With its perceived image of job security and decent pay, the civil service remains the preferred career option for university-leavers, the Shanghai Statistics Bureau said yesterday.
In a survey conducted last month of 2,173 graduates and
postgraduates from 11 Shanghai universities, 34 percent said their first choice
was a government position.
But as graduation day for the city’s students approaches, just 14 percent said they had actually landed such a job.
In broader terms, 55 percent of respondents said they had
either found a job, been accepted for a graduate program or had made plans to
launch their own business.
Of the people who said they had landed a job, 35 percent
said it was with a local private sector firm, 28 percent with a state-owned
company and 20 percent with a foreign-invested organization.
On the factors affecting job selection, almost 77 percent of
respondents said salary and benefits were their primary concern. Most said they
were hoping for a starting salary of 5,300 yuan (US$850), though their actual
average pay is likely to be nearer 4,400 yuan, little changed from last year.
The study also claimed that science and engineering
graduates are typically the most likely to be offered jobs, due to the high
demand for people with technical skills.
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