Fair should not be foul in job recruitments

How to ensure all college graduates find a job is being debated both at and outside the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

A Chinese Academy of Social Sciences survey shows more than 1 million people who graduated in 2008 could not get a job till the end of last year. They will join about 6 million new graduates this summer to hunt for jobs. Along with the more than 20 million migrant workers rendered jobless by the global financial crisis, the graduates are exerting tremendous pressure on the country's job market.

Several proposals have been put forward to ensure all graduates find employment. While the central government has allocated special funds to tackle the problem, experts and a cross-section of the public have suggested that more candidates be encouraged to get admitted to post-graduate courses so that a larger number of students stay back in universities. This will not only ease the pressure on the job market, but also ensure that students get to advance their knowledge. Another suggestion is to make efforts to change the concept of employment among college students so that they don't concentrate on big cities.