On the one hand, enterprises are accelerating their resumption of work and full production, and the demand for employment is rising. On the other hand, workers are returning to work early and applying for jobs. Just after the Spring Festival in the Year of the Rabbit, the labor market has shown accelerated recovery and “booming at both ends.”
The heat of employment reflects the temperature of the economy, revealing the warmth that the economy has stabilized and improved. From cross-provincial recruitment, chartered planes and chartered cars to pick up people back to work, to intensive recruitment, and the introduction of financial subsidy policies… All localities are working hard to ensure stable employment and promote economic development in the new year.
Enterprises are in high demand for employment, and migrant workers return to work early
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the Human Resources and Social Security Department of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province and representatives of more than 10 key enterprises boarded a cross-provincial recruitment vehicle and went to Xinyang, Henan Province, hundreds of kilometers away, to recruit workers.
“In the first quarter, the orders of enterprises in industries such as electronics and new energy were very good, and the demand for laborers was also great. We have brought nearly 5,000 jobs for job seekers to choose from.” Tan Guoming, deputy director of Suzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, said that recruitment is “one step ahead of others.” “, you can “take a quick shot” at the beginning.
With the optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control policies and the accelerated economic recovery, enterprises in many places began to accelerate the resumption of production and full production before the Spring Festival, resulting in a surge in labor demand.
On February 1, a job fair organized by Jiangxi Zhigong Human Resources Service Co., Ltd. in Jiaotang Town, Lushan City, Jiangxi Province attracted many villagers to come to consult. Published by Xinhua News Agency (photo by Han Junxuan)
At the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and other major southeastern provinces have launched cross-provincial recruitment, and government personnel will lead teams to the central and western provinces to publicize company job information and explain recruitment policies.
“At the beginning of this year, one of the outstanding features of the labor market is ‘early’.” said Yun Dong, deputy director of the Employment Promotion Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Going out, 20% of migrant workers returned to work earlier than last year; second, the demand for labor is high, and many companies are looking forward to starting work and production early. .
“Since the beginning of this year, the demand for labor in express delivery, resident service repair, accommodation, catering and other service industries has remained high, and some manufacturing companies have also increased their demand for labor. We clearly feel that companies start recruiting early, indicating that market players have changed their expectations for the future. Good.” Shen Qiang, deputy director of the Human Resources Market Service Department of the Liaoning Provincial Employment and Talent Service Center, said.
On February 1, job seekers looked for suitable jobs at the “2023 Spring Breeze Action and Employment Assistance Month” special job fair in Handan City, Hebei Province. Published by Xinhua News Agency (photo by Hao Qunying)
In January, the manufacturing purchasing managers index, non-manufacturing business activity index and composite PMI output index were 50.1%, 54.4% and 52.9% respectively, 3.1, 12.8 and 10.3 percentage points higher than the previous month. “The three major indexes have all risen to the expansion range, and my country’s economic prosperity has picked up significantly.” Zhao Qinghe, a senior statistician at the Service Industry Survey Center of the National Bureau of Statistics, said.
After the festival, many places have intensively held the “First Meeting of the New Year” to arrange work tasks, and the efforts to fight the economy are constantly increasing the heat of the labor market. In January, the manufacturing and non-manufacturing employment indexes increased by 2.9 and 3.8 percentage points respectively from the previous month, indicating that the employment boom of various enterprises has increased. Especially with the start of a new batch of major projects, the demand for labor will continue to increase.
On January 30, Xi’an held the first offline job fair of “Spring Breeze Action” in 2023. Companies from logistics, catering, hotel, foreign trade, automobile manufacturing and other industries originally planned to provide more than 1,100 jobs, but many companies actually recruited on site. The scale is much higher than the number of recruits on the promotional materials.
On January 31, job seekers look for job opportunities at the job fair in Zhouzhi County, Xi’an City. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Rui
Many companies told reporters that on the one hand, the recent increase in orders has increased the recruitment of basic positions; on the other hand, they are more confident in this year’s development after the Spring Festival holiday, and they are recruiting reserve talents for the next expansion of production in advance.
Intensively send special trains back to work, take multiple measures and guarantee employment
On February 1, Sichuan’s first inter-provincial labor service cooperation train departed from Chengdu East Railway Station after the Spring Festival. More than 600 Sichuan migrant workers took this free train to return to work in Guangdong.
“The government unified the organization and sent us from the gate of our house to the gate of the factory, which is very worry-free.” Carrying luggage and the return gift package issued by the government, Liu Zuohai from Baoshi Town, Anju District, Suining City, Sichuan Province quickly boarded the train.
In order to ensure the employment of enterprises and help migrant workers return to work as soon as possible, the provinces with large employment and labor export provinces will cooperate closely after the festival to strengthen travel services for migrant workers.
On January 30, Shanghai ushered in the first charter flight for migrant workers after the festival. Liuzhou in Guangxi, Guiyang in Guizhou, Kunming in Yunnan, Dingxi in Gansu, Longhui in Hunan and Chongqing all issued special trains for returning to work.
On January 30, passengers who took the first customized special train for migrant workers in Chongqing in 2023 boarded the train at the platform of Chongqing West Railway Station. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Quanchao
Shi Xuexia from Dingxi, Gansu has worked in a car motor factory in Fuzhou for 8 years. “Because of the increase in orders and new production lines in the first quarter, the company is relatively short of people. I hope we can return to work as soon as possible and increase the production speed.” Shi Xuexia said, taking the migrant worker train is nearly a day faster than the normal speed train. There will be a special car to pick you up.
