Chapter 1: Unemployed Chinese PhDs
"Well, there's no news again."
Looking at the computer screen, Shi Kuifa let out a long sigh and sat down on the computer chair.
It's been almost half a year, and since graduating from the doctoral program of the Department of Chinese Literature at XX University, Shi Kuifa found that he couldn't enter the university as a professor without a background.
So he began to look for a job non-stop, whether it was through the interpersonal relationships he knew, to inquire about job vacancies, to find a way; Or on a recruitment website, he submitted his resume to look for a job, desperately looking for employment opportunities, but it always backfired, and there was no follow-up.
The same is true today, Shi Kuifa submitted more than 100 resumes and posted them to the website to tell him that "the upper limit of today's resume has been reached", but now, that is, at half past six in the evening, these resumes are all like stones sinking into the sea, and they are gone.
Yesterday, the day before yesterday, the day before yesterday, the day before yesterday, the day before yesterday, last week, last week, it was all like this, everything went away.
He picked up his phone and looked at it, and in the same way, most of those who asked people he knew about "whether there are job opportunities" replied to him, "I'm sorry, there is no shortage of units now", otherwise, they couldn't read back.
The wave of unemployment of big doctors, the phenomenon of globalization, too many doctors, too few suitable jobs - especially a doctor of liberal arts, or even a doctor of Chinese like him.
Shi Kuifa buried his face in his hands gloomily, thirty-five years old, he has no job, no money, no car, the house he lives in now is rented, no girlfriend, let alone want to get married, in addition to the high education of "doctor of Chinese department", Shi Kuifa understands that his life is nothing.
- It's better to change careers! Put down everything you have learned in the Chinese department and start over!
But as soon as this thought moved, Shi Kuifa felt a little timid, he was already a little old, and now he has just left the society, isn't it equivalent to the oldest newcomer with no work experience? What decent company would want someone like that?
But if you don't go to these decent companies, ordinary small companies, you won't want to hire someone like him with a doctorate degree, and the small temple is not good for the big Buddha!
- Life seems to have reached a bottleneck, and there is no future in sight......
Shi Kuifa's throat choked slightly, quite sad. In the field of Chinese, he is proficient in the subset of scripture and history and the hundred schools of thought, but in this modern society, it seems that heroes are useless.
"What the hell am I ...... How did you get to where you are today......
He let out a long sigh again, and his mind began to think about it, trying to think back to everything he had done as a child, to find out why he had become the unemployed person he is today.
But the more he thought about it, the more discouraged he became.
Because of course he knows why.
Born in an orphanage, he was bullied and bullied a lot in primary and secondary school. At that time, he told himself that he must be angry and study hard, and he believed that as long as he got a good diploma and had a high education, he would definitely have a bright future, waiting for him to create.
So Shi Kuifa has been studying very hard, and he does not hesitate to take out loans, and he also wants to go to college; And after graduating from college, he felt that he could be better, and he decided to continue his studies to go up, master's class, and then just like that, all the way to the doctorate graduation.
Of course, all of this was done with loans, but fortunately, when he was in school, he worked as an assistant to a school professor, received some salary, and received a few small scholarships.
He was also very frugal, saving the money carefully and saving money. Therefore, after graduating, he was able to repay the loan while still living without finding a job.
"Otherwise, let's go and ask the professor to do so." Shi Kuifa thought to himself, "Let's see if there are any postdoctoral ......."
However, as soon as this idea moved, Shi Kuifa vetoed it.
Because his supervisor, in fact, will retire in half a year, he has long been a non-toucher, he can't do anything, and he has no background, as early as when he was in school, he ignored himself, so now, how can this professor help him find a job?
INTERVIEWER Or should I take the exam for a public service or a teaching position in a primary and secondary school?
- It's going to take a while longer, will I be able to get enough money for that time?
After hesitating, Shi Kuifa turned his head and looked at the shelves in his room full of academic books of the Chinese department, and for a while, when he was full of anxiety, he burst into tears of sadness on the spot, and couldn't help crying.
- Huai Cai is not met! It's really a no-brainer! I am full of wealth, but I can't even find a job with a basic salary.
——A dignified doctor, but he was "reversed elimination" by this society.
"I knew I wouldn't have done it......" he choked to himself.
Just when he burst into tears and his eyes were hazy with tears, suddenly, a message popped out of the computer screen in front of him.
It's a new email, and the computer tells Squeefa that he's received a new one.
"Huh? Who sent it to me?"
Shi Kuifa couldn't help but be curious, quickly wiped away his tears, reached out to touch the mouse, and clicked on the e-mail.
