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He could hear the whispers
EVERY morning when he sees the heavy traffic on the streets of Beijing and the commuters on their way to work, Xiao Han feels a craving - for a job. The craving has been there for a year.
"I want a job," said the 24-year-old Xiao. He graduated from Hebei Normal University last summer, and his job search has gone nowhere. He studied law because he was told hed have good job prospects.
But that bubble burst when he found he had only handed out three of his 30 CV copies at the spring job fair in Shijiazhuang. "Either my qualifications were too great or there were few positions. Thats when I began to get worried," said Xiao.
Afterwards, he pinned his hopes on the State Judiciary Exam in September and began preparing for the exam. "I planned to take a career in law if I could pass it."
Then came the bad news: he had failed. That dashed all hopes of pursuing a law career. In October and November, he went to every job fair in Shijiazhuang and posted his CV online. He had a dozen interviews and passed half of them. Most job offers were in sales, but he had no interest in that field.
When he returned to his home in the Hebei countryside, Xiao could almost hear the whispers of his friends and neighbors. He had spent four years at a good university only to come home to his parents, who are farmers, with nothing but a pile of useless CVs. "People asked, Whats the use of four years of study? They said I was worthless."
For weeks, Xiao couldnt sleep and would wake up in the middle of the night "feeling helpless". He would constantly check his cellphone in hopes of finding a missed call. Yet all was not lost. Back at university he had studied some computer programming and heard about a training class in computer programming. At the end of the training, the company would help students find jobs. Xiao thought this might be his chance.
In January he came to Beijing with 13,000 yuan for tuition - most of it provided by his parents. "They say they guarantee that we get a job," Xiao said. "Thats what convinced me that it was worth the money."
Xiaos working hard. He gets up at 7:30, cooks noodles for breakfast, goes to class, and returns to his dorm in the western part of Beijing at around 10 pm. "I dont have time for fun. Ill only relax after I get a job."
Xiao shares a room with four other people and spends no more than 10 yuan a day on food. But hes full of hope because, when the course ends in June, hes confident hell get a job.
"Ill use my first salary to go to McDonalds, take a tour of Beijing, and send some money to my parents."
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