China’s youth worry about the tough job market. Zhang, a recent psychology graduate looking for work in market research, has sent thousands of CVs to Chinese employers without success.
The 23-year-old, who ironically conducted a survey on jobseeking anxiety. As part of her university studies, has suffered emotionally from the months-long search.
She refused to give her full name out of concern for the consequences, telling AFP at a recruitment fair in Beijing this past weekend. “After graduating, I’ve found that the pressure is really huge.”
“For every ten resumes I send out I get one response,” she said.
Zhang is one of the many graduates who are flooding China’s job market at a time. When youth unemployment is at an all-time high.
With 21.3 percent of people aged 16 to 24 without jobs in June. The number has recently been breaking records every month.
Authorities abruptly announced on Tuesday that they would stop publishing age-related employment data. Raising public skepticism and worries about youth unemployment in the second-largest economy in the world.
Attendees of career fairs held in Beijing this week described a difficult environment for unexperienced candidates looking for their first or second job.
Yang Yao, a 21-year-old unemployed media professional, dismayed. After perusing the job listings at a fair in the heart of Beijing on Thursday. Employers were mainly looking for candidates for low-paying sales and administrative positions.
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He had left his previous position in the Zhejiang province of eastern China to relocate closer to his family in Beijing. And now, after a few weeks of fruitless job hunting, he filled with anxiety about his prospects.
“Every night I find myself worrying, what if I can’t find a job what will I do about living costs? And I can’t sleep at night,” he told AFP.