Opening an online shop with a monthly income of thirty to forty thousand yuan, selling time and ideas to help people solve problems, and being Internet brokers and go-betweens… the birth of new professions promoted by the Internet has already become a nice business in the eyes of college students. In the meantime, traditional employment channels have also changed. Today, many college students are seeking "golden professions" via the Internet.
From 500 yuan start-up funding to more than 20 million yuan sales per month, from one person to 78 staff, from a small bedroom to an office of 130 square meters. In the past two years, Yang Fugang 's online business shop has become increasingly prosperous. He expressed, "the Taobao adventure changed my life."
In 2007, Yang Fugang, a sophomore student of Yiwu Trade and Industry Vocational Technical College opened an online shop, starting from only 5 cents profit business, and then he transferred his attention to the cosmetic industry with a keen sense. He did not "know the ropes" of the cosmetics industry in the beginning, so he immersed in the Internet everyday to understand the market, finding the best-selling products from other Web sites. Until now, her "toot fine makeup shop" has gained a "three-crowns" rating, receiving over 60,000 good comments from customers.
Facing graduation, Yang Fugang occasionally went to recruitment conferences in order to seek subordinates who are hard-working, willing to endure hardship and good at communicating. Yang Fugang grinned and said, "I did not expect that running an online shop could not only pay for my own life but also help others to find jobs."
At present, like Yang Fugang, there are nearly 2000 students from Yiwu Trade and Industry Vocational Technical College that have opened online shops. The number of Internet purchases in the "2008 annual market development report of Internet purchase" was tantalizing: Last year, 57 million people gained employment by opening online shops on Taobao, among which, 23-32 year olds accounted for more than half while 18-22 year olds accounted for 12%. The data showed that because of the stability of online business, a considerable number of university students directly chose to open online shops to make a living after graduation.
The unlimited creativity generation
Taking a camera, while hugging a human sized teddy bear, Chen Xiao started off. She tried to take care of the bear along the road, in fear of the toy getting dirty. After two hours, she came to the door of a company in Chaoyang District, Beijing, pressing the shutter quite surprising Miss Bai. "Your friend asked me to send a gift; I wish you a happy birthday!" Chen Xiao said smiling.
In fact, Chen Xiao sold her time via the Internet, letting the buyer arrange her day. In addition to the gifts and travel expenses, she charged 100 yuan per day. This 26-year-old girl Chen Xiao told reporters that in December last year, the "remaining life store of Chen Xiao" officially opened. Besides "one day", the price for "eight minutes" or "1 hour" was 8 yuan and 20 yuan respectively. "I only devote my time to those who are genuinely in need." Chen Xiao said, "I would prefer to say that this is my way of life rather than an adventure, contributing my energy and making life more interesting."
People who share their wisdom, skills and knowledge online like this are called "power figures". Many graduates learned from Chen Xiao, selling their strengths and interests via the Internet earning their first pot of gold. Today, there are quite a few students performing as one of the "figure generation": the "career figures" who help to collect employment information for candidates to find jobs; the "exchange figures" who give their expertise in exchange for others to learn skills. The graduate, Xiao Cui set up towel shop websites and ikebana factories for her hometown, collecting and exploring the demands of foreign customers by taking advantage of her expertise in English and eventually achieving "breakout trade". In the past five months, Xiao Cui helped enterprises receive more than 200 million order forms.
In the recently held "Second Chinese College Students' Future Network Operators' Challenge", the college students presented one after another. The organizers named them the "Internet economic men". Liang Xiaochun, Vice president of Alibaba said: "The e-commerce demands for millions of talents. The future trend of service sector is e-commerce. The threshold for the Internet brokers is low and the required investment is not high, it is a very good stage for students to start their own business."
Good plan combined with traditions
The Internet not only gave birth to new careers full of imagination, but also changed the "old traditions" in relevant departments in the aspect of carrying out employment work. Internet Recruitment conferences provide a broader interaction platform for enterprises, students, colleges and universities.
From November 2008 to April this year, the Ministry of Education uniting seven departments, has already launched 10 national scale Internet recruitment events for 2009 colleges graduates, providing information on 400,000 jobs and involving more than 17,000 employers.
The maximum daily visits were more than 11 million. From June 20-26, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security as well as the Ministry of industry and information technology will practice Internet recruitment via many websites such as the three-dimensional platform of national public employment services and the information website for small and medium enterprises in China, planning to organize 510,000 employers to provide 500,000 jobs.
This way of the united recruitment by the Employment Network Alliance, can not only ease the difficult employment situation for university students, but also introduce "talents" for small and medium-sized enterprises against the background of the financial crisis.
"In fact, things needing change include traditional colleges and universities education. E-commerce and entrepreneurship training courses shall be added into the educational plan. The means of career guidance also needs innovation. Colleges, universities and businesses should join hands to increase opportunities for students to practice seeking employment opportunities and advance." Liang Xiapchun expressed, "At present, both social and business models are in a transitional stage, traditional commerce besides the Internet companies are also increasingly dependent on the Internet. Even if not planning to open an online business, the college students still need to change their concepts, adapting to the Internet development trend. Only in this way, can they go forward smoothly on the job-seeking road."
By People's Daily Online
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