The red name card with unconventional content from the recruiting unit was particularly eye-catching. Photo by Zhao Jie of The Express.
"They're actually just trying to grab attention this way," "Will there be hepatitis B or AIDS patients among my future colleagues?" "It's great to do charity work." At the recruitment fair for female university graduates held in Jiangsu Province in 2012, students had mixed opinions about a company that openly welcomed AIDS and hepatitis B virus carriers. Some booths were deserted while others were packed at the recruitment fair. Female university students generally showed little interest in positions that required low academic qualifications and mostly involved service-oriented work.
□ Fast Daily reporter Jin Feng
A non-profit organization recruiting
Welcoming AIDS and hepatitis B virus carriers
At the recruitment fair, a booth from an anti-discrimination non-profit organization was surrounded by layers of people. A red name card reading "Welcome disabled, hepatitis, and HIV carriers to apply" was placed in front of the booth, attracting countless students to watch.
"They're actually just trying to grab attention this way," "Will there be hepatitis B or AIDS patients among my future colleagues?" "It's great to do charity work," students discussed around the booth.
The organization is recruiting gender equality project assistants with a monthly salary of 2500 yuan, mainly responsible for volunteer liaison and management, organizing social surveys, writing policy opinion letters, etc.
In response to various comments, the head of the organization remained calm. He said that the organization is currently launching anti-gender discrimination work but has not been able to find suitable candidates, so they are taking advantage of this opportunity to recruit. "Our candidates need to have a spirit of hard work, be meticulous, have awareness of gender equality, focus on anti-discrimination issues, have strong writing skills, and can submit proposals to the government." In just three hours, the organization received more than 200 resumes.
For the recruitment method of the "anti-discrimination" slogan, students had mixed reactions. "We often encounter gender discrimination when looking for jobs now. If we can help others solve the unfair treatment they face, it would be very fulfilling," said a student from Nanjing Art College's Arts Management Department. "I'm not very familiar with this unit, but I think doing charity work is quite meaningful. I'll look up some information later to see if it suits me," said Jiang Hongyuan from Jiangsu Normal University.
Job requirements not high
Graduates feel a bit lost
According to the staff of the Jiangsu Provincial Higher Education Recruitment and Employment Guidance Service Center (Weibo), 95 employers from within and outside the province participated in the recruitment fair, providing 3565 job positions. There were no shortage of well-known enterprises, such as Red Sun Group Co., Ltd., Nanjing Osmanthus Duck (Group) Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Popular Bookstore Cultural Co., Ltd.
At the scene, the recruitment positions mainly involved sales, retail, customer service, human resources, administration, logistics, consulting, catering, tourism, software development, mechanical engineers, etc. Many positions did not require high academic qualifications, only requiring junior high school or college degrees or above, which instead made many students feel lost.
Li Huahuan, a postgraduate student in litigation law from Nanjing Normal University (Weibo), had already wandered around the venue for over two hours. Before seeing the reporter, she had only submitted her resume to one vocational college. "These job positions do not require high academic qualifications, and the nature of the work is mostly basic and service-oriented, with not much demand for skills and professional knowledge, almost no entry threshold. I hope to find some jobs that match my major, have development potential, and start at a relatively higher level."
Although she had passed the difficult judicial examination, Li Huahuan still felt anxious about where she could earn her first pot of gold. Postgraduate group:
"Reluctantly" looking for jobs
Zhang Ju, holding a file folder full of resumes, was queuing up at the China Life Insurance recruitment booth, eager to try out for the lecturer position. Previously, she had been preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination but did not neglect looking for a job. "I've already attended N recruitment fairs and submitted N resumes," she had already reached a preliminary employment intention with a training institution in Suzhou. Although she was still waiting for the release of the national line for the postgraduate examination, attending recruitment fairs was "reluctant" for her. "Some classmates gamble everything on the postgraduate exam, and if the results are not ideal, they end up in a passive situation. I think we must grasp multiple opportunities and make several preparations."
Hu Dongmei, a major in automation from Hohai University, took the postgraduate entrance examination for her school this year but also started looking for a job after the Spring Festival. Currently, the national line for the postgraduate examination is about to be released. "If I can get into graduate school, I will definitely continue studying because undergraduate competitiveness is not significant. Although majors vary, there isn't much distinction in capabilities. After graduating with a master's degree, there will be more choices."
Employers:
Some students blindly rush through
At the recruitment fair, some booths were deserted while others were crowded. As Alibaba's agent in Nanjing, Nanjing Yilian E-commerce Software Technology Co., Ltd.'s booth had a long queue. However, the recruiters said the effect was not ideal. "Many resumes were submitted, but few truly met our needs. Mainly due to insufficient experience among fresh graduates, for example, in the Weibo operation position, candidates need to negotiate with clients, but female candidates generally have a repulsion towards it. Many female applicants didn't know the nature of this position, blindly rushing through without deep industry understanding."
Compared with other companies, a textile enterprise from Wuxi closed its booth early. The recruitment information for accountants and salespeople with associate degrees or above on the promotional poster did not attract much interest from students. When asked whether there were other high academic qualification positions available, the recruiter said, "High-level talents in the enterprise can be cultivated themselves, but what the enterprise needs more are fresh graduates who can work at the grassroots level."