Despite China’s stronger-than-expected first-quarter economic growth, young jobseekers found little respite as March brought a rise in youth unemployment across urban areas, snapping six straight months of decline.
The job market, weighed down by deflationary pressures and external uncertainties, has proved particularly challenging for young people with limited professional experience.
But with these exam cycles now concluding, those who have failed to qualify are returning to a strained recruitment market.
Among them is Bai Xi, a finance and management graduate from Hebei province near Beijing, who recently began her job search after spending months working part-time while sitting local-level civil service exams following her graduation last year.
But time and again, she fell just short of the required score.
“I don’t have the strength any more to go all out and devote myself entirely to preparing for civil service exams,” Bai said. “Taking them again would just be a waste of time.”
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