In recent years, the proportion of Tongji University graduates serving in the western region and grass-roots units has continued to rise. According to the employment quality report of Tongji University's Class 20 16, 644 people in Tongji University's Class 20 16 went to the grassroots and 358 people went to the western region for employment, accounting for 7.9% and 4.4% respectively. One third of the employed students are employed outside East China, compared with 10% five years ago.
Yang, secretary of the Party Committee of Tongji University, said that students' employment and entrepreneurship is an important task of colleges and universities, and Tongji University will further strengthen education, broaden channels and ensure that graduates are fully employed. A series of new measures have been introduced to guide and encourage graduates to work in places where the motherland needs them most.
On the same day, the job fair attracted a group of junior and graduate students from Tongji University. At the job fair, the Organization Department of Shigatse Municipal Committee of Xizang Autonomous Region was specially invited to set up a booth for recruitment. Many students asked the staff about the internship and employment, and handed in their resumes, expressing their desire to go to Shigatse for an internship and experience a hard life. Tongji University said that its student employment guidance center will set up an employment practice base in Shigatse and launch the "five-year plan". Tongji University will encourage college students to go to Shigatse for summer internships, employment and entrepreneurship.