Setting Up a Necessary Guidance Model for the Educational System

There are three pressures facing China's employment problems: (1) The re-employment of laid-off workers; (2) The employment of rural workers who have come to the cities from the countryside seeking work; and (3) The university students who are entering the workforce for the first time. These three pressures on the labor market have different backgrounds and different human resources levels, each with their own characteristics, so a different response is needed for each of these three employment problems. Putting it briefly, China has a low level of education and a low-quality workforce, with university students occupying a special position in the labor market. In this article, the author discusses how a market-driven career guidance model can be a solution to meet the educational needs of China's future workforce. The author contends that a market mechanism should be developed that allows student as the basic employment channel for university students, guaranteeing that graduates fit society's needs. [Translated by Jennifer Eagleton.]