According to relevant data on the campus website (http://www.13soso.cn/), although the demand for employees in enterprises in Guangzhou increased in May and June, the employment situation of college graduates remained bleak.
The talent market, which began to decline since August last year, started to recover in May and June this year. Recently, I saw from the statistical data of various job-seeking and headhunting websites that the demand for employees in enterprises has been continuously released since May, and by the end of June, the number of positions as a whole increased by about 10%.
However, the soaring talent market situation did not bring temporary psychological comfort to job seekers. According to statistics from Zhaopin.com, the expected salary of college students has dropped to the freezing point, with two out of ten college students expecting a monthly salary of only 1000-2000 yuan.
The largest increase in demand was in the import and export industry.
Recently, I saw from the data published by three major job-hunting and headhunting websites, Zhaopin.com, 51job.com, and ChinaHR.com, that the data searched from May 21 to June 21 showed that the number of positions provided by the related 20 industries and 20 types of jobs were 133,388 and 120,034 respectively, both of which have risen to varying degrees compared to the total number of positions provided in May.
In the Southern Talent Network, in June, 8,258 companies posted 311,942 positions. Compared to May, the increase in recruitment companies and position numbers were 21.6% and 12.2% respectively; the number of job seekers reached 380,972, an increase of 7.6% over last month. The statistics show that the increase in the number of job seekers is less than the increase in the number of recruiting companies and professions.
On the list of job increases, the data from recruitment websites such as Zhaopin.com shows that consulting/advisory positions, which had a 13.2% increase in May, performed poorly this month and showed a declining trend. The statistics indicate that the trade/import-export industry had the largest increase in the number of positions provided, at 16.1%. This indicates that as the impact of the financial crisis diminishes, industries that were heavily affected, such as financial and economic categories and trade-related enterprises, are gradually releasing their recruitment needs, and there is a strong demand for relevant positions. The real estate industry is currently in a recovery period, and with much of the country's 4 trillion yuan investment going into infrastructure construction, there is naturally a huge gap in construction and real estate talents, leading to a strong demand, so the increase in positions provided by the real estate industry is 7.44%, ranking second.
Enterprises heavily affected by the financial crisis, such as financial, economic, and trade-related enterprises, also regrouped in June as the economy recovered, continuing to release their recruitment needs. According to statistics, although the demand for financial/economic/trade-related positions fell from second place last month to fourth place in June, there is still a shortage of talent in these fields, with a supply-demand ratio of 0.65, indicating a shortfall of more than 30%.
College students' expected salaries fall to the freezing point.
Recently, the labor security department of Guangzhou city announced this year's wage guidance prices. The data shows that the average annual salary for professional and technical personnel is 53,896 yuan/year, increasing by 11.5%; the average annual salary for agricultural, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline fisheries, and water conservancy production personnel is 21,198 yuan/year, increasing by 6.85%; the average annual salary for production and transportation equipment operators is 39,787 yuan/year, increasing by 12.65%. Among them, the five occupations with the largest increase in wage levels are: Design Director (110.48%), Common Motor Maintenance Worker (96.55%), Environmental Protection Engineering Technician (82.89%), Machinery Equipment Installer (62.45%), and Planning Director (59.32%). Overall, the financial crisis has not significantly impacted the wage growth of high-end and specialized talents.
Despite the gradual easing of the contradiction between talent supply and demand, and despite the fact that the wage guidance price for specialized talents still shows some growth, recent graduates face a situation where "not having a bachelor's degree makes one more popular." According to the statistical data from Southern Talent Network, the sales/marketing category, which has the largest demand for fresh graduates, has a supply-demand ratio of 1:6.61 for undergraduates; while for those below the undergraduate level, the supply-demand ratio is 1:3.13.
Therefore, for the "sandwich layer" of undergraduates who lack the technical expertise of specialized talents but have relatively higher education levels, they can only "lower their standards" to secure a job.
According to the resume database data from Zhaopin.com, the following changes occurred in the expected salaries of fresh graduates: the proportion of salaries between 1000-2000 yuan rose from 19.80% in October last year to 20.31%, and this proportion continued to rise thereafter, reaching 20.89% by June this year.
Meanwhile, the proportions of expected salaries of 4000-6000 yuan and above 6000 yuan have decreased. Last June, the proportion of expected monthly salaries of 4000-6000 yuan for college students was 24.11%, while this June it was only 22.83%. For those expecting a monthly salary of over 6000 yuan, the proportion last June was 6.59%, and this June it declined to 6.22%.