The months-long search has taken an emotional toll on the 23-year-old, who had ironically conducted a survey on jobseeking anxiety as part of her university studies.
Authorities on Tuesday abruptly said they would stop publishing age-related employment data, prompting public scepticism and concern over youth joblessness in the world’s second-largest economy. He had quit his previous job in eastern China’s Zhejiang province to move closer to his family in Beijing, and was now wracked with anxiety about his prospects after a fruitless few weeks of searching.
The companies that have bounced back “will pick a direction, and this direction is first of all that the company must survive,” he said. “If you’re in a second or third-tier city… there would be very few development opportunities in my industry,” he told AFP.China has in recent weeks announced a series of measures to boost consumption, including large-scale festivals and sporting events, as well as an increase in spending on services involving catering and healthcare.