Recently, Maimai Gaopin released the "2024 Spring Recruitment High-Paying Career and Talent Insights" (hereinafter referred to as "Insights"). According to Insight, in the first quarter of 2024, the supply-demand ratio of talent in the new economy industry was 1.94, a slight decrease from 2.05 in the first quarter of 2023. ChatGPT researchers lead the list of high-paying positions with an average monthly salary of 64,000 yuan, and recommended algorithm talents lead the list of 35+ high-paid talents with an average monthly salary of 62,923 yuan. More than 3 percent of workers are eager to retire immediately, and nearly 4 percent of workers believe that they can retire if they have saved enough 5 million.
The ratio of supply and demand of talents in the new economy has declined, and more than 3 percent of workers want to retire immediately
According to Insight, although the competition for talent job search is still fierce, the pressure on talent job search has been reduced compared with the same period last year. In the first quarter of 2024, the supply-demand ratio of talents in the new economy industry was 1.94, a slight decrease from 2.05 in the first quarter of 2023. Among them, the supply-demand ratio of talents in the pure Internet industry has decreased significantly, from 2.41 in the first quarter of 2023 to 1.87. Correspondingly, the fierce competition for talent in the new energy vehicle industry has increased significantly, from 1.34 in the first quarter of 2023 to 2.08, which is speculated to be caused by the decrease in recruitment positions by some companies. Affected by the talent training cycle and technical thresholds, the talent shortage in the artificial intelligence industry has ranked TOP3 in the first quarter for three consecutive years.
From the perspective of income changes, in the first quarter of 2024, 32.4% of employees will increase their income level, and 35.87% will have a decrease in income. Among them, the position with the highest proportion of "income reduction" is marketing/sales, accounting for 47.01%, followed by transportation and logistics, accounting for 44.44%. The job with the highest proportion of "income increase" is the middle and senior management category, and 41.82% of them have received varying degrees of income increase.
There are significant differences in the expectations of workers regarding the retirement age, and different measures have been taken to realize "retirement freedom". 32.89% of the working people hope to retire immediately, and 38.27% of the working people think that they can retire after saving enough 5 million. In order to "retire early", employees take "starting a side hustle" as their first choice, and in the survey, this item scored 3.82 points, followed by "obtaining a high salary income" with a score of 3.39 points.
The average monthly salary of the pure Internet industry returned to the TOP3, reaching 42,600, and ChatGPT researchers led the list of high-paying positions with 64,000
Judging from the average monthly salary of new jobs in different industries, the salary of smart hardware has led for two consecutive years, and the pure Internet has rebounded among the TOP3. In the first quarter of 2024, the smart hardware industry will continue to be the TOP1 in the high-paying industry list with an average monthly salary of 43,306 yuan for new jobs. After experiencing a decline in the salary ranking in 2023, the pure Internet industry will rebound in 2024, ranking third with 42,687 yuan. The average salary in the new energy vehicle industry has also increased, climbing from 40,366 yuan in the first quarter of 2023 to 41,510 yuan in the first quarter of 2024, rising from eighth to fourth.
From the perspective of positions, ChatGPT researchers ranked first in the list of high-paying positions with an average monthly salary of 64,074 yuan for new positions, followed by digital front-end engineers with an average monthly salary of 62,579 yuan, and analog chip designers ranked third with an average monthly salary of 62,275 yuan.
From the perspective of high-paying enterprises, among the 20 companies with the highest average monthly salary of new jobs in the first quarter of 2024, Douyin ranks first on the high-salary list with 55,363 yuan, followed by Amazon with 55,295 yuan, and DJI, SenseTime, BYD, SHEIN and other companies are all in the TOP20.
Cui He, head of global employer branding at SHEIN, believes that although there are always fewer external opportunities, companies with rapid business growth are still eager for talent, especially in the middle and leading companies in vertical industries. SHEIN has always regarded "freedom of the capable" as an important value proposition, and the company has not only the person in charge of the post-95 market who operates tens of billions of business, but also the warehouse manager who has been promoted from picker all the way.
The median age of talents in the electronics industry is the highest, and the monthly salary of the recommended algorithm post is 62,900, ranking first in the list of 35+ high-paying positions
The age distribution of workers in different industries also varies. In the ranking of the median age of employees in the existing new economy industries, the electronics industry became the industry with the oldest employees at 34.2 years old, followed by new energy vehicles with 33.5 years and the communications industry with 33.4 years.
Among the professionals over 35 years old, the average monthly salary of talents engaged in recommendation algorithm work is the highest, reaching 62,923 yuan, far ahead of other types of work. followed by algorithm researchers with 55,631 yuan and artificial intelligence engineers with 52,517 yuan, and the average monthly salary of the top 3 on the high-salary list exceeded 50,000 yuan. Technology R&D positions occupy 12 of the top 20 high-paying jobs over 35 years old. The eight non-technical R&D positions on the list are strategic consulting, game publishing and producer, business data analysis, media placement, merchant operation, commercial product manager, data product manager, and overseas market.
Zhu Fei, deputy dean of the Business School of the Central University of Finance and Economics, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Department of Organization and Human Resource Management, believes that in the era of volatile careers, it is necessary to focus on the field or main line of career development and accumulate significant career value signals in the era of volatile careers and manage the second half of the career well. Closer to general performance capabilities and resources, enhancing irreplaceability. Maintain the ability to learn and take the initiative to run a professional social network. Occupational social networks, even if weakly connected, are the core individual solution to the problem of matching the competencies and jobs of older professionals. Lin Fan, founder and CEO of Maimai, said that social recruitment will be the main recruitment method for mid-to-high-end talents in the future.