To the top of the class

Private colleges are better at getting graduates jobs, Wang Wei reports

As many soon-to-be college graduates brace for a long struggle to get employment in China's competitive job market, Han Chenchen already has a position waiting for her. The 21-year-old, who is in the fourth year of her undergraduate course, recently signed a job contract with a company offering a monthly salary of 3,500 yuan. But Han, a native from Bengbu city, Anhui province, isn't a student from a prestigious university. She enrolled in a "tailor-made major" program at a private college - Beijing Renwen University (BRU). It's the first of its kind in Beijing.

In fact, she thinks failing the college entrance exam, which led her to BRU, was a blessing in disguise.