【厦门韦博英语】春节过后,中国年轻人忙跳槽
【厦门韦博英语】春节过后,中国年轻人忙跳槽
For increasing numbers of young Chinese professionals, the first day back at work after the Lunar New Year holiday is the day they quit.
对中国越来越多的年轻职业人士而言，春节长假后上班第一天就是他们辞职的日子。
The number of new online job applicants and resumes on Zhaopin.com, a leading recruitment website, increased 36% year-on-year in the first week after the lunar New Year holiday, the company revealed recently. New job ads doubled.
中国一家主要人才招聘网站智联招聘(Zhaopin.com)不久前披露的数据显示，春节假期后的第一周，该网站上新增的在线求职人数和简历数量同比增加36%。新的招聘广告数量增加了一倍。
The period after the Lunar New Year holiday, also known as Spring Festival, often sees Chinese workers on the move. With their annual bonus in their pocket, and the trip home to see family behind them, many young workers are looking for a change. But this year, the number looking for new opportunities was especially high.
春节假期过后的这段时期往往是中国工人跳槽的集中时间。由于年终奖已经落袋，返乡探亲也已结束，很多年轻人开始寻求做出改变。但今年想要寻找新机会的人数尤其多。
'We have seen increasing job-hopping after Spring Festival for the past few years, but I was still taken aback by this year's huge increase,' said Benjamin Chen, public relations director for Zhaopin.
智联招聘公关总监陈嘉杰说，过去几年来我们看到春节过后跳槽的人数越来越多，但今年跳槽人数激增还是令我深感意外。
Nasdaq-listed recruitment site 51job notes a similar trend. The number of job opportunities posted in the week after New Year reached 2.26 million, up 21.5% year-on-year, the company said in a recent report. The increase was caused partly by an increase in the number of companies advertising jobs online, and partly by workers quitting their jobs at the end of the holiday, according to the report.
在纳斯达克上市的招聘网站前程无忧(51job)也注意到了类似趋势。该公司在最近一份报告中说，春节过后这一周发布的招聘广告数达到226万条，同比增加21.5%。这份报告指出，导致这一现象的部分原因是在网上发布招聘广告的企业数量在不断增加，而春节长假结束的员工辞职潮也助推了这一现象。
A survey of service sector firms by the National Bureau of Statistics likewise shows many looking to hire new workers.
中国统计局对服务类企业展开的一项调查同样显示，很多企业打算雇佣新员工。
Daniel Zhu, a 27 year old Beijing native working in his home town for a state owned electronics firm, is one of the young workers looking for a better deal. 'Salary is a big concern for me and I need a job that pays more,' said Mr. Zhu, who makes about 4,000 yuan a month ($642). 'Plus my department can't provide good career development for me.'
朱先生是北京本地人，今年27岁，在北京一家国有电子公司工作。他也是希望找份更好工作的年轻工人之一。朱先生说，工资对我来说是一个重要考量因素，我需要一份工资更高的工作，此外我所在的部门无法为我提供良好的职业发展路径。朱先生的月薪约是人民币4,000元。
'Some of my friends are also thinking about changing jobs now because they work for private companies that demand too much overtime work,' Mr. Zhu said.
朱先生说，我的一些朋友现在也想换工作，因为他们上班的民营企业要求的加班时间太多。
An online survey by Zhaopin.com, which received more than 8,000 responses nationwide, provided further details on why China's young white collar workers are so keen to move on.
中国的年轻白领为什么如此热衷于跳槽？智联招聘展开的一项网上调查对此提供了进一步信息。这项调查在范围内收回8,000多份问卷。
Low salaries were the biggest concern for 62% of the respondents. Among respondents aged 23 to 25, 88% said they were dissatisfied with their current wage.
62%的受访者表示，工资较低是他们最关心的问题。在年龄介于23岁至25岁的受访者中，有88%的受访者表示，他们不满意自己目前的工资水平。
Overtime and a wide mismatch between low salaries and high housing costs were also grumbles. Two-thirds of respondents said they had to work at home after office hours, and 10% said they do roughly 30 hours of overtime a week. A full 95% of respondents said they felt they we
