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Efforts are afoot to redress labor shortage
By Lu Xiaofeng and Fei Lai |
February 28, 2011, Monday
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JIADING District finds itself in the throes of a labor shortage as it implements its strategy for industrial restructuring and upgrading.
After the Spring Festival holiday, the district's Employment Management Service Center for Migrant Workers has been posting between 600 and 1,000 job vacancies a day, 40 percent of them requiring some technical skills.
Shanghai Zhiyuan Vacuum Electronic Appliances Co set up a stall at the service center on February 16, trying to recruit mould workers and quality control supervisors. Applicants were few. "We're in urgent need of technical talent,'' said a manager in charge of employment at the company. "But it seems to be a bit difficult to find."
The district, like many parts of Shanghai, has felt the effects that China's development has been thrusting into the interior, poorer parts of the country that offer companies cheaper labors. As prospects for employment closer to their homes increased, many rural laborers are forsaking the traditional migration to richer, higher-cost coastal cities.
In an effort to attract the required work force, many Jiading companies have posted higher salaries than those in the past. The monthly salary for technicians was raised by about 500 yuan (US$75) a month. Some companies are even advertising pay on par with that of white-collar workers.
"To attract technical talents, some minor companies actively expose the pays for the workers," said Ye Benxi, a worker at the service center.
Last year, the district government organized a tour of 26 local companies to Shaanxi and Hubei provinces to hold job fairs at the grassroots level. The recruitment drive attracted more than 800 technicians and graduates from technical schools to the district. Of those, 667 have remained in Jiading.
Next month, several Jiading companies are organizing a recruitment tour to Shaanxi and Shandong provinces. The district has also signed labor cooperation agreements with local governments such as Yibin in Sichuan Province and Wanzhou in Chongqing Municipality.
At the same time, the district is trying to expand technical training programs.
After the Spring Festival holiday, the district's Employment Management Service Center for Migrant Workers has been posting between 600 and 1,000 job vacancies a day, 40 percent of them requiring some technical skills.
Shanghai Zhiyuan Vacuum Electronic Appliances Co set up a stall at the service center on February 16, trying to recruit mould workers and quality control supervisors. Applicants were few. "We're in urgent need of technical talent,'' said a manager in charge of employment at the company. "But it seems to be a bit difficult to find."
The district, like many parts of Shanghai, has felt the effects that China's development has been thrusting into the interior, poorer parts of the country that offer companies cheaper labors. As prospects for employment closer to their homes increased, many rural laborers are forsaking the traditional migration to richer, higher-cost coastal cities.
In an effort to attract the required work force, many Jiading companies have posted higher salaries than those in the past. The monthly salary for technicians was raised by about 500 yuan (US$75) a month. Some companies are even advertising pay on par with that of white-collar workers.
"To attract technical talents, some minor companies actively expose the pays for the workers," said Ye Benxi, a worker at the service center.
Last year, the district government organized a tour of 26 local companies to Shaanxi and Hubei provinces to hold job fairs at the grassroots level. The recruitment drive attracted more than 800 technicians and graduates from technical schools to the district. Of those, 667 have remained in Jiading.
Next month, several Jiading companies are organizing a recruitment tour to Shaanxi and Shandong provinces. The district has also signed labor cooperation agreements with local governments such as Yibin in Sichuan Province and Wanzhou in Chongqing Municipality.
At the same time, the district is trying to expand technical training programs.
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