On March 2, 2023, the State Council Press Office held a press conference. Wang Xiaoping, Minister of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said that with the overall improvement of economic operation, the employment situation will continue to pick up in 2023 and remain generally stable.
However, the total employment pressure still exists. In 2023, the number of college graduates will reach 65,438+0.65,438 +0.58 million. The structural contradiction between difficulty in recruiting workers and employment is still outstanding, and it is difficult for ordinary workers to recruit and skilled workers are in short supply.
In 2023, 200 science and technology industries around the world laid off nearly 70,000 people due to the economic downturn, including 500 people in Silicon Valley alone, with an average daily layoff of 1.800 people.
According to the incomplete statistics of institutions, in the first three months of 2023, there were layoffs in foreign trade, real estate, manufacturing, medical devices, Internet, automobile and other industries in China, and the layoffs ranged from10% to 40%. While laying off employees, many large factories have also introduced salary reduction measures for middle and high-level employees.
The reduction of civil servants has also been hotly searched, and all departments have been streamlined by 5% to reduce unnecessary institutions. Many units also have difficulty in paying wages.
The employment situation in China will be very severe in 2023. What is severe is not only the incremental pressure, but the structural contradiction between the economic downturn environment brought about by the three-year epidemic and the existing employment groups. The superposition of the two forms a complex employment environment in 2023:
1. The number of college graduates continues to increase, and it is expected to reach11580,000 in 2023, a record high, but the market demand is not enough to absorb so many talents, resulting in an imbalance between supply and demand.
2. The epidemic situation and economic downturn have had a dual impact on employment. On the one hand, they have affected the production and operation of some industries and enterprises, leading to layoffs or salary cuts; On the other hand, it also affects the psychological state and consumer confidence of employees, leading to low consumer demand.
3. The structural contradictions of existing employment groups have intensified. Some traditional industries and low-skilled jobs are facing the pressure of elimination or transformation, while emerging industries and high-skilled jobs lack suitable talent matching, resulting in structural imbalance in employment.