HR & Education System Need Changes for Grads' Job Hunting

　　Amid one of the toughest jobs market in China for college graduates, the Chinese government has made fresh plans to expand the country's service industry to create employment opportunities.

 

　　However, as CRI's Shen Chengcheng reports, experts are calling for changes to be made in the human resources and education system to assist graduates in finding jobs.

 

　　The service industry has traditionally been a main employer for college graduates.

 

　　But this year's record high 7-million graduates are just too much for the economy to take.

 

　　Albert Park is the director of the institute for emerging markets studies at Hong Kong University Science and Technology.

 

　　"The biggest problem right now is the problem of quantity, meaning that the system is producing so many college graduates at a time when the economy is recovering somewhat slowly."

 

　　The number of college graduates has been on the rise since the government's college admission expansion policy in 1999.

 

　　Professor Park says in the long run, China needs to keep producing college graduates to help its economic restructuring, but this means the short term problem of graduate employment will not go away.

 

　　Hong Chengwen is the standing¹ deputy director of the Institute of Higher Education with Beijing Normal University.

 

　　He says in tough economic times like this, the government needs to increase the hiring quota² of permanent employees into enterprises, public institutes and government departments.

 

　　"The central and local government departments making those hiring quota decisions need to make adjustments according to the situation of the jobs market. If we increase the intake³ of new employees by 2-hundred-thousand this year, even though it won't solve the problem completely, it sends out a strong message that the government is on the same side with the graduates."

 

　　Hong says if the government wants a long-term solution and a way to improve graduate job searches, it should make higher education more market-oriented.

 

　　Professor Park agrees.

 

　　"The people making the decision about educational planning need to be talking much more closely with the businesses. There are a lot of issues about the matching of skills of college graduates what their learning and whether those are the skills that are being demanded in the workforce⁴ by employers."

 

　　According to Hong, enrollment⁵ plans in Chinese universities are made by two government ministries⁶, the Human Resources Ministry⁷ and the Education Ministry after consulting with businesses about their needs.

 

　　However Universities and businesses are not directly involved in decision making.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Shen Chengcheng.

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 quota   

n.（生产、进出口等的）配额，（移民的）限额

参考例句：

• A restricted import quota was set for meat products.肉类产品设定了进口配额。
• He overfulfilled his production quota for two months running.他一连两个月超额完成生产指标。

3 intake   

n.吸入，纳入；进气口，入口

参考例句：

• Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。
• There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。

4 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

5 enrollment   

n.注册或登记的人数；登记

参考例句：

• You will be given a reading list at enrollment.注册时你会收到一份阅读书目。
• I just got the enrollment notice from Fudan University.我刚刚接到复旦大学的入学通知书。

6 ministries   

（政府的）部( ministry的名词复数 )； 神职； 牧师职位； 神职任期

参考例句：

• Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。

7 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。