Faces of the Employment Season: A Youth Gathering and Scattering
Our reporter Wang Junlu
Jucai Road Station is a station on Hangzhou Metro Line 5 passing through Binjiang District.
Surrounded by green trees, surrounded by tall buildings, well-known companies gather near the subway station.
It's the winter season, and every morning, steamy and energetic faces gush out from this site, scattered in the surrounding buildings, like fish hiding in the ocean.
New forms of business are growing in this city, attracting a large number of young people with different educational backgrounds and experiences.
As of the end of 2021, Hangzhou has newly introduced 482,000 college students under the age of 35, and has been selected as the most attractive Chinese city in the eyes of foreign talents for 11 consecutive years.
In the "China City Talent Attraction Ranking 2021" released by relevant agencies, Hangzhou ranks second only to Beijing.
Only by getting close to these young people who are not rooted, or who have graduated or practiced, can they see their faces clearly behind the bustling city.
Here, dreams are bright or dark, and youth is gathered and scattered.
Get together
The Led screen scrolls the taxi arrival information in real time, and a pop-up window pops up on the phone to remind the road volume, congestion level and market price of food... People have not really stepped into the city, they have been surrounded by a series of numbers-this is just graduated When Pan Hang, who works in Hangzhou, arrived at Hangzhou East Railway Station, his first feeling arose.
Prior to this, he completed the five social insurance and one housing fund registration and medical insurance subsidy application online, without having to line up at the window.
"Know me better than my mother." Pan Hang muttered.
Among domestic cities, Hangzhou began to explore digital smart treatment earlier, with dozens of application scenarios such as "leave the field and pay later", "see a doctor and pay later", "tour for one hour", "Non-Zhejiang A Jishitong" and other dozens of application scenarios. It can be easily completed, and many scenarios are even non-sense payment.
For the younger generation, this convenience means more opportunities.
“Hangzhou’s digital innovation is very fast. The coffee shop always smells of novelty and creativity, so young people like it.” Pan Hang, who has just joined an Internet company in Hangzhou, said, “But the pace of life is comfortable and won’t let you Feeling urgency and suffocation."
Everyone's experience is different. Live e-commerce has turned the biological clocks of many young people upside down, chaotic day and night, and every second counts.
Jiubao is a gathering place for the live broadcast industry in Hangzhou.
In the apartment where Tang Xiaomin lived, all the lights were turned on at night, until dawn, "The young people who dress up in fashion do live broadcasts, and they stare directly at their phones when they go out."
When Tang Xiaomin graduated from University in 2019, all kinds of live broadcasts were already in full swing.
Walking on the street, Internet celebrity songs are playing in the small shop, and the anchors are shouting passionately when they turn on their phones.
Tang Xiaomin, who liked singing and dancing since he was a child, thought to herself: "Isn't the live broadcast just chatting with the audience? My conditions are not bad, or else try."
Leaving the county town in the northeast, and sitting in a sleeper for another ten hours, Tang Xiaomin finally arrived in the ideal city that he thought was most suitable for live broadcasting.
"Different from the dull atmosphere of my hometown, Hangzhou gives me a thriving young feeling."
First imitate other Internet celebrities to sing and dance, but the effect is not satisfactory.
"The number of live broadcast viewers is generally only a few hundred, and the only time it exceeds 1000 people is when I failed to connect with other anchors to PK and was punished." Tang Xiaomin continued to recall that a month later, she switched to live e-commerce live broadcasts, how did she train in the mirror? Faced with the product's "eyes shining", hundreds of clothes are tried every day, and the live broadcast script is filled with a notebook.
The live broadcast ended, it was early in the morning, and I fell asleep before I could remove my makeup.
After waking up at noon, she took a couple of takeaways. She began to sort and clean the clothes last night, some of which needed to be ironed and returned to the factory.
"The professionalism of this line is getting stronger and stronger." Tang Xiaomin likes to read the comments of fans, review the sales and performance of the live broadcast, and secretly note the shortcomings.
"For several weeks, I turned upside down day and night, and when I couldn't hold it back, I thought about leaving here and going home. But seeing someone in the live broadcast room has been with you, and I feel that I am not alone." Every live broadcast is coming to an end, and Tang Xiaomin is impressed. Interact with the audience, chat about each other's troubles, share recent interesting things, and some questions make her laugh from ear to ear.
A fan left a message to her: "Your smile is too contagious."
Through this small screen, Tang Xiaomin feels fullness and warmth-this is another attraction of the live broadcast industry to young people.
