Most college students still await offers
By Liang Qiwen | China Daily | Updated: 2009-03-20 07:39
GUANGZHOU: Only about 7 percent of the students who are about to graduate in July have managed to secure jobs till now, down 50 percent from the same period last year, the Guangdong education bureau said yesterday.
About 331,000 local college students will graduate in July this year, 14.2 percent more than last year.
A large number of graduating students from other provinces have been coming to Guangdong in search of jobs, the bureau said, adding that almost 500,000 graduates would be applying for jobs in Guangdong this year.
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