Recruiters beset by picky job-seekers
Print Edition
A recent job fair in Qibao Town faced an awkward dilemma: employers said they couldn’t find ideal employees and job hunters said they couldn’t find ideal jobs.
More than 1,000 jobs were on offer from 90 companies seeking to fill vacancies for positions such as office assistants, information technology specialists, sales personnel and finance workers. Relatively high salaries accompanied many of the jobs. Still, the response was weak.
For example, Shanghai Xionghan International Trade Co was looking to recruit 30 people in fashion-related jobs, including fabric purchasers and designers. The positions didn’t require advanced education and monthly salaries ranged between 5,000 yuan (US$804) and 8,000 yuan.
The company, however, received only two resumes at the fair. “Although we don’t require a strong educational background, we do require some work experience,” said a human resources official at the company, who declined to give his name. “I think that may have made many job-seekers flinch.”
However, trainee positions in governmental departments weren’t popular either. The Qibao Town Affairs Center, which organized the job fair, said many people aren’t looking for “secure jobs,” such as civil service, anymore. And salaries of about 60,000 yuan a year aren’t attractive to new graduates.
For their part, job seekers complained that it is increasingly difficult to find suitable work nowadays.
A 26-year-old resident of Qibao, who gave only his surname Luo, said has been job-hopping since graduation but he can’t seem to find work that promises a long-term, stable career.
“I worked in customer service for an online store for several months, and I worked part-time for half a year,” said Luo. “I don’t know what kind of job I want anymore. My only criteria are a high salary, interesting work and a workplace close to home. That seems almost impossible to find now.”
A migrant worker from Anhui Province, surnamed Sun, was equally disillusioned. He said he has been to several job fairs since moving to Shanghai this year.
“It’s too tedious just being a deliveryman or a restaurant waiter,” he said. “Other jobs either offer very low salaries or require high educational background.”
Job fair organizers said it appears that too many job-seekers are reaching for the moon instead of being realistic.
“People want high salaries, low job stress and an ideal work environment,” said Lu Ying, an official with the Town Affairs Center. “It doesn’t pay to be so picky in a job market with such fierce competition.”
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
