m., rest at 8 o'clock, and from noon to 12:<> p.m., when others rest, I will read and study." "After work, he would prepare for the exam until one or two in the morning.
On weekends, Wujiang embarks on the road to exams and touring Hunan Province. He applied for a total of 26 positions, many of which were grassroots units at the county and township level, and thus went to many places he did not know before. Some places do not have direct access to the high-speed train, "the longest I have taken a bus for seven or eight hours, many times at two or three o'clock in the morning", he could not accurately count the time spent on the road, only felt, "others are sleeping, but I am preparing for the exam, this time is the most sad." ”
"I applied for seven civil service positions in various places, and also submitted more than 7 resumes in central and state-owned enterprises." Liu Xiaohao, a graduate student majoring in economics at a university in Beijing, is about to graduate in July this year, and in order to find more opportunities for himself, he has been in a highly intense state of preparation for the exam since he was promoted to the third year of graduate school in the second half of 100. Some people worry that he will not be able to juggle too many written exams and interviews, but he thinks that this will improve his language control ability, time coordination ability and affairs arrangement ability, and "enjoy it".
At present, Liu Xiaohao has received offers (admission notices) from 10 companies, and is also preparing for interviews for two civil service positions. Counting food and lodging, he has already spent five or six thousand yuan on the inspection examination, but he still firmly regards becoming a civil servant as his first choice.
Some people also regard the official exam as a simulated practice, "the national examination should be a model, the Shanghai municipal examination should be the second model, the Jiangsu Province examination should be the third model, the Zhejiang Provincial examination should be the fourth model, and when it comes to the Shandong Provincial Examination, the official examination." There are also people who have not thought about their future career plans at all, relying on patrol examinations to cast a wide net, "taking the test step by step."
The cost is huge, why rely on patrol inspections to go ashore
"There are 40 people in a class, there may be 4 Ph.D., five or six go to enterprises, and the rest are all public examines." A Wei, who is in the second year of graduate school in a "985" university in Beijing, roughly calculated that more than 7 adults in his class are taking public and editorial examinations.
What are the considerations why young people flock to the public examination and the editor?
"Becoming a teacher in the establishment seems to be my only option." Many inspectors have job stability as their first goal, and so does Shiraba.
In June 2021, she graduated from a university in Hunan with a bachelor's degree in preschool education and entered a public kindergarten in Changsha as a contract worker, "At that time, during the interview, the job advertisement said that she could pay five insurances (endowment insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, work-related injury insurance and maternity insurance), including food and accommodation, and solve one housing fund (housing provident fund) three years later." ”
When she signed the contract with the kindergarten, she learned that the actual situation was not consistent with the promise in the job advertisement, "The kindergarten director said that he would not solve the accommodation for me, and the provident fund did not know when it would be in place." ”
In 2022, Wu Jiang got offers from some small and medium-sized companies in Changsha, and he found that the protection mechanism of these companies was not sound, "Most companies will not pay you the provident fund at all, and many small and medium-sized companies also directly explain that the company will pay five insurances only after working for at least one year, saying that it is to 'see your stability'." ”
In fact, the five insurances and one housing fund, which are regarded as "welfare", are a statutory mandatory obligation. Article 2021 of the Labor Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that employers and employees must participate in social insurance and pay social insurance premiums in accordance with the law. Article <> of the Administrative Measures for the Deposit of Housing Provident Fund in Changsha, issued in <>, stipulates that state organs, public institutions, state-owned enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises, urban collective enterprises, urban private enterprises and other urban enterprises, private non-enterprise units, and social organizations (hereinafter collectively referred to as units) within the administrative region of the city shall contribute to the housing provident fund for the employees with whom they have established labor relations.
"If I want to find a job with complete security, I can only go to the exam." At the beginning of 2022, Bai Ye embarked on the road of full-time preparation for the preparation of teachers, she applied for 9 positions, repeatedly took the exam back and forth between her hometown county and the provincial capital of Changsha, and in 2023, she became a teacher in a public kindergarten in Changsha.
Others make choices based on parental expectations. Ah Wei is a native of Shandong, and in order to meet his parents' wishes, he made plans for the public entrance examination at the undergraduate level. He said that some civil service positions will restrict majors. At the master's level, he chose to study diplomacy, "This belongs to the political science category, under this category, there are many positions that meet my interests and professional counterparts, and the selection of posts is relatively smooth." ”
However, some people did not seriously plan for the future, so they blindly followed the trend and embarked on the road of inspection.
