Entering July, a large number of college graduates have left campus. College students who have not yet secured a job are facing the first hurdle of entering the society. Do they still have to go to various job fairs with a large pile of resumes, waiting to be chosen by employers? Facing the fierce job market, many college students have abandoned their original concept of job hunting and embarked on the path of creating their own jobs.
Like many college students' job-hunting experiences, Xiao Qian from the Wuhan School of Communication at Central China Normal University also had the experience of frantically sending out resumes, but none of them were successful. Constantly running into obstacles made Xiao Qian gradually calm down and start thinking about his understanding of work. "Everyone is eyeing the ready-made job opportunities. At job fairs, I saw many companies recruiting for ordinary positions, but the resumes I received were like a mountain." Being squeezed into the huge army of job seekers, Xiao Qian was a little tired and discouraged. He began to think about finding something to do on his own, giving up the previous idea of finding a stable employer.
Some of my classmates opened online stores, but they didn’t have enough money to purchase goods, and they didn’t want to burden their parents with a meager income. But he still wants to do something online because "the cost is lowest through the Internet." At the beginning of this year, he had been thinking about what he could do online all day long, and he thought of a wedding company he had contacted before. The boss had expressed that he wanted to expand his customer base online, but she didn't know how to use computers. With the idea of giving it a try, Xiaoqian contacted the merchant and said that he could help promote it online, and the other party would pay him based on the effectiveness of the promotion. The boss was very interested and agreed to cooperate with Xiao Qian.
Xiao Qian was very happy to be recognized by the merchant. He chose to open an outlet on the lifestyle service platform Yahoo Word of Mouth and posted all the information provided by the wedding company. Soon, customers contacted Xiaoqian to inquire about the company. In the first week after the information was released, Xiao Qian brought in a lot of business for the company. According to the agreement with his boss, he received nearly 500 yuan in return.
Xiaoqian began to contact more wedding companies and contracted their online promotion business. At present, he has negotiated with nearly 10 wedding companies, and its outlets have become a veritable online wedding agency. Its services include wedding consumption guidance, wedding company recommendations, wedding product shopping guides, photography and portraits, etc. He can earn nearly 2,000 yuan in income every month, and does not incur any expenses for opening outlets and publishing information. Now Xiao Qian no longer worries about work, although he still has not competed for a "ready-made" job. In his view, serving these merchants is his job, and he hopes to operate the Yahoo! word-of-mouth outlet into the most complete wedding information outlet in Wuhan.
As of the end of May, the employment rate of Chinese college graduates was 45%. Xiao Qian’s experience provides a good example for college students who are pursuing their future. During his visit to China in April this year, Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundy gave advice to domestic college students. Entering 2009, the difficulty of finding a job for college students is a global topic. Chinese college students should have more pioneering spirit when seeking employment. In many Western countries, many college students do not apply for recruitment positions in various large companies, but instead explore new job opportunities on their own. Craig Mundy said at the time that he began to teach himself programming when he was in college and then sold the programs to professors.