Since the Spring Festival, Yunnan Province has opened 1,032 special trains and chartered flights, and organized the export of 37,000 rural laborers for employment. It is estimated that by the end of March, the number of transferred employment in the province will reach more than 15.7 million, achieving a steady increase in the scale of rural labor transfer employment.
As of January 31, 400,000 migrant workers have been transported “point-to-point” across the country. In addition, since the beginning of this year, inter-provincial and intra-provincial labor service matching activities have been held successively, and some provinces have also established regional labor service cooperation alliances to make labor demand matching more accurate and efficient.
On January 27, Zunyi migrant workers boarded a special train for migrant workers at Zunyi South Station. Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Zhang Guizhong)
On January 29, Sichuan signed the “Framework Agreement on Inter-provincial Labor Service Cooperation” with the human resources and social security departments of Zhejiang, Fujian, Gansu, and Chongqing. The agreement established a long-term mechanism to promote the flow of labor across provinces and strengthen employment assistance for key groups. Sichuan Guang’an Human Resources and Social Security Bureau signed the “Inter-city Labor Service Cooperation Framework Agreement” with seven municipal human resources and social security departments including Zhuhai, Guangdong, and Huzhou, Zhejiang.
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian and other provinces with large labor force have issued special policies to provide subsidies for enterprises to recruit workers, and use real money to support enterprises to resume full production and accelerate development.
The “Several Policies and Measures on Promoting the Overall Improvement of Economic Operations” issued by Jiangsu Province recently clearly stated that localities are encouraged to provide appropriate subsidies for the actual charter costs of enterprises that organize migrant workers across provinces to return to work; for January 1st to February 28th Those who come to Suzhou for the first time to work and sign labor contracts during the period will be given transportation subsidies.
Recruitment services are fully developed to continue to promote employment and increase income
On February 1, the “Spring Breeze Action” special job fair was held in Zixing Plaza, Liuyang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Hunan Province, and more than 100 key enterprises provided nearly 10,000 jobs. Many job seekers came early in the morning, carefully checked and inquired with the promotional materials.
On the same day, in Jinan, Shandong, more than 1,000 kilometers away, the job fair held in Changqing District was crowded with people and the atmosphere was enthusiastic. “After consulting and comparing several positions, I feel that the clerk of the logistics company is more suitable for me. I have already filled out the job application registration form, and I will wait for the interview notice.” Job seeker Ren Ximeng said.
Since the beginning of this year, the accelerated recovery of normal production and living order and offline consumption has also stimulated the enthusiasm of workers for job hunting. Migrant workers generally hope to find employment and increase their income early. “Judging from the online and offline recruitment activities in various places, the number of workers entering the job market has increased compared with previous years.” Yundong said.
On February 1, job seekers learned about the job situation at the job fair held at the People’s Square in Xiangyang, Hubei. Published by Xinhua News Agency (photo by Wang Hu)
The latest survey released by the National Bureau of Statistics shows that in January, the proportion of large, medium and small enterprises reporting insufficient labor supply was less than 11%, a significant drop from the previous month, and the situation of labor shortages restricting production has eased.
In order to further promote employment and ensure employment, the “2023 Spring Breeze Action and Employment Assistance Month” special service activity jointly deployed by 11 departments including the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is being carried out nationwide and will last until the end of March. It will focus on rural laborers and people with employment difficulties And employers provide employment assistance.
According to data from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, various recruitment services have been fully developed. As of January 31, a total of about 16,000 recruitment activities of various types have been held, and nearly 10 million positions have been released. Person in charge of the human resources market in many places said that the employment of enterprises and the job hunting of laborers are expected to usher in a climax after the Lantern Festival.
At the job fair held in Xi’an High-tech Zone, Xiao Wang, a 2023 graduate of Xi’an University of Finance and Economics, told reporters: “The number of college graduates this year has reached a record high, and the employment pressure is indeed not small. But recently, I feel that the salary, majors and other aspects are suitable. The number of jobs has increased, and I believe I can find a satisfactory job.”
On January 31, a teacher from Fuzhou International United College of Tianjin University introduced the situation of the school to the applicants in the on-site video interview area of the 2023 “Good Years Gathering in Fuzhou” spring large-scale job fair for college graduates. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lin Shanchuan
For the group of migrant workers, Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province has built a “migrant worker map” and a database of 500,000 rural laborers, realizing the transformation from “people looking for jobs” to “jobs looking for people”, helping migrant workers find jobs nearby their hometowns.
With the help of the “Employment Digital Brain”, Chongqing City intelligently matches and pushes employment positions for migrant workers and those who have difficulty finding employment. Relying on the convenient service circle that is 15 minutes’ walk from the urban area and 5 kilometers away from the countryside, Chongqing has extensively carried out recruitment activities.
In the future, various localities will also hold high-frequency special recruitment activities by industry and field, and continue to launch online live broadcasts, interviews on the cloud, etc. It is estimated that during the first quarter of the Spring Breeze Action special event, 30 million jobs will be provided for workers .
On January 28, at the human resources market in Changsha, Hunan Province, a job seeker (right) was filling out an application form. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Zeguo
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