In 2021, the China (Hangzhou) live broadcast e-commerce industry base will land in Hangzhou Future Science and Technology City.
Hangzhou is further regulating its industrial development, focusing on cultivating 30 live broadcast e-commerce companies with demonstrative and leading roles, 10 influential e-commerce brokerage companies, and training more than 100 talents in the upstream and downstream industry chains.
"Tang Xiaomins" will have more opportunities to pursue their dreams.
Settle down
This summer, 21-year-old Zhao Renjie joined a software company in Zhejiang.
He is the youngest in the company, so he became the "brother" of his colleagues.
Growing up in Shandong and studying in Beijing, Zhao Renjie came to Hangzhou during the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River. The changeable weather and poor diet made him a headache for a time.
But "Jiedi" gained more warmth.
On the first day of employment, he got a hand-drawn map provided by his colleague, marking where to rent a house with high cost-effectiveness, cheap and convenient supermarkets, and where to go for minor illnesses...
"Although some information can be found on the mobile phone, the actual experience of my colleagues is obviously more reliable and caring." Following the directions of the map, Zhao Renjie quickly purchased a bunch of high-quality and inexpensive furniture.
Around the same time, Chen Gong, a graduate student of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, also came to a large enterprise in Hangzhou for an internship, hoping to get a job opportunity.
Renting has become the primary problem for this foreign guy.
A week before the internship, Chen Gong started a busy remote renting mode.
Short-term rentals, remote locations, graduation seasons, tight schedules, low budgets, various factors overlap, and there are few eligible housing units.
Chen Gong downloaded several rental apps in one go, listed his favorite listings on the paper, and switched and compared them over and over again.
When viewing the room online with the landlord, he cleared his throat and deliberately lowered his voice, "Pretend to be more mature, so that others think I am not a fool."
When he arrived in Hangzhou, Chen Gong went straight to his residence.
The landlord is a man about ten years older than himself, with a flat head, a beard, and black clothes.
Although he didn't have much contact with the landlord, Chen Gong later found out that he took good care of himself.
"I have to study at night, but the lights are a little dark. The landlord went out that night and bought a new light bulb for me to replace it." Chen Gong couldn't help thinking of his brother, who was taciturn but steady and reliable.
"Since you are here, you must fight hard." With this mentality, Chen Gong began his internship as an embedded software engineer.
The company's software system and code environment are very different from those in the classroom.
Depressed Chen Gong took the initiative to work overtime and asked other colleagues for technical knowledge.
"Thanks to the teachers for helping me, exercising in practice exercises people more than learning theory in class." The "make-up class" is basically over nine o'clock in the evening, and the bus has been suspended.
In Chen Gong's view, Hangzhou is a friendly city.
The sky is clear blue, the city is clean and tidy, and there is almost no trash on the road.
Sometimes I just look around at the intersection, passing cars will slowly stop, and the driver waved his hand to signal pedestrians to pass first.
Volunteers in scenic spots and subways often smile, and Mandarin is mixed with dialects to explain patiently to tourists.
Over the past few months, he has become more and more of a sense of belonging to this city. A firm foothold here is the next goal.
Enterprising
Employment is like a watershed.
Across the front are slightly immature students; when they cross the hills, they are transformed into hurried office workers.
The "Report on Employment Trends for College Students in the Fall of 2021" released by the Zhilian Campus Data Reporting Group shows that during the autumn recruitment period, the number of resumes posted on the graduate platform increased by 101.5% year-on-year.
With the re-empowerment of traditional industries by emerging technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and blockchain, the Internet, consulting, telecommunications, finance, retail, medical, tourism and other industries urgently need Internet thinking and knowledge and skills Compound talents.
In order to obtain internship opportunities, Xie Ke of Zhejiang University entered the competition for summer internships in Internet companies as early as March this year.
Resume application, written examination and evaluation, four rounds of business interviews, one round of HR interviews... It seems like walking a tightrope at high altitude, every step is careful.
"Waiting for three months is too boring." On the high-speed train returning from Shanghai to Hangzhou, Xie Ke suddenly received three notices from the company.
Touch up makeup, take a deep breath, and smile.
She worked hard to recover to her best condition and trot to the junction of the carriages to complete the remote interview.
Xie Ke had a very difficult first week. At most, there were 6 meetings a day waiting for her at the same time.
Self-doubt has become the biggest demon at this stage.
