IN JOB HUNT, PEOPLE ARE YEARS APART

Significant differences show up in employment goals, depending on the period in which a person was born as told to Zhao Xinying

In Chinese society, the differences between people born in different decades are discussed and compared from time to time. The differences are deemed significant in various aspects of social life, and even between adjacent generations, such as those who were born in the 1970s and those born in the 80s or 90s.

In terms of jobs and careers, a recent report found that the first consideration of the post-1990 generation when hunting for a job is personal interest and preference.

The report, released by zhaopin.com, a leading Chinese job-hunting website, showed that this generation tends to be bold and willing experiences.

Another recent report by Tencent Browser showed that more than half of young people born after 1995 consider being an online celebrity— performing on live-streaming websites, for example — as an ideal job. Other exciting job opportunities for them include working as voice actors, cosmeticians, cosplayers or online game evaluators.

The report by zhaopin.com also found that people born in the 1990s are more likely to embrace the possibility of starting up their own businesses, compared with their post-70s and post-80s predecessors, whoare described as preferring stable jobs and feeling content with a steady work-life balance. to try various, fresh

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