Despite falling numbers, civil service jobs remain top draw
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JOBS in civil service remain the key attraction for graduating students, closely followed by the lure of working for foreign companies, a survey released yesterday showed.
The Shanghai Education Commission said about 177,000 students have appeared for their graduation examination this year. And the Shanghai Statistics Bureau surveyed 2,071 of them, of which 33.3 percent said their first choice of work would be in government institutions. While it was still a top draw, the numbers were down 0.7 percent and 3.2 percent from 2014 and 2013, respectively.
Foreign companies, which surpassed state-owned companies to become the second preferred choice last year, were continuing to gain in popularity.
The survey found that 32.1 percent of the students hoped to work for foreign companies, a rise of 1.4 percent and 5.6 percent from 2014 and 2013.
At the Law School of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, only a dozen of the 216 bachelor degree students applied for civil service jobs, a significant drop from the previous years.
Sun Keqi, an English major student from Tongji University, said none of the 14 students in her class signed up for the civil servants’ examination this year.
“A civil servant’s job is not well paid and was only known for its welfare benefits. It is no longer appealing because the welfare aspect is less promising now,” said Sun, who is keen on a job in international business.
State-owned companies continued to lose turf. Only 22.8 percent of the surveyed said they prioritized state-owned companies in job hunting — 1.7 and 4.8 percent fewer than in 2014 and 2013.
Interest in local private companies was also lukewarm as only 9.5 percent ticked the category as their first choice, 2 percent and 1.3 percent more than in 2014 and 2013.
This is despite that these companies are offering over 60 percent of the 120,000 jobs available to the graduating students.
Salaries and welfare perks remain the most considered factor while choosing jobs, followed by career perspectives.
Compared with expectations, the actual signed job contracts showed a different picture. Of the 700 students who had landed jobs, 36.5 percent signed with local private companies, 29.4 percent with state-owned companies, 19.1 percent with foreign companies and 11.6 percent with government institutions.
Even the salary expectations showed a different scale. The surveyed students expected an average of 5,800 yuan (US$773) pretax per month at the start, but the signed contracts showed an average of only 4,800 yuan — 400 yuan more than last year.
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