It was a notice from a human resources recruitment website, and a company sent a letter to Shi Kui, inviting him to their company for an interview.
Shi Kuifa hurriedly clicked on the link again, clicked into the company, and wanted to take a closer look.
After all, today alone, he has submitted more than 100 resumes, plus the previous one, to say the least, it has broken 10,000 seals. At the first time, Shi Kuifa couldn't immediately determine which company sent him an "interview invitation".
Mouse a little bit and click in.
But as soon as he entered, Shi Kuifa's brows immediately furrowed.
"'Bourlanchine Co., Ltd.'......" he frowned, muttering the name of the company, "What kind of company is this?" Foreign companies? What do you do? Do I have a resume for this company?"
He couldn't remember that he had submitted his resume to the company called "Burlanchin".
So he looked carefully at the corporate profile of the "Bourlanchin Co., Ltd."
The brief is very short, it's not much different from not writing anything, and there is not even an official website of the company.
"Well, it's classified as 'education', and it specializes in the field of education...... Is there a make-up teaching profession?"
- Cram school teacher, don't you feel like a very stable job......
But as soon as he thought about it, Shi Kuifa immediately scolded himself, unemployed people, what else do you pick and choose? Of course, let's talk about it first.
- Just take a look, maybe it's a good job opening!
With a certain thought, Shi Kuifa carefully looked at the "job opening" invitation sent by the company.
"Ugh...... Wen ...... "cultural communicator"?"
Shi Kuifa's heart suddenly became puzzled, and he couldn't help but exclaim. Looking down at this vacancy, he was even more surprised-
"Job description: Comply with the company's requirements and spread good Chinese culture and spirit."
"The job vacancy requires a Ph.D. in Chinese literature, proficient in Chinese, proficient in the subset of Chinese classical scriptures and history, with or without teaching experience or certificates, and can start work immediately. Those who do not have a doctoral qualification in Chinese should not submit their job vacancies."
"The salary interview is conducted by the applicant, and within a reasonable range, the management guarantees that it will be accepted in full; In terms of welfare, in addition to the relevant benefits and insurance stipulated by the government, the applicant can make additional requests, and within a reasonable range, the management also guarantees to accept them in full."
Shi Kui stared at the computer screen in a daze, full of surprise and suspicion.
"Salary Interview...... But ...... "the management guarantees full acceptance"? "All benefits and insurance are guaranteed", and you can "put forward additional needs", and then "the management also guarantees full acceptance"?"
What a weird condition!
However, it sounds like the treatment will be very good.
But the siren suddenly sounded in Shi Kuifa's heart.
- Wait, is there such a good thing in the world?
- Obviously, in modern society, there are a bunch of ninety-nine-six, but they are paid wages that do not meet the over-long working hours! This one is called "Bourlanchine Co., Ltd.", how to look at it, how strange!
INTERVIEWER And "cultural communicators"? What does it do?
- It feels like a remedial education, but it doesn't look like it.
——But why does this job require a PhD from the Department of Chinese?
- It can't be a scam syndicate, right?
The job is, Shi Kui hesitated, the other party asked for a "doctor of Chinese", he fully met the qualifications, and he now urgently needed a job to solve his shyness dilemma, saying that there was no heart, it was a lie, but this company looked a little weird, which made him really not know whether to click the "agree to apply" button.
After a while, he looked at the address of the company "Bourlanchin Co., Ltd." again.
"Huh? It's pretty close...... he was surprised to find that this company was not far from his rented apartment.
"Hmm...... But is there a company over there? Why am I not impressed?"
Skuifa couldn't help but fall into a long contemplation.
He really couldn't remember the existence of this company at the address shown on the webpage. But he remembered that there was a purely commercial building over there.
After a long time, Shi Kuifa suddenly slapped the computer desk, and he made up his mind!
"My life has fallen to the bottom now, it can't be worse, there is a job to come to the door, how can I be suspicious? In the current situation, it is the job that chooses me, not the job!"
"What's more, I've been looking for a job for so long, so this company is the only one that took the initiative to invite me to an interview and have a look, so why not?"
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get the tiger? If you don't feel good after the interview, at most say "I'm sorry, I'm not suitable" and don't do it! What are you afraid of?"
"Also, this company is quite close to my rental house, so I can walk to and from work, and I can save money on transportation!"
Thinking of this, Shi Kuifa immediately clicked on the mouse and pressed the "Agree to Apply" button on the invitation letter for the position of "cultural communicator" issued by the "Bourlanchin Co., Ltd."