3 in 10 graduates yet to find work

时间：2007-11-01 08:03:23

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Nov.1 - Almost 30 percent of this year's university graduates had failed to find a job by the end of September, a spokesman for the Ministry1 of Education said Wednesday.

 

Five million students graduated this year, but 1.44 million of them are still unemployed2, Wang Xuming said.

 

The number of unemployed graduates has been increasing year by year, according to ministry statistics. In 2001, there were 340,000, last year there were 1.24 million.

 

For those who have found a job, 40.7 percent work for private or foreign-funded companies, while 0.4 percent had set up their own companies.

 

"Many university leavers have chosen to work at grassroots level because of government policies such as waiving3 the debts of graduates willing to work in the country's rural and western regions," Wang said.

 

Some 580,000 of last year's graduates found county- or village-level jobs, and more than 550,000 secured work in central and western regions.

 

In the past, few graduates would have welcomed such work.

 

However, most graduates still prefer jobs in large cities.

 

A survey by the Democratic League in Beijing of more than 1,200 fresh graduates from 20 universities in the capital found that 92 percent of the native Beijingers did not want to work outside the city.

 

Sixty-two percent of non-natives also wanted to stay.

 

Li Shihua, human resources director of an IT company in Beijing, said her company focuses on the character and capabilities4 of applicants5.

 

"We also consider the brand name of the university, but more important is the ability to solve practical problems," Li said.

 

A program launched in 1999 aimed at increasing student recruitment has also been blamed for increasing the pressure on the job market. In the first year of the campaign alone, enrollments swelled6 by 520,000 students nationwide.

 

"Because many graduates only focus on jobs with high salaries and direct links to their specialties7, they miss other good work opportunities," Hong Chengwen, a management professor at Beijing Normal University, said.

 

"But we need not be too pessimistic over the job situation as more opportunities will be created in the future. Self-employment and the new focus on vocational education should help people find jobs," Hong said.

 
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1 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
2 unemployed lfIz5Q     
adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的
参考例句：
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
3 waiving cc5f6ad349016a559ff973536ac175a6     
v.宣布放弃( waive的现在分词 )；搁置；推迟；放弃（权利、要求等）
参考例句：
  • Other steps suggested included waiving late payment charges, making quicker loan decisions and easing loan terms. 其他测试还包括免去滞纳金，尽快做出贷款决定和放宽贷款条件。 来自互联网
  • Stuyvesant Town offers the same perk on some apartments, along waiving the broker's fee. StuyvesantTown对于他们出租的某些房子也提供同样的好处，顺带还省略了中介费。 来自互联网
4 capabilities f7b11037f2050959293aafb493b7653c     
n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力
参考例句：
  • He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
  • Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
5 applicants aaea8e805a118b90e86f7044ecfb6d59     
申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
  • He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。
6 swelled bd4016b2ddc016008c1fc5827f252c73     
增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）
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  • The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染，他的手肿了起来。
  • After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后，河水猛涨。
7 specialties 4f19670e38d5e63c785879e223b3bde0     
n.专门，特性，特别；专业( specialty的名词复数 )；特性；特制品；盖印的契约
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  • Great Books are popular, not pedantic. They are not written by specialists about specialties for specialists. 名著绝不引经据典，艰深难懂，而是通俗易读。它们不是专家为专业人员撰写的专业书籍。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
  • Brain drains may represent a substantial reduction in some labor force skills and specialties. 智力外流可能表示某种劳动力技能和特长大量减少。 来自辞典例句

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