"Like a freshman who just entered school, he is careful not to expose his timidity in front of others." Xie Ke began to work secretly, learning the experience of his colleagues, and first come to the company every day, just for the boss to find it effortlessly when assigning jobs. Own.
It was late at night after finishing the planning project. "The little girl works so hard, so be careful on the way back." The security guard on patrol noticed her-similar things, the security might have to say it several times every night.
Xie Ke took it seriously, his nose was sore.
"No matter how hard you are, no matter how tired you are, it is your own choice. While you are young, you must work hard!" Xie Ke comforted himself.
Jiang Mingchi, who graduated from Sichuan University, was relatively lucky. After half a year of internship, he got the opportunity to become a regular employee in the art design position of Geely Automobile Group.
In the days of his internship, Jiang Mingchi was also a hundred uncomfortable.
The summer in Hangzhou is too humid. The continuous rain and indoor air-conditioning caused her to catch a bad cold when she grew up in the north. For many days, she couldn't speak in her throat, and she had a rash all over her body.
Jiang Mingchi understands that the biggest difference between work and internship is that "no one can help you in front of you, you can only rely on yourself". Every step is related to your future career. At the same time, you must also consider interpersonal relationships. "The whole person is more cautious and more careful. tired".
I used to focus on accomplishing the tasks I had at my disposal, but now I have learned to consider issues from more perspectives.
People around her praised her, she is no longer the frizzy little girl a year ago.
Progress at work will make Jiang Mingchi very happy.
A poster was originally only presented in the form of pictures, but she would use illustrations and derivative IP to innovate.
The small mind has gained a good communication effect, and Jiang Mingchi has been appreciated by everyone.
There is a long line after get off work, giving myself a long-cherished gift, humming a song and doing yoga before going to bed. This is the happiest time of the day for this girl who is working hard in Hangzhou.
warm current
In June of this year, Hangzhou launched the "Wanduolanghua" internship program for college students. There are 2,847 famous companies, famous institutes, and 160,000 internship training positions for college students around the world, involving digital economy, Internet +, life and health, and new manufacturing. , Financial services, human resources and other well-known enterprises, colleges and universities and important platforms.
At present, Hangzhou provides living allowances of 10,000, 30,000, and 100,000 respectively to fresh graduates with bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees who are eligible to come to Hangzhou to work.
Rental subsidies are granted to eligible full-time undergraduate and above graduates, with an annual payment of 10,000 yuan per household.
At the same time, the bank also provides an interest-free loan of 10,000 yuan to eligible fresh graduates.
Graduates only need to fill in their personal information, and these subsidies or loans can be credited to the account immediately after the review is passed.
Susanshan (a pseudonym) who came to Hangzhou to work after graduation is the beneficiary of these policies.
Born in a rural area in Guangxi, her family was in an ordinary family. Faced with increased expenses, she often made ends meet.
"After paying the rent every quarter, I can only eat instant noodles to save money. When ordering takeaways, I try to order less than 15 yuan." This kind of life lasted for about half a year.
After receiving this talent subsidy, Susanshan's life has been significantly improved.
She first transferred 5,000 yuan to her parents, and then placed an order to buy a seasonal dress.
Currently working in the Software Center of the Advanced Institute of Information Technology, Peking University, Zhejiang Province, I have moved into the Hangzhou talent apartment allocated by the company early.
"The rent is set uniformly by the government, 42 yuan/square meter, and the monthly rent is only 1500 yuan, which relieves the economic pressure. The apartment is very close to the company and can be reached in 10 minutes on foot."
On the way to employment, college students can still receive a lot of "cheering packages."
For example, “Hangbang Cai (Hangzhou will help you make a lot of money)”, “Qinghe 2021”, etc., will be integrated to form a gift package for college students to come to Hangzhou to help young talents integrate into Hangzhou faster.
After leaving the post-doctoral program, Lewen Yang from Zhejiang University was selected as one of the “Hundreds of Science and Technology Innovation Talents” of the University’s International Science and Innovation Center to engage in research in the field of biomedical materials.
Soon, a set of "green lotus gift packages" including fixed-amount bus and subway vouchers, annual cultural and tourism cards, free rights to West Lake scenic spots, and birthday vouchers will be available.
According to the Talent Office of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, as of the end of 2021, nearly 700,000 people have applied for talent codes, and more than 3 billion yuan of policy subsidies have been honored.
If the talent subsidies make up for the economic shortcomings of college students' employment, then the "green lotus package" helps them integrate into social life better.
Yang Lewen is usually under pressure from scientific research, but now with her talent code, she can visit dozens of tourist attractions for free.
