Across China: "Talent supermarkets" facilitate employment opportunities for college graduates-Xinhua

Across China: "Talent supermarkets" facilitate employment opportunities for college graduates

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2023-01-27 21:37:00

JINAN, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Before the Spring Festival this year, Hu Tao, as a representative of successful entrepreneurs, conducted an e-commerce training seminar in his hometown in Huji Township, Binzhou City, east China's Shandong Province, sharing his experience in innovation, entrepreneurship and e-commerce development.

Hu took some a small business online while still in college. After graduation, the 27-year-old returned to Huji and officially started his own business with the help of a service platform called "talent supermarket" initiated by the township.

"At first, I operated the online shop in my attic. The office environment there was not very good and made it difficult to manage my team. Later, thanks to the 'talent supermarket,' I settled in the township's e-commerce workspace, where I can develop the business more orderly," Hu said.

Now, Hu's business mainly involves computer screen protectors, laptop sleeves and keyboard covers, with daily sales hitting around 10,000 yuan (about 1,474 U.S. dollars).

Through the "talent supermarket" platform, which integrates the local human resources and social security department, economic commission and other authorities, Huji Township has established a talent database. It is capable of bridging job seekers and entrepreneurs with enterprises, providing two-way services for both sides.

In China, an increasing number of college graduates are pursuing budding careers in their hometowns. The "talent supermarket" has not only attracted more young people to return home to start businesses and find jobs, but also boosted local economic development and injected new vitality into rural vitalization.

Li Jingxin, a student at the Beijing Institute of Technology, plans to return to his hometown after graduation. During this winter break, he worked as an intern in the township government of Chishang, Boshan District, Zibo City.

Li often went to the township's "talent supermarket for rural vitalization" after work. Xiang Qilong, a service provider in the "supermarket," would recommend suitable jobs and explain supporting policies to Li.

"You undergraduates can enjoy a living allowance of 1,000 yuan a month, a 25 percent discount on the market prices for the talent apartments in the city, and a one-time subsidy of 10,000 yuan for your family," Xiang said.

Through the "talent supermarkets for rural vitalization," Boshan District has coordinated the job demands and supporting policies of more than 180 key enterprises in the district. In 2022, eight such special supermarkets helped 930 college graduates return to their hometowns to find jobs or start businesses.

Zhao Shengjian, general manager of a tourism company in Boshan, said that the development of village tourism is inseparable from the support of talents. "Through 'talent supermarket for rural vitalization,' we have introduced a team of 63 people with an average age of 26, responsible for management and operation of the company."