北京招聘会人满为患大学生一职难求

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　　As Economy Weakens, Frustration for Many at a Beijing Job Fair 2009年2月12日
       
        　　More than 60,000 job seekers over two days flooded into a Beijing job fair this past weekend to compete for jobs.
       
        　　The problem: Only about 10,000 jobs were being offered, offering a glimpse at the frustrations of many Chinese - many young and soon-to-be college graduates - looking for work. The government expects around 6.11 million college students will graduate from universities this summer, a 48% increase compared to the 4.13 million graduates back in 2006.
       
        　　Jointly sponsored by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and three human resources companies, the job fair, entitled 'Creating Future Together,' boasted around 700 companies with open positions at the Beijing International Exhibition Center. But this year's job fair included fewer large, multinational companies. Most of the companies with jobs on offer were privately owned small or medium sized companies.
       
        　　Yu Miao, a 24-year-old college graduate, was one job seeker. Since graduating from the Northeast Dianli University in the city of Changchun with a bachelor degree's in computer sciences last July, he has been living in a rented small apartment with a couple of his classmates in southern Beijing while looking for a job. Yu registered himself into a five-month training program in August during the slowdown caused by the Beijing Olympics, figuring nobody would be hiring during the Games and the skills would make him more marketable. But when the program ended, the economy had turned down and work had dried up.
       
        　　Squeezing into the crowd Sunday, Yu came to the stand of the Beijing Founder Broadband Network Technology Co. to apply for a position as a computer engineer in its research-and-development department. However, after a brief talk with the interviewer, Yu was told not suitable for the job, and his resume was not accepted. Disappointed, Yu rolled up his resume in his hand and moved on. So far, only half of Yu's college classmates have found jobs, he said.
       
        　　'Some of them are not satisfied with their jobs, but we don't have many choices. To have a job already is very lucky,' he said.
       
        　　The small stand for Anta China Co., a famous sport shoe company in China, was surrounded by dozens of people. About 1,000 applicants ultimately applied for roughly 30 positions, one booth staffer said. Zhu Jianyong, a 23-old college student from the North China University of Technology, was one of them. Zhu wanted to apply for a position as a shoe designer, he said, but with his lack of experience he thought his chances were slim. 'I still feel like finding a job in a big or medium sized company with stronger capability to withstand the crisis, but it's really hard to find one that suits my major these days,' he said.
       
        　　At the booth for Fantong.com, a Beijing-based company that operates a Web site that takes restaurant reservations, company representatives gathered 500 resumes over the two days. Total number of jobs the company had open: 20. Li Lei, the human resources manager for Fantong.com, said the company saw more highly-educated people applying for low-level positions than in previous years. Among the 500 applicants, Li said, only around 30 people were expected to go through further interviews with the company in the coming week.
       
        　　After an afternoon wandering through the job fair, Ma Xinrui, a student at Beijing Union University, submitted only one resume, to a human-resources company called 51job.com. A computer science major, Ma instead hopes to land a job as a secretary or receptionist with a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan, or roughly $290. 'Most of the companies still require at least one year's working experiences for their applicants, putting fresh graduates in a very difficult position,' said Ma. She is going to graduate in July.
       
        　　北京招聘会人满为患 大学生一职难求
       
        　　过去这个周末，北京一个招聘会短短两天内涌入了超过60,000名求职者。
       
        　　问题是，招聘会只提供了大约10,000个工作岗位；这给很多年轻的大学毕业生和即将毕业的大学生带来了难寻工作的挫败感。中国政府预计，今年夏天将有大约611万名大学生毕业，较2006年的413万人增加了48%。
       
        　　这场名为“共创未来”的招聘会是由中国国际贸易促进委员会和三家人力资源公司共同主办的，地址设在北京国际展览中心，共有大约700家公司前来设展招聘。但今年的招聘会少有大型跨国公司的身影。大多数招聘公司都是私有的中小型公司。
       
        　　Photo by Xinhua 北京招聘会24岁的大学毕业生于渺（音）就是其中一名求职者。去年7月毕业于东北电力大学计算机专业后，他一直和几位同学租住在北京南部的一个小房子里，努力寻找工作。去年8月的北京奥运会期间，他参加了一个为期5个月的培训项目。于渺当时认为奥运期间没人会招聘，培训技能可以使自己更有竞争力。但培训项目结束的时候，中国经济也出现了下滑，就业市场陷入了干涸。
       
        　　周日奋力挤过人潮后，于渺来到了北京北大方正宽带网络科技有限公司的展台，申请该公司研发部门的一个计算机工程师职位。但经过与面试者的短暂交谈后，于渺被告知他不适合这个职位，对方也没有收下他的简历。于渺失望地将简历卷在手中继续前行。他说，目前他的大学同学只有一半找到了工作。
       
        　　于渺说，一些同学不满意现在的工作，但我们没有很多选择。有一份工作就已经是很幸运了。
       
        　　中国知名运动鞋公司安踏体育用品有限公司的展位前围满了数十位求职者。一位设展人员说，安踏此次提供了大约30个职位，却有大约1,000名求职者申请。祝建勇（音）也在其中，他是一名23岁的北方工业大学学生。祝建勇说，自己想申请一个鞋设计师的职位，但由于缺乏经验，他觉得自己希望渺茫。祝建勇说，我仍然想在一家大中型公司找工作，它们拥有更强的实力可以抵御危机；但这些天的确很难找到一个适合我专业的工作。
       
        　　饭统网是北京一家提供就餐预定服务的网站。该网站也在北展设置了展位上，公司代表两天下来收到了500份简历。而该公司总共只提供了20个职位。饭统网人力资源经理李雷表示，与前几年相比，如今有更多受过高等教育的人申请低级别职位。李雷说，在500名求职者中，只有大约30人会在未来几周接受公司的进一步面试。
       
        　　在招聘会徘徊了一个下午后，北京联合大学学生马新瑞（音）只向人力资源公司前程无忧网送出了一份简历。马新瑞本是计算机专业学生，但她现在只希望得到一份月薪为人民币2000元（约290美元）的秘书或接待工作。今年7月即将毕业的马新瑞说，大多数公司仍然要求求职者至少拥有一年工作经验，这使得应届毕业生面临着非常困难的处境。