Jobless parents no help to grads
By Jia Feishang |
June 21, 2010, Monday
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FRESH graduates whose parents are jobless or retired posted the lowest employment rate among their peers last year due to the lack of social resources and job information, a survey covering 220,000 respondents revealed yesterday.
They, along with graduates from rural families or the children of migrant workers, considered job fairs the main channel to collect job information and distribute resumes.
Graduates with parents working in management posts, the service industry or as professionals had a higher employment rate. And they found jobs mainly through help from family and friends, said the survey, conducted by MyCos, a leading evaluation institute for higher education.
Graduates from families in which no other members were working counted for 11 percent of those who gained employment last year. But 13 percent of unemployed graduates belonged to this category.
"The 2 percent gap shows that this group is disadvantaged when looking for jobs," MyCos said.
In addition, graduates from unemployed and peasant families had the lowest salaries - 2,347 yuan (US$343.75) and 2,223 yuan a month respectively.
While those with parents working in management positions had the highest average at 2,704 yuan per month.
It's more difficult for graduates with unemployed or retired parents to find a job - one offer available after applying for 14 posts.
But if their parents are higher up the corporate ladder, the graduates needed to send out only nine applications before finding work, according to the survey.
Gu Xiaoming, a sociology professor with Fudan University, said the result is not a surprise.
"Employers usually prefer to hire graduates with social connections," said Gu, who also criticized such hiring practices as "stupid."
They, along with graduates from rural families or the children of migrant workers, considered job fairs the main channel to collect job information and distribute resumes.
Graduates with parents working in management posts, the service industry or as professionals had a higher employment rate. And they found jobs mainly through help from family and friends, said the survey, conducted by MyCos, a leading evaluation institute for higher education.
Graduates from families in which no other members were working counted for 11 percent of those who gained employment last year. But 13 percent of unemployed graduates belonged to this category.
"The 2 percent gap shows that this group is disadvantaged when looking for jobs," MyCos said.
In addition, graduates from unemployed and peasant families had the lowest salaries - 2,347 yuan (US$343.75) and 2,223 yuan a month respectively.
While those with parents working in management positions had the highest average at 2,704 yuan per month.
It's more difficult for graduates with unemployed or retired parents to find a job - one offer available after applying for 14 posts.
But if their parents are higher up the corporate ladder, the graduates needed to send out only nine applications before finding work, according to the survey.
Gu Xiaoming, a sociology professor with Fudan University, said the result is not a surprise.
"Employers usually prefer to hire graduates with social connections," said Gu, who also criticized such hiring practices as "stupid."
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