On the morning of April 23, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security held a press conference for the first quarter. From January to March 2024, 3.03 million new jobs were created in urban areas across the country, and the surveyed urban unemployment rate was 5.2% in March.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that in order to promote the employment of key groups, in the first quarter, around the "golden hour" of spring recruitment, special recruitment services for college graduates were organized for large and medium-sized cities and economic development zones. By the end of March, 30.49 million people had been lifted out of poverty.
In the first quarter, the month of employment assistance was launched, and 1.13 million unemployed people in urban areas were re-employed. Organized the Spring Breeze Action, focusing on the peak period of labor turnover before and after the Spring Festival, intensively organized recruitment services and labor service docking, organized 64,000 job fairs, and released more than 43 million recruitment positions.
The employment situation in the mainland was generally stable in the first quarter
On the morning of April 23, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security held a press conference for the first quarter. At the press conference, the relevant person in charge said that in the first quarter, the employment situation in the mainland was generally stable, and the total income of the social insurance fund was 2.2 trillion yuan.
According to reports, from January to March 2024, a total of 3.03 million new urban jobs will be created, an increase of 60,000 year-on-year. In March, the surveyed urban unemployment rate was 5.2 percent, down 0.1 percentage points year-on-year. The employment situation in mainland China remained generally stable.
Chen Feng, deputy director of the Policy Research Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said that from January to March, the total income of the three social insurance funds was 2.2 trillion yuan and the total expenditure was 1.8 trillion yuan. At the end of March, the cumulative balance was 8.6 trillion yuan, and the operation of the fund was generally stable.
As of the end of March, the number of people insured by basic old-age insurance, unemployment insurance, and work-related injury insurance was 1.07 billion, 240 million, and 290 million respectively. There are 1.38 billion social security card holders nationwide, covering 98% of the population, of which 986 million have also received electronic social security cards.
College graduates' job search has entered a "golden period" The demand for employment in the biomedical industry has surged
Right now, it is the "golden period" for college graduates to find jobs. Which industries are the "big recruiters" in 2024, and which majors are favored by the market?
At a campus job fair in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, recruitment companies in the biomedical industry occupied nearly half of the booths of the entire job fair. Jiang Sumei, the head of human resources of a pharmaceutical R&D company, came to submit resumes as soon as she arrived at the recruitment site.
Jiang Sumei introduced that in 2023, the number of enterprise school recruitment will exceed 1,000, and in 2024, according to the company's development needs, it is expected that there will be a demand plan for 2,000 people. Clinical researchers, market medical personnel after the product is launched, and biomedical intelligent manufacturing have become the main talent objects recruited by enterprises, but talents in this area are relatively scarce.
According to the survey data, the digital and intelligent transformation of the biopharmaceutical industry continues to accelerate, which also increases the urgent demand of enterprises for "medicine + technology" compound talents. 38.2% of enterprises believe that employees need to strengthen comprehensive capabilities such as "big data analysis".
In the spring recruitment season of 2024, the recruitment demand of small and micro enterprises across the country has increased significantly, and the demand for jobs in service industries such as health care, retail, cultural tourism, and transportation has increased. In the face of new changes in the job market, many graduates are also adjusting their job search intentions.
Emerging manufacturing talent demand expands "Practical" graduates are in demand
In addition to the biomedical industry, the demand for related talents in the emerging manufacturing field is also expanding rapidly. Among them, there is a strong demand for professionals such as artificial intelligence and big data.
In a robotics industrial park in Foshan, Guangdong province, the head of a relevant company is conducting a group interview with graduates. In 2024, a number of new intelligent production lines will be launched in this park, and a large number of automation and digitalization-related talents are urgently needed.
Gao Fei, a graduate of the automation major, said that his major is more popular in the spring recruitment season of 2024, and the monthly salary offered by the company has generally reached more than 10,000 yuan.
At a campus job fair in Beijing, there was also a lot of demand for positions such as artificial intelligence, embedded engineers, and mechanical engineers.
Many students said that recently, campus job fairs have been held intensively, and they are trying to seize the "golden period" of job hunting.
Up to now, a total of 64,000 recruitment activities have been held across the country, and more than 43 million jobs have been posted, an increase of 10% over 2023. Next, the human resources and social security department will also launch 107 special recruitment activities for college graduates.
Source: CCTV