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Job fairs open up early for migrants
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February 4, 2009, Wednesday
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JOBLESS migrant workers have shown up in huge numbers at job fairs across the country, even during the Spring Festival, eager to secure work in a tight market.
Zhang Yuancheng, a farmer-turned-electrician from central China's Hubei Province, was among the estimated 20 million migrant workers who lost their jobs ahead of the holiday as the global economic crisis affected China's economy.
"I am afraid I'd have little chance if I started looking late," said Zhang at the Tiantian Job Market in Shanghai.
Zhang arrived in the city last Wednesday, the third day of the Lunar New Year, when most migrant workers were still enjoying their holidays. He's been offered a job but is hoping for something better.
Job fairs are the first place migrant workers go to seek employment as mechanics, drivers and sales staff. Such fairs usually start after the Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year and traditionally marks the end of the annual holiday.
This year, the Lantern Festival is on next Monday. In response to the early return of many jobless migrant workers, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing held job fairs early.
The Tiantian market in Shanghai didn't close at all for the holidays so it could accommodate job seekers.
Beijing's first job fair this year opened on Monday at the Yonghegong Job Market. The market said a large job fair will be held later this month and smaller ones every week.
As employment chances have diminished in big cities, many job seekers have decided to take a chance on finding work in smaller cities. One such fair on Monday, in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province, drew more than 30,000 job seekers competing for 13,000 vacancies.
In Ganzhou City in eastern Jiangxi Province, a government-sponsored fair held after the Spring Festival had 30,000 jobs to fill. But that was far from enough to help 400,000 local residents who returned home after losing their jobs in cities.
Wang Jiazhen, a labor official in Pudong New Area of Shanghai, said the government would sponsor more job fairs for unemployed rural laborers. He said the district would also arrange another 12 job fairs for college graduates after the winter school break.
Zhang Yuancheng, a farmer-turned-electrician from central China's Hubei Province, was among the estimated 20 million migrant workers who lost their jobs ahead of the holiday as the global economic crisis affected China's economy.
"I am afraid I'd have little chance if I started looking late," said Zhang at the Tiantian Job Market in Shanghai.
Zhang arrived in the city last Wednesday, the third day of the Lunar New Year, when most migrant workers were still enjoying their holidays. He's been offered a job but is hoping for something better.
Job fairs are the first place migrant workers go to seek employment as mechanics, drivers and sales staff. Such fairs usually start after the Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year and traditionally marks the end of the annual holiday.
This year, the Lantern Festival is on next Monday. In response to the early return of many jobless migrant workers, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing held job fairs early.
The Tiantian market in Shanghai didn't close at all for the holidays so it could accommodate job seekers.
Beijing's first job fair this year opened on Monday at the Yonghegong Job Market. The market said a large job fair will be held later this month and smaller ones every week.
As employment chances have diminished in big cities, many job seekers have decided to take a chance on finding work in smaller cities. One such fair on Monday, in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province, drew more than 30,000 job seekers competing for 13,000 vacancies.
In Ganzhou City in eastern Jiangxi Province, a government-sponsored fair held after the Spring Festival had 30,000 jobs to fill. But that was far from enough to help 400,000 local residents who returned home after losing their jobs in cities.
Wang Jiazhen, a labor official in Pudong New Area of Shanghai, said the government would sponsor more job fairs for unemployed rural laborers. He said the district would also arrange another 12 job fairs for college graduates after the winter school break.
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