In recent years, the scale of college graduates in China has continued to increase substantially, so some people think that the employment pressure of college graduates is caused by the expansion of colleges and universities. After careful analysis, this statement is untenable. In the past few years, the scale of higher education in China has developed rapidly, which is realized on the basis of long-term connotation development. It is an important decision made by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council from a strategic and overall perspective, which has important practical significance and far-reaching historical significance for the country and the nation. The competition in the 2 1 century is, in the final analysis, the competition for talents, and all countries are striving to cultivate and tap talents in order to occupy the commanding heights in the future international competition. For a developing country like us, human resources are the only capital for us to be invincible in the future competition. However, at present, the population receiving higher education in China accounts for only about 5% of the total population, far behind developed countries, such as 35% in the United States and 23% in Japan. At the same time, receiving higher education is also the ardent hope of the broad masses of the people. They know that knowledge is power and education changes fate. If you don't go to college, you have to find a job. For most young people, if they have not received higher education and skills training, their future employment will face more severe difficulties.

In fact, the increase in the employment difficulty of college graduates is influenced by the overall employment environment of society. In recent years, the employment pressure of college graduates has increased, which happens to be the year when the overall employment contradiction in China has intensified. The employment of new labor force and the reemployment of laid-off workers are intertwined, and the contradiction between labor supply exceeding demand is very sharp. Statistics from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security show that although the number of employed people in cities and towns exceeded100000 in 2006, there were still140000 unemployed people. In 2007, the total number of jobs available was only about120,000, but the number of new jobs reached 24 million. In this way, the labor supply is seriously greater than the job demand, and the employment space of college graduates is bound to be squeezed, and the jobs suitable for them are facing fierce competition.

The employment pressure of college graduates is also a structural contradiction caused by the regional development gap and the dual structure of urban and rural areas. It is manifested as "some people have nothing to do, no one has something to do", "there are fewer people in places with many things, and there are fewer jobs in places with many people". On the one hand, due to the gap between regions and urban and rural areas, college graduates pay more attention to cities and economically developed areas when choosing jobs. Many graduates compete for limited positions, and thousands of troops are crowded on a "single-plank bridge". According to the data released by the Ministry of Personnel, in 2005, only Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen accepted 15 provinces and cities 10.9% of college students. On the other hand, the vast number of underdeveloped areas and grass-roots units generally lack talents and are in urgent need of intellectual input and support. However, due to the influence of distribution system, employment system, household registration policy, security system, number of personnel and financial difficulties, even if graduates want to work in these places, it is often difficult to implement them. This objectively leads to the narrow space and poor channels for college students to find jobs in the west and grassroots, which also aggravates the difficulty for graduates to find jobs.

At the same time, the employment pressure of college graduates is also related to the cultivation of talents in higher education. Some colleges and universities recruit students blindly and can't keenly perceive the changes of social needs, so as to adjust and optimize the specialty settings accordingly; Some local colleges and universities can't keep up with the investment after enrollment expansion, and the conditions for running schools are relatively backward; Some schools do not pay enough attention to the cultivation of students' practical ability, and the trained talents can not fully meet the needs of employers; Wait a minute.

In addition, the employment concept of college graduates is lagging behind. Many people think that going to college is like "carp yue longmen", and its status has changed. They must find a good job before they can get a job. Many parents believe that college graduates are not considered as decent jobs if they do specific jobs. As a result, a considerable number of college graduates have high employment expectations and cannot meet the needs of the job market. Many college graduates prefer to "drift" in big cities rather than go to local, grassroots or small and medium-sized cities for employment. High or low results further aggravate the employment pressure of college graduates.

According to Beijing Youth Daily, nearly 20,000 college graduates in Beijing signed up for 3,000 "village officials" this year. Graduates can voluntarily sign up to serve as assistant secretary of the Party branch and director of the village committee in rural areas of Beijing. Shanxi Province also recruited 8,000 "university student village officials" this year, and the number of registered university graduates reached 80,000. This is an important measure to encourage college graduates' employment according to the Opinions on Guiding and Encouraging College Graduates to Face Grassroots Employment issued by the Central Committee, and it also builds a bridge for college graduates to go to the grassroots.