Graduates face grim hunt for work

Animal husbandry and veterinary science graduates search for job opportunities at a fair held in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province. [Yu Xiao / for China Daily]

The harsh reality engendered by China's economic slowdown has exerted huge pressures on graduates and resulted in a low rate of job satisfaction.

Wang Zengtian, a computer graduate, also from Jilin University, is among those left out in the cold.

Born into a farming family in a small village in Nanyang, Henan province, Wang vowed to change his destiny from the first day he entered the university. He targeted a multinational IT company, which employed a number of graduates from his college last year. As one of the top students in his class, Wang believed he stood a good chance of being offered a job.

However, the company has reduced its graduate recruitment quota; in 2012, it employed 20 new graduates, but this year the number has been whittled down to just six.