Returnees’ employment is not only "North, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen" (reports on the employment observation series of overseas returnees (2))
Our reporter Sun Yahui
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In 2019, Li Zimeng, a girl from Chengdu, left Beijing, where she had worked for 4 years, and went to Hangzhou to formally join Alibaba's new retail technology business group. She went to the UK for communication and study at the undergraduate level, and then joined an Internet company in Beijing to work in software development after graduation. .
Li Zimeng told reporters that the salary of this job in Hangzhou is similar to that of her in Beijing, but the threshold for settlement is much lower than that in Beijing. Considering many factors such as future housing purchases and children’s education, she decided to “change the environment. Make another break."
Where can I find employment after studying abroad? If asked in the past, "North, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen" would be the most frequent city, but now, the answer to this question is more diverse.
"New front line" becomes the first choice for employment
Talents are fundamental to urban development. In terms of attracting talents and gathering talents, the “new first-tier cities” represented by cities such as Hangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Nanjing, Wuhan, and Xi’an are increasing investment, adopting policies and favorable environments, and attracting overseas returnees to find employment. Entrepreneurship shows no less than or even better than first-tier cities in attracting talents.
After the outbreak of the epidemic at the beginning of this year, Hangzhou took the lead in launching the eight major measures of "warring the epidemic to attract talents and Hangzhou to the future", granting a one-time living allowance to fresh graduates, and at the same time granting an annual rental subsidy of 10,000 yuan, and at the same time increasing the housing subsidy for high-level talents , The highest housing subsidy for top talents in category A "one person, one discussion" can reach 8 million yuan.
In Suzhou, through the construction of schools for the children of overseas returnees, the provision of green channels for medical treatment, and the issuance of Gusu Talent Cards, various measures have been taken to solve the worries about housing, children's education, and medical care that may be faced after coming to Suzhou.
In Chongqing, in order to support the innovation and entrepreneurship of Yuzhong District after graduation from overseas students, more than 140 entrepreneurial companies for overseas students established the Yuzhong District Returnee Innovation and Entrepreneurship Open Alliance and Yuzhong District Returnee Entrepreneurship Association, and successively launched the "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Dream Show for Overseas Students" and "International Students" Activities such as "Enterprise Activity Week" have held recruitment fairs for overseas returnees for 4 consecutive years, and more than 200 companies have provided many high-quality jobs for overseas returnees.
In Qingdao, the Settlement New Deal provides talents with a series of package benefits: college students in youth colleges, domestic (overseas) colleges and universities with a junior college degree or above, can apply for settlement in Qingdao, and qualified talents can also apply for talent apartments. .
In Nanjing, graduates and above, undergraduates under the age of 45 (including those who have returned from abroad and part-time postgraduates) can settle down with their academic certificates; those with a college degree under 40 can settle down after participating in insurance for half a year in Nanjing... …Full of sincerity in attracting talents, in exchange for talents, more talents are moving to the "new first-tier cities", according to the relevant data in the "2019 Returnees Employment Ability Survey Report", "new first-tier" cities returnees are employed The number has accounted for nearly 31% of the total number of returnees in the country.
Hainan Free Trade Port is expected
On June 1 this year, the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port" was officially announced, marking a crucial step in the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics. Hainan's development on the fast lane has also given many returnees new expectations for employment in Qiong.
In September, Wu Yucheng will officially join a cross-border e-commerce company in Haikou. He graduated from the Business School of the University of Glasgow in the UK and is a Hebei guy. For his decision to go south, his parents gave strong support. “The construction of Hainan Free Trade Port is vigorously advancing, and a series of measures have been introduced to support the introduction of talents and industrial development. For international students, Hainan can give full play to our own advantages in overseas education. This is a promising land.” Wu Yucheng is confident. full.
As early as May 2018, Hainan has officially issued the "Millions of Talents Entering Hainan Action Plan (2018-2025)" to vigorously support the construction of innovative and entrepreneurial vehicles, gather various key industrial enterprises, and relax restrictions on the settlement of college graduates. Support all kinds of talents to innovate and start businesses independently Through continuous improvement of education, medical and other supporting resources, we will attract, retain and make good use of talents, so that more overseas students are willing to come to Qiong to realize their dreams in life.
On August 6, Hainan Province's 2020 first batch of global recruitment of 30,000 talents on-site matchmaking meeting and 2020 Hainan Province Private Enterprise Recruitment Conference was held in Haikou, and more than 60 high-quality companies threw olive branches to job seekers.
At the job fair, Tang Sijia, who has been working in Shenzhen for two years, was chatting with the human resources director of a financial securities company. Tang Sijia graduated from George Washington University with a major in auditing. She paid attention to this a long time ago. A job fair in order to find a position suitable for you to play your professional strengths here.
"The construction of Hainan Free Trade Port requires a large number of talents with international education background and international vision. There will be a broader development space in the future and it is full of challenges." Tang Sijia said.
High-level returnees prefer first-tier cities
Looking at the whole country, while the "new first-tier" cities are attracting attention, the first-tier cities have not lost their former appeal. In fact, for many high-level returnees, "North, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen" is still their best choice.
In the “Wishness of Overseas High-end Talents Returning to China under the New Situation” launched by the Research Center for Future Education Management of Peking University, nearly 6,000 returnees who had studied abroad or worked in developed countries and regions were among the returned Ph.Ds. 82.4% of the respondents expected to be in Beijing Employment in cities such as, Shanghai, etc., shows a high degree of concentration. 10.2% of the respondents chose the eastern region, while the proportions of the western and central regions were only 3.2% and 2.9%. The level of regional economic development and related talent policies are the main considerations when returning returnees choose their place of employment, while housing prices, cost of living, and education development are secondary factors.
In this survey, more than half of the returned returnees surveyed expect to find employment in universities or scientific research institutes. Among the consideration factors for determining employment institutions, the main factors include whether the institution is listed as a “double first-class” and whether the national subject ranking of the professional institution is reliable. First class, salary package and supporting research funds are secondary factors. It can be seen that the prospects of career development platforms are more important to the interviewed high-level returnees, and are the key to their choice of employment.
"The pressure of living in Shanghai is indeed not small, but the city is full of vitality for development. As long as they can endure hardship, there are still many opportunities for young people." Luo Zhen graduated from Paris VI University in France, a European university. Top universities are world-renowned for having 19 Nobel Prize winners. When she returned to China in 2018, Luo Zhen hesitated whether to go to Shanghai for work or return to her hometown of Hefei, Anhui. After thinking about it, she finally made the choice to stay in Shanghai.
If you want to retain talents for a long time, in the final analysis, it is the competitiveness of cities. The unabated charm of first-tier cities is precisely because of the development prospects that returnees see here. For many returned overseas students, the policy of attracting talents is very important, but it is more important to provide them with a stage to fully display their talents. If the heart is retained, people can retain it.