A Million Graduates Ready for Internships

You Jun, vice minister of human resources and social security, said at a recent press conference that the number of Chinese college graduates this year reached a new record, totaling 8.74 million. The employment pressure is enormous when additional graduates who left schools in previous years and yet to find jobs are also counted. You said that this year’s epidemic outbreak has had a great impact on college graduates’ job-hunting. The spring is usually considered the golden season for recruitment. The epidemic has led to a decline in recruitment demand in the market, offline recruitment activities have stopped, internships have been interrupted, and many graduates feel anxious. In this regard, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, together with the Ministry of Education and other departments, actively responded to this situation and quickly launched a raft of policies and measures.

The first is to broaden employment channels by refining related policies. Apart from supporting startups and encouraging firms to hire graduates, those policies will guide graduates to occupy posts in grassroots units.

Second, recruitment services will be improved. This includes increasing online recruitment, launching online guidance, and organizing 100 career mentors to set up a “cloud classroom” of employment counseling.

Third, the scale of internship will be expanded. Enterprises that open their internship positions will receive state subsidies of 3-12 months.

Fourth, assistance for students in financial straits will be increased. For the graduates who have left the campus but are not employed, their information will be filed with education department to facilitate provision of relevant services.