November 30, 2009
Imagine the administrative nightmare for HR to sort this lot out. An estimated one million people are expected to take the national entrance exam for civil service jobs in China. However there are only 15,000 positions available.
If Guru's maths is correct, that's a 1 in 66 chance of landing a plum low-paid job pushing paper in a faceless government building for the rest of their lives. What a response rate! Some recruiters would kill their own grannys for a response rate like that.
Pictured here are applicants queuing for the exam outside a university in Wuhan, Hubei province. Pic courtesy of Reuters.
If Guru's maths is correct, that's a 1 in 66 chance of landing a plum low-paid job pushing paper in a faceless government building for the rest of their lives. What a response rate! Some recruiters would kill their own grannys for a response rate like that.
Pictured here are applicants queuing for the exam outside a university in Wuhan, Hubei province. Pic courtesy of Reuters.
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