Ah Wei's social media has nearly 6,<> followers, many of whom are companions on the road to the public examination and compilation examination. He noticed that some students majoring in biochemical rings have little choice in civil service positions, and can only be forced to choose some "three unlimited" careers, "which means that the competition is fierce."
Biochemical ring material is a collective name for four fields: bioengineering, chemical engineering technology, environmental science and engineering, and material science and engineering. "Three unlimited" refers to positions in the civil service and public institution examinations that are not limited to majors, education (college degree or above), and household registration.
Wang Xin, an undergraduate student majoring in bioengineering at a university in Hunan Province, will graduate in July this year. "At first, I wanted to continue my studies, but I failed the graduate school entrance examination."
In the midst of his parents' expectations, he was "forced" to apply for five civil service positions, "all of which are unlimited, and the number of applicants is even one of several hundred." After hard work, he got a chance to enter the post, but he finally gave up, "the monthly salary is 5,<>, too far from home, it is impossible to work there."
"Different majors and positions in the public examination have different levels of competition." Phoebe is a master's degree in journalism and communication from a "985" university in Beijing, and they have more choice of majors, and during their internship, "half of them went to the media, and half went to the Internet."
When it came time to graduate and look for a job, many people around Phoebe did not have a clear career plan, and they were still "following the flow" like patrolling the exam, and even missed a good job opportunity for this, "In order to go ashore for the official examination, it is too drilling." ”
There are also people who go to extremes because they blindly take the official examination and the editor's examination. According to media reports, a woman in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, did not look for a job after graduating from university, was forced by her parents to take the public examination for 5 years, and was finally diagnosed with schizophrenia. The mother said, "My daughter has had some abnormal behavior since last year, and recently she has often answered questions in conversations with her family, claiming that she is the director. ”
"Go ashore" or not, take the road under your feet to find the answer
Xiaochun, who has experienced the inspection, has experienced the feeling of "going ashore". Now, she has entered an interview with a natural resources bureau in Guangdong City, and "there is a great chance of going ashore", but the anxiety and confusion she once had still made her unforgettable.
At the end of 2021, Koharu was nervously preparing for the first entrance examination, "At that time, I felt that if I couldn't get into graduate school, my life would be over." ”
For most of the past six months, after failing the graduate school entrance examination and being unemployed at home, Koharu's life does not seem to be "finished", on the contrary, he sees more possibilities in life.
"There is only one chance to enter graduate school, I have to study hard for a year, give up a lot of things to fight this battle, and the mental pressure on people is quite great." After failing the graduate school entrance examination, she started the inspection of more than 20 positions, but in the process Koharu gradually got rid of anxiety, "I didn't even have a chance to cry if I failed, and I have an exam to prepare for next week." ”
"Everyone wants to go ashore, that's why there is a patrol phenomenon." Ah Wei feels that there is no need to be too harsh on the inspectors, and the opportunities people face are fair, "Some people are admitted to several positions at the same time, and they can only choose one position, and the later opportunities are also reserved for those who are prepared." ”
There are also voices that say, "It is unwise to go ashore in order to go ashore." Liu Xiaohao said that it is most important to measure my needs, "I value personal development, and I will consider cities with good development prospects and positions and units with room for improvement." In his view, some people just patrol the examination for the sake of going ashore, without comprehensive consideration of their own needs and job matching, even if they go ashore, it may be difficult to accept, and even cannot integrate into the local area, affecting their own development, which is all blindly examining.
"The biochemical ring material major has a strong professionalism, and the school cultivates future-oriented scientific research talents, and the entrance examination is not the most suitable choice for me." Today, Wang Xin wants to continue his graduate studies in the field of bioengineering.
"The so-called 'iron rice bowl' is just an option." Phoebe accumulated internship experience in several Internet companies during her graduate studies, and after receiving offers from multiple Internet companies, she then switched to the battlefield of the public examination. If she doesn't get into the civil service, she will choose to work in an enterprise, "It's also good to develop in the direction of technical work." ”
"If you can make a clear plan for your future development and go to the public examination, the success rate will be higher." Due to full preparation, 7 of the 5 positions in the Ah Wei exam successfully entered the interview, "The public examination examines the versatility of professional ability, strong strength, and can stand out anywhere." "Now, he has entered his favorite unit, and being able to combine the diplomatic major he has learned with specific job responsibilities in his post gives him a sense of gain and value."
Some made it ashore by patrolling, while others were still trying to swim to shore. "Whether you go ashore or not, only by walking the road under your feet can you find the answer to the future." Baiye said.
(Note: Phoebe, Baiye, Ah Wei, and Koharu are screen names)
Liu Yinheng, trainee reporter of China Youth Daily Source: China Youth Daily