The Problems Of Employment Of Rural College Students

Since the 1990s, the employment of college students began to be focused by the people and the community. Because of its particularity, it’s more difficult for rural college graduates to get a job than urban college graduates. The problems of the employment of the rural college graduates are as follows:higher contract signing rate with low quality, low salary, low job satisfaction, low levels of employment intentions, industrial workers and technical staff are the major type of occupation, and work units are most likely individuals and private companies. The main reasons are:lack of human capital, lack of social capital, economic capital shortage, insufficient help from college, injustice of employers recruiting and training, lack of relevant governmental system and so on. The lack of human capital mainly reflected the low level of human capital of rural college graduates, employment opportunities for the wishes of the impact of human capital value realization and rural college graduates in higher education inequality; Social capital shortage is mainly reflected in the lack of family social capital and college social capital; Economic capital shortage is mainly reflected in the poor family economic conditions of rural college students; Insufficient help from college show up that there is not a well-established system for job hunting and the lack of career guidance and counseling for college students from rural areas; The unfair of employers recruiting and training is mainly reflected in the employer recruiting process and prejudice of employers; The lack of governmental system is mainly reflected in the disorder of household registration system, imperfect labor market employment mechanism and employment policies may not be implemented.It is harder and harder for the rural families to realize the dream that improving their living conditions by receiving higher education. The increase of employment difficulties will result in social class solidification, reduction of investment in education in rural area and the increase of giving up the higher education. This series of social problems means that the flow of members of the social status between the different classes is blocked, the dream of changing their life by their own efforts shatters for the underprivileged. It affects the social stability and harmony seriously. On the other hand, because of the lack of social capital, it is more difficult for the rural college graduates to get a job. To some content, the employment difficulties for the rural college graduates is a manifestation of social class solidification.To solve the problem of employment of rural college graduates, we can proceed in several ways including individuals, social capital, families, universities, employers and government. This will promote healthy social class mobility and ensure the stability and harmonious development of society.