In 2006, it was difficult to find a job. What should these 4 million college students do?

"For us, finding a job is the most important job." A graduate of Renmin University Law School in 2006 lamented this.

From mid-June 1 1 to now, 52-year-old Liang Ruixia has attended six job fairs for college students in Guangdong, for fear that her daughter studying in Beijing would miss her job opportunities. "I'm here to send my daughter a resume." Among many young students, she always stands out.

With the expansion of enrollment in China's colleges and universities in recent years, once-favored college students will soon worry about employment.

On February 8th, Minister of Education Zhou Ji revealed that the number of college graduates nationwide will reach 410.3 million in 2006, and more than 25 million college graduates will need employment during the 11th Five-Year Plan period. Where will such a huge employment force go?

Hot majors take turns.

"One trick is fresh, eat all over the sky". In the graduate employment market, major is the "trick" to "eat all over the world". Every year, several majors are particularly favored, which is reflected in demand and salary.

If the salary level is used to judge whether it is a hot major, then the mechanical automation major is undoubtedly the lucky one in 2005. According to the employment statistics of graduates in 2005, among all kinds of majors studied by college graduates last year, the monthly income of mechanical automation specialty was 2750 yuan; Followed by the news media major, 2600 yuan; Once again, it is an economic and trade major, 2550 yuan. Previously recognized "hot" management majors and computer majors earned 2,000 yuan and 2,200 yuan respectively. However, before 2003, the law major, which was in the forefront of the employment rankings in colleges and universities, disappeared in 2005, making it difficult to find traces among the eight popular majors.

So who will be the new favorite in 2006? Maybe demand can tell us the answer. According to the survey of Graduate Employment Research Institute of Renmin University, the industries that need talents in 2006 include information industry, economy and trade industry, modern commodity manufacturing industry, construction industry, basic industry, finance industry, education industry, social service industry, medicine industry and health industry. Demand is also reflected in various campus job fairs, presentations and double elections in economically developed areas such as Zhejiang and Shanghai. Judging from the situation in the second half of 2005 in Zhejiang Province, five science majors such as IT electronics, industrial manufacturing, architecture and real estate, biochemistry and medical care are favored by employers, especially IT electronics. Among liberal arts majors, the market prefers marketing, economy and finance, and logistics trade. An example is that when a large logistics enterprise in Zhejiang recruits fresh college students, the starting salary is 6,000 yuan to 8,000 yuan per month, and there is still much room for improvement after becoming a full member. The situation in Shanghai is similar. Computer information service and Internet industry, electronic communication industry, bank insurance and financial services industry respectively occupy the top three jobs for graduates.

Civil servants and "high fever" in postgraduate entrance examination

Jobs with difficult employment, great competition, stability and high salary naturally become the first choice for graduates. The first choice is civil servants, a special industry.

According to authoritative statistics, in 2006, the number of civil servants registered in state organs reached a record 6.5438+0.000 million, an increase of nearly 654.38+0.000% compared with 540,000 last year. At the same time, the ratio of the number of applicants to the number of candidates is as high as 50: 1, while just a year ago, this figure was still 30: 1. However, this ratio is only the average level, and the competition for some positions is far more intense than this. The average number of applicants for the five most popular positions exceeded 1 000, and the number of applicants for a position of "grass-roots organization management" in the Central Committee of the Chinese Revolutionary Committee even reached 20 1.4. "I didn't expect a brigade to compare with me!" A classmate who signed up for the post of "grass-roots organization management" in the Central Committee of the Chinese Revolutionary Committee joked. Behind the joke is the helplessness of college students' employment. "The civil service exam has become the most difficult exam in the country, and we can only try our best to resign ourselves to fate."

However, the civil servant craze on university campus is no longer "local overheating". "Now who don't take an examination of civil servants? One more way is one more choice. " A graduate student at Peking University admitted that almost all the students in her class had passed the civil service examination. At Renmin University, it is no news that all the students have signed up for the civil service examination. In the civil service examination of state organs in 2004, there was even a 10 phenomenon that more than 0 students applied for the same position in a Ministry.

"It is not so much that I like the work of civil servants as the result of increasing employment pressure." A student from the School of Public Administration of Renmin University who graduated in 2005 and now works in a unit of the Ministry of Railways said this.

While the civil service examination is hot, the postgraduate entrance examination is also heating up year by year. According to the figures released by the education department, the number of applicants in 2006 was 1 275,000, an increase of 9% over last year. In 2006, it was 5438+0, and this figure was only 460,000. In just four years, the number of graduate students has actually surged by more than 800,000. At the same time, the number of people studying abroad is increasing year by year. In the university campuses of various countries, China students have become a group that can "compete with local students".

Emerging forms of employment have become a common practice.

What can college students do if they can't be civil servants or graduate students? There are still many ways to go to multinational companies, private enterprises, self-employment and flexible employment. The optimistic ones flow to all parties with the baton of the market.

According to the data of College Students Department of the Ministry of Education in July 2005, among the graduates of 2004, 2.02% worked in state organs, 8.65% in state-owned enterprises, and 1 1.0 1% in further studies, while private and foreign-funded enterprises.

At the same time, among the employed graduates in 2004, there were 8700 graduates who started their own businesses, accounting for 0.31%of the total number of graduates; Flexible employment reached 336,000, accounting for 12% of the total number of graduates. From the perspective of regional flow, 55.6% of the employed graduates in 2004 went to the eastern region for employment; 24.6% went to the central region for employment; 19.8% went to the western region for employment, and 10% of the total number of employed graduates went to the northeast and other old industrial bases.

In addition to all kinds of correct choices, there are some new forms of employment that are becoming a common practice. Participating in voluntary service is a feasible "curve employment" way. The state encourages college students to serve the western region and underdeveloped remote rural areas, and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Personnel jointly issue special documents to give college graduates who participate in voluntary service extra points for postgraduate entrance examination, extra points for civil service examinations, and a series of policy inclinations such as retaining household registration in the city where the university is located; When enterprises accept graduates, they also prefer students with volunteer service experience. The boss of a Canadian enterprise in Shanghai was finally moved by the girl's volunteer experience after recruiting a girl who had been a volunteer in the mountainous area of Guangxi for one year with high salary. "This at least shows that she has love."

"The flow and distribution of graduates undoubtedly reflects the economic and social changes in China. These changes are finally reflected in the changes in the demand of the labor market and the various contradictions caused by it. In this sense, it is difficult for college students to find jobs because the baton of the market is not authoritative enough. " An economic expert pointed out in an interview with reporters.