| The latest survey conducted by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security shows China's unemployment is decreasing but there are still many unemployed. Reports also show tertiary industries such as wholesale and social services offer the most jobs." Today, my lecturer gave me this piece of reading. It was published in 2002. Frankly, I cannot believe it. I wonder what was the methodology of this survey. My own experience and the those of my friends and classmates were not like this. we tried very hard to find proper jobs, if got one, we were not properly paid. I have worked for a college for two years, for those graduates who hadn't signed an employment contract, the college usually urged them to get one by any means, even persuade them to get into one without thinking of a term career development. A slogan the colleges throw to us was like this, "Get a job first, chose a career later on." We were pushed to get involved into a job before we actually know anything about the job. I think that's the main reason why fresh graduates are likely to hop off. Moreover, lots of people chosed to take a master course to secure their future employment. The figure of the entry exam participant has been increasing for years. Employee relation conditions for the lower class has deteriorated, for employees do not have real opportunity to do either collective barganing or strike, and the wage of fresh univerisity leavers has kept dropping for years. As a citizen, I felt great living pressure in Shanghai, while in the UK, people are having a comparatively easy life-its eay to get employed and well-paid.(at least for the British people) I didn't argue with my professor about the content for some reason which I don't know. Maybe I do not wish to offer a change for those English to diminish us. Is it right by doing so? |