"Working in a big city 10 can't afford a suite, but working in a small city for 5 years will give you your own comfort zone!" Such complaints have appeared on the websites of many universities.
The reason for this phenomenon comes from the "cost of living" gap between cities, especially the price gap between large, medium and small cities.
Despite many complaints, in online surveys, Shanghai often ranks first among the cities where college graduates want to work most. At the graduation job fair, there were a sea of people in front of big cities, but the tables in small cities were deserted. A fresh graduate told the reporter very clearly, "Except for the work in Shanghai, other cities don't consider it."
However, another voice-"leaving Shanghai" is getting louder and louder, especially for some people who have worked in Shanghai for several years. A friend who works at Huawei revealed that one of his colleagues recently resigned and left Shanghai to develop in Wuhan, where he could spend 300,000 yuan to buy a quite nice house.
People outside the city want to come in and people in the city want to go out. The workplace "besieged city" complex in big cities is getting stronger and stronger.
Choosing a career: The starting point is to avoid highly competitive fields.
Ms. Yu Yin, a senior career planning consultant, believes that choosing the right starting point is very important for career development. College graduates should focus on their careers and try to avoid areas with high competition between jobs and urban geographical location.
She once took over a case where a Shanghai graduate received Offer from Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou at the same time. After repeated analysis, she suggested that the student give up the opportunity of Shanghai and go to Guangzhou for development. "Because the competition for talents in Shanghai is too fierce, the advantage of an undergraduate course is not obvious; Moreover, he is from Gansu, and the cost of living in Shanghai is high. The opportunity in Guangzhou will enable him to gain a firm foothold quickly. " Yu Yin's plan for this student is to develop in Guangzhou in the first three years and return to Shanghai to be a senior major three years later.
Yu Yin believes that the first job often determines a person's future development track. Instead of locking cities, it is better to lock industries and companies. For example, applying for positions in foreign companies of some large enterprises can avoid high competition; At the same time, you can enter a big company to study and exercise, and the starting point is relatively high.
Choosing a city: entering a highly active industry
But sometimes the difference between the human environment and the natural environment in the city is also the decisive factor for personal adaptation.
"Northerners may not adapt to the chic style of Shanghainese sometimes, while southerners may not adapt to the climate of northern cities sometimes." Miss Xue, who now works in a foreign company in Shanghai, believes that she still insists on the urban factor. Of course, the best way to understand the differences between cities is field trip. When she graduated from college, she went to Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the most dynamic cities at that time, but found that she didn't like the local cultural atmosphere and finally chose Shanghai.
If priority must be given to cities, Yu Yin suggests that graduates enter active industries in the target cities, otherwise the chances of career development will be very small. For example, manufacturing is quite active in cities along the Yangtze River Delta; Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and other first-class cities are the most active areas in FMCG industry; Xichang and Jiuquan, for example, are holy places for the development of the space field. In the long run, if you can win a place in the leading place in this industry, you will have more room to move to other cities.
Ryan gilson, the author of Fishing in the Right Pond, wrote in the book, "I have repeatedly chosen to fish in this pond, but you are completely blind. Although we happened to meet together, we are different. The difference is that I know my choice and you are random. "
The same is true in the process of choosing a job city.
There is no right or wrong choice. The key is whether the person who chooses understands his choice: what do you want to achieve? What price are you going to bear? Will your choice enable you to achieve your goal?
Learn to calculate the cost of living in the city.
Not long ago, the 2004 global cost of living survey report was released. According to reports, this survey mainly
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Help the government and multinational companies decide the allowance when sending foreign employees to maintain purchasing power, and at the same time give international people a reference when choosing a work city. The investment cost of cities with high living index will be relatively higher.
Is this way of thinking suitable for college students to apply for jobs after graduation? The reporter interviewed Mr. Lu Qiang, the general manager of Mercer Consulting Shanghai, who released the survey report.
Q: You have met many students. Do you think college students pay great attention to the cost of living in various cities when looking for their first job?
A: As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't seem enough. It may also be because the information sources are limited. Most students think more about career choices, but don't know much about cities, paying special attention to some big cities.
Q: Do you think the cost of living in the city is valuable for students' employment choice?
A: The reasons why individuals choose employment and businessmen invest are actually the same. Of course, they need to consider input and output. The cost of living in the city is their investment, and the high cost of living will affect their future work and life. But I think fresh graduates should pay more attention to their career development potential in this city, which is the decisive factor. If the opportunity is enough to pay the cost they have to pay, then the investment is meaningful.
Of course, the cost of living is also an indispensable reference factor-especially for international students. If the income he earns can't maintain the necessary expenses of life, then his foothold is problematic, so how can he develop? In a big city like Beijing and Shanghai, it is very prudent to choose some low-paying jobs below 2000 yuan.
Q: So, can you evaluate the cost of living in various cities in China? Which cities are more suitable for fresh college graduates?
A: I don't think we can generalize which cities are suitable for the development of fresh graduates. It mainly depends on whether their majors can be brought into full play in these cities.
In recent years, we haven't conducted a survey specifically aimed at China cities. However, according to the latest global survey on the cost of living of foreign employees, we can still roughly distinguish the cost of living in cities. The cost of living in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou is relatively high. To understand the cost of living in the city, I suggest that college students can do some simple surveys themselves.
Q: You are a professional in the field of investigation. Can you give college students some suggestions on investigation methods?
A: There are many investigation methods and channels.
First of all, the city publishes some indexes every year, such as disposable income of urban workers, average house price, price index and so on. , which can be obtained from its yearbook statistics or government website.
Second, college students can calculate according to a general lifestyle. For example, what are the necessary living expenses? If you plan to buy a house and get married in a few years, and then put it off, you can know how much money you have to save every year to achieve your life goals. You need a position with a high income level in that city to make your life not difficult.
The third way is also the most practical, that is, listening to brothers and sisters' views on different cities. This way is more intuitive, but of course there will be errors, because everyone's experience is different.
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