New strategy for college graduates seeking employment: Seek opportunities in ’second-tier cities’”

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New approach for college graduates to find employment: Seek opportunities in \"second-tier cities\" It’s already mid-April, and usually by this time, most reputable companies have completed their annual large-scale recruitment drives. In other words, if a recent graduate has not found a job by now, the probability of finding one in the future is likely to be even lower. 　　 　　The \"surplus\" of university graduates is perhaps an undeniable fact; so how can these excess graduates still find relatively satisfactory jobs in early April? As someone who has been through it, the author suggests that college students who are still hesitating at the threshold to entering the job market consider putting their employment goals on the back burner and go to second-tier cities in search of opportunities! 　　 　　A few days ago I met an online friend who is a college student from Sichuan. He told me, “I want to work in Shanghai after graduating in July,” while also admitting that it’s difficult to find a job. I asked him: Why don’t you go back to your hometown? He said he hadn’t thought about returning to his hometown because the salary was too low. My parents are working-class, and they spent a lot of money – around 100,000 RMB – to send me to university in Shanghai. Since it’s a big city, I want to recoup the investment they made in my education as soon as possible and repay them. There are quite a number of college students with such a mindset. 　　 　　In fact, the returns on investment in education cannot be recovered within just one or two years. Investing in education is like long-term \"value investing\" in stock trading, as it will yield returns to you on some day many years later. At present, the vast majority of Chinese people approach investment in education in a short-sighted manner, hoping that obtaining an education will immediately yield a return on their investment; this is an irrational form of educational investment. 　　 　　In the end, I still advised him to return to his hometown in Sichuan to find a job; perhaps he could discover more opportunities in a \"second-tier city\". Sichuan is a great place; these days, the vast majority of college students want to move to big cities – no one wants to stay in small towns. But what people don’t see is that competition in big cities is extremely fierce, and at present, the demand for college graduates in these cities is, to some extent, far greater than the supply. Some “second-tier cities” actually have weak competition for talent, but they offer a good living environment and low living costs; as a result, people there have high happiness levels. These cities have a greater need for talent, and those who can only lead an average life in big cities will be able to live very well if they go to work in these “second-tier cities”. As for where to look for jobs, I gave him an \"employment map\". This \"college students’ employment map\" available online was created by Yahoo! Reviews, taking advantage of its strong network of 17 million service providers; it covers the entire country, and there are particularly many job opportunities in \"second-tier cities\" as well... As the saying goes: Taking a step back opens up vast possibilities. In recent years, around 6 million college graduates emerge in China each year. How can China’s metropolises absorb such a large number of talents? Those “second-tier cities” that truly lack talent fail to attract the talent they need. This should be an opportunity, an opportunity for outstanding and thoughtful college students to seek success in \"second-tier cities\". 　　 　　Sometimes, we leave a place not because we no longer love it, nor because we have declared our failure. For ambitious young people, a brief departure is merely to return better in the near future!