Industry preferences of graduates changing

Legacy industries losing appeal for today's job hunters, survey finds; smaller is looking better

Preferences of Chinese college graduates for employment have been changing in recent years as the country undergoes transformations in its economic and industrial structure, a recent survey found.

Knowledge-intensive industries such as information, education and healthcare are hiring more college graduates, while labor-intensive ones such as architecture and manufacturing, are losing their appeal to job hunters, according to the College Graduates' Employment Annual Report.