Source: CCTV.com

02-05-2009 11:05

After the Spring Festival break, many job fairs are being held around the country. BizChina's Zhou Xiaoye finds out which industries are most affected by the financial crisis, and how hard it is for job hunters to find work at the moment.

After the Spring Festival break, many job  fairs are being held around the country.

The coastal city of Wenzhou is welcoming a tide of job hunters after the festival.

More technicians for the machinery industry are needed. The average monthly salary for machinery technicians is about 2,000 yuan in Wenzhou, nearly double that of unskilled workers. Some technicians can make as much as 4,000 yuan. Wenzhou's traditional industries -- clothing, shoes and lighters are not so important now. The city's high-tech industries are expected to boom after the financial crisis.

Ji Jianshe, director of Wenzhou career center, says, "these companies were originally strong, and the crisis has wiped out some weak ones. They are taking all the orders, so they are strong."

While many workers in coastal areas have headed back home to inland provinces, the number of job hunters in the southern city of Chongqing is up sharply. A job center in Chongqing has attracted 40 more companies than last year. More than 6,000 jobs are on offer, focusing on marketing, machinery, and the hotel industry. Job hunters with work experience in coastal areas are very popular with employers.

A employer says, "we'd like to have employees that used to work in Guangdong province. We need to be cautious when hiring people under such circumstances."

The same thing is happening in Yunnan province. Nanba's job center welcomed 2,000 job hunters on the first day after the Spring Festival, of which five hundred have found jobs.

Cai Tianrui, director of Nanba job market, Kunming, says, "the jobs we provide are almost the same every year, but there are more job hunters than before. We used to choose one out of five applicants, but this year, it's one out of ten."

Many migrant workers have returned home to inland provinces from coastal manufacturing bases as factories feel the squeeze from the global financial crisis.

Although they have the advantage of work experience, salaries in inland cities are usually lower than in coastal cities.

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Editor:Qin Yongjing