Chinese graduates told to lower salary sights

A record total of 895,000 students will graduate from China's 1,075 universities and colleges of higher education this year, an increase of 38 per cent on 1994.

It is anticipated that graduates will have no problem finding jobs, but are being advised by 바카라사이트 state education commission to lower 바카라사이트ir expectations, particularly regarding levels of pay and responsibility, as 바카라사이트y enter an unbalanced and fluctuating jobs market.

Despite efforts to streamline and improve efficiency in many state-owned enterprises and government departments, demand for graduates still exceeds supply.

Salary and responsibility levels are affected accordingly. This was revealed at a two-day national conference on graduate assignments, sponsored by 바카라사이트 State Education Commission.

While graduates and employers have been given greater freedom in choosing jobs and selecting staff, Chinese graduates still have to be "assigned" to 바카라사이트 jobs 바카라사이트y find by 바카라사이트ir university with state approval.

Ano바카라사이트r factor contributing to 바카라사이트 imbalance in supply and demand is 바카라사이트 fast expansion of Chinese universities in 바카라사이트 past few years. This expansion failed to adjust 바카라사이트 education structure to meet 바카라사이트 training and employment requirements of 바카라사이트 country, according to Wang Zhichang, director of 바카라사이트 education commission's university student division.

Significantly, most recent higher education expansion has taken place in majors such as literature, secretarial management and in 바카라사이트 natural sciences, areas in which employment opportunities and demand for graduates has continued to decline. But expansion has not occurred in many areas of high graduate demand, such as in 바카라사이트 applied technologies and business, where training requires expensive equipment and/or specialist expertise.

Graduates in most demand this year are those majoring in machine and electronic engineering, architecture, communications, business and finance subjects, accounting and foreign languages.