June 27, 2008 at 10:43 am · Filed under henan, jobs, students, graduates, china
High school graduate Yang Caifeng has been racking her brains over which subject to major in college.
“I’m not sure if a popular major will secure me a good job four years from now,” the 17-year-old from Shandong Province said early this week.
Yang said her farmer parents are unable to provide suitable advice, while her teachers always give “vague suggestions”.
“I’ve learnt that students majoring in certain hot subjects still cannot find work after graduation,” she said.
Huang Kaixiang, a high school student from Henan Province, is being confronted with the same problem. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 8, 2008 at 3:17 pm · Filed under henan, jobs, graduates, china
Fresh out of college, Shen Juntian returned to the village he left with a “city dream” four years earlier. He returned as a village administrator.
Now a village head assistant in Maozhuang in central China’s Henan Province, Shen’s routine includes drafting reports for the village committee, mediating conflicts and organizing activities like basketball games.
Shen enjoys his work. “At first, it was a compromise between reality and dreams, when the competitive job market forced me to think again about this position,” he said, referring to his return to the countryside although most of his classmates chose to stay in the city.
“But later, I began to love this job, where I get the chance to know the realities of China and help make changes in the countryside,” he said.
Shen invited agricultural experts to give lectures and taught farmers to choose high-quality seeds. He went door-to-door to persuade villagers to eliminate unhealthy habits, such as raising fowl in close proximity to humans and drinking well water without boiling it. Read the rest of this entry »
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