"Now I'check in' historical attractions whenever I have time on weekends, and I have met many new like-minded friends while relaxing." Through the activities, Yang Lewen met many new friends and exchanged WeChat with her favorite boys.
She began to look forward to the next outing again.
Gather and disperse
To young people who are looking for jobs, the city is like a mobile station.
Some people come first, some stick to it, and some leave.
Five years ago, Liu Kai, the host of B station up, gave himself a screen name: "I haven't been to Starbucks when I was 20 years old."
He had just graduated from university and entered a venture capital company in Hangzhou with a bag.
The company is newly established, with less than 20 employees, huddled in a two-story building next to Wulin Square.
At that time, the term "program ape" had just become popular on the Internet, and was used to tease the high-load work of program developers.
Liu Kai doesn't understand the meaning, but is determined to make a career.
In order to save money and time, Liu Kai rented a single room in the village in the city.
Every time I get home, I have to walk through a row of bungalows.
The street is blocked by clothes sticking out to dry, and the peeling wall is covered with small advertisements. You have to beware of the sudden emergence of rubbish under your feet.
"Woke up in the morning with the loud and honest cries of the vendors. The uncle who finished the morning exercise came back with vegetables and humming opera. Although the environment is a little worse, I enjoy the smell of fireworks here." Liu Kai said.
What made him decide to leave was a medical examination.
After a year of work on "Double 11", in order to welcome the new program online, Liu Kai's team worked overtime continuously.
Recalling that "gray" time, he didn't eat much under anxiety, so he relied on coffee and strong tea to maintain energy.
One night, when Liu Kai got up from his chair, thousands of locusts suddenly got into his ears, and his head was buzzing and painful. The huge tinnitus cut him off from the whole world.
"I'm sick." A flash of lightning flashed subconsciously in Liu Kai's mind, shattering his stable life plan.
Liu Kai made an appointment for a physical examination, and the doctor informed him that he had severe lumbar muscle strain and cervical spondylopathy.
For the next week, Liu Kai felt dizzy and nauseous as soon as he saw the computer screen. At that moment, he knew he could not continue working as a programmer.
"I'm still young, so I can't just leave it like this." Liu Kai had the idea of leaving for a city life.
After leaving Hangzhou, Liu Kai first gave himself a good vacation.
From Japan, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, and Iran, Liu Kai spent his savings and went around Asia alone.
Acts that seem cool to others have their own considerations for Liu Kai.
"Since childhood, he has been a good boy in the eyes of others, studying diligently, and working hard." Liu Kai said that his resignation gave him the opportunity to truly enjoy his life and wanted to "completely go crazy once."
The customs and wonderful experiences of the foreign country greatly relax Liu Kai’s nerves that were strained by work before. He gradually discovered the joy of recording as he walked and photographed, "Leave a memory for myself, and only after many years will I feel that I once left. So many roads."
Since 2019, Kai Liu is a full-time travel video blogger, uploading travel Vlogs and secret exploration experiences to the Internet.
Now Liu Kai does not have a "home" in the strict sense, and walking to a city is where he stays.
But he knew that the road now started from Hangzhou.
Compared with Liu Kai, Han Zhengsang's departure was not so easy.
"After our comprehensive investigation, you are not suitable for this job." HR's words are still in Han Zhengsang's ears.
After entering the company through school recruitment, she did not expect to re-apply for a job in less than five months.
The Internet industry, which has been advancing all the way, is currently undergoing the test of transformation and regulation.
Some companies have closed their recruitment doors, and others have laid off a large number of employees.
Han Zhengsang's company is also hard to escape, "I am not reconciled, why am I the one who was eliminated."
Tuyere is also a risk.
In recent years, the Internet industry has attracted a large amount of investment and a large number of outstanding young people have been employed, which has also brought fiercer competition and challenges.
Wanting to gain a foothold in Hangzhou, where the digital economy is crowded together, means paying more hardships.
For the next week, Han Zhengsang shut himself in the rental house and turned on the TV to its maximum volume.
After thinking about it, she chose to return to her hometown and choose a relatively stable life.
The day before leaving Hangzhou, she deliberately ran to the West Lake again, leaving a photo with the broken bridge, "I like the evening breeze by the West Lake, I will print out the photo and put it in my wallet."
"Parents are getting older, so they are close to home and it is convenient to take care of them, so they should change their way of life." Han Zhengsang comforted himself in this way.
(Participate in the collection and writing: Zhou Xinda)