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Troubling trend posed by craze for civil service jobs
By People's Daily website |
December 5, 2012, Wednesday
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ON November 25, around 1.12 million people packed schools and universities across China to take the National Public Service Exam. That's a record number of people seeking a stable government job.
Most candidates are university graduates, part of a massive expansion of higher education in China. Many choose to sit for exams simply because they perceive government jobs to offer stability and status.
Increasing reports of professional people living in cramped quarters and fierce competition in private or foreign-run enterprises have frightened more and more young people.
By comparison, with rare exceptions a government employee will never receive a salary cut or be fired. And he or she enjoys good social welfare and high social status.
Despite economic growth, the nation's social welfare program lags behind. This makes many people feel insecure. They always put welfare first when choosing jobs, rather than consider their own interests and abilities.
To change this craze for civil service, we should stop recruiting people for life and start evaluating their performance in government jobs.
We should also expand and enhance our social security system and step up political reform.
Most candidates are university graduates, part of a massive expansion of higher education in China. Many choose to sit for exams simply because they perceive government jobs to offer stability and status.
Increasing reports of professional people living in cramped quarters and fierce competition in private or foreign-run enterprises have frightened more and more young people.
By comparison, with rare exceptions a government employee will never receive a salary cut or be fired. And he or she enjoys good social welfare and high social status.
Despite economic growth, the nation's social welfare program lags behind. This makes many people feel insecure. They always put welfare first when choosing jobs, rather than consider their own interests and abilities.
To change this craze for civil service, we should stop recruiting people for life and start evaluating their performance in government jobs.
We should also expand and enhance our social security system and step up political reform.
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