The next day, I took a few printed resumes and prepared to try them out according to the few agency positions my cousin said.

There were a lot of outsiders here, and the intermediaries were relatively concentrated, so when I came to the street, I didn't go far to see three or four intermediary companies side by side.

Said to be a company, in fact, it is a store, there are a few boards at the door that are more than two meters high and more than two meters wide, which are plastered with A4 paper with recruitment information written on them, and there are many people in front of the board, mostly young people, with nervous and anxious expressions, obviously most of these information are far from expectations.

I stood behind them, and from the cracks in the crowds, most of them were general workers recruited by factories, as well as hotel waiters, construction site steel workers, logistics company stevedores, security guards and so on.

I looked at the whole page and didn't see any information related to the job I was looking for.

It's basically manual work.

I studied a popular major, and I thought it would be a sought-after career after graduation, but who knew that I didn't even see any of the job postings in this store.

Only secretarial work has something to do with computers, and it is also specially reminded that only girls under the age of 25 with good faces and well-proportioned bodies are recruited.

Is this a secretary or a model?

Of course, the secretary is the image of the company, and such a condition is not out of line.

I went to two smaller agencies, and the recruitment content was almost identical as if it were a clone.

The intermediary is a profit-making organization, and the introduction of work charges 50% of the monthly salary as an intermediary fee, I looked at the wage standard, because most of them are service and factory work, the salary is between 400 and 600, in that case, I have to charge two or three hundred, I touched my pocket, I paid the intermediary fee, I am a complete proletarian.

I reflexively went back to the larger intermediary store, which was also crowded with people, and there was a staff member who said something loudly, I squeezed to the front, he was holding a printed A4 and said: "Listen, everyone, this is a Taiwanese sole proprietorship, the treatment is good, the food and housing are managed, the condition is to accept overtime, the salary is calculated according to the completion of qualified products, basically can reach more than 800, there is no cap, 18 to 25 years old, junior high school or above, you don't want to send, meet the requirements of the stand, do not meet the first exit." ”

At this time, many people went out dejectedly, obviously they were either old or not educated enough, and they stared at such a good job and missed it.

I was eligible, but I didn't plan to do this assembly line job with a college diploma in my hand, so I quit the room first.

I went out and asked a man who looked to be in his forties and fifties, "Big brother, what kind of job are you looking for?" ”

The middle-aged man said a little shyly: "I have no culture, no technology, I will do some strength, but let me go to the construction site a little unwilling, the contractor on the construction site is too dark, hard work can not earn three walnuts and dates, and not necessarily get a salary, my fellow did not work for a few days and couldn't stand running, I also did a few days, living in the shed to eat pickles, but also by the foreman's anger, the key is that the money can not be guaranteed, I also did not do." No, I want to find a job as a security guard, but ......"

"But what?" I thought to myself, there are many companies looking for security guards on the job posting, so it shouldn't be difficult to find such a job, right?

The middle-aged man continued: "I paid the intermediary fee and interviewed several companies, but I didn't get the interview, and the intermediary fee was also lost. ”

"Ahh Why? ”

"The intermediary fee is only responsible for recommending three, and the intermediary fee will not be refunded if you fail to do it for three interviews."

"Why is this happening?" I know there is such a rule, but I don't understand why he keeps failing to apply.

The middle-aged man looked left and right, and confirmed that there was no intermediary talent whispered to me: "In fact, a lot of recruitment information on this is fake, and their purpose is to earn intermediary fees, because there are not so many jobs, and so many people are looking for jobs, so the intermediary will join hands with the company they have business contacts to do a game, and cheat everyone's money, and you have no place to reason." ”

It's no wonder that the recruitment information of several stores is similar, and it turns out that there are such cats in it.

"So what do you do? Paid again? ”

"What if I don't pay? I've been out for more than half a month, and I haven't earned a penny yet, so I'm not willing to go back and see if I can find a reliable job, even if I go to sweep the streets. ”

I looked at him helplessly, knowing that there was little hope, but still holding on to a glimmer of fantasy struggling to survive in this strange city.

I awkwardly pinched the resume in my hand, if I handed it to the agent, hoping to find a job that was both suitable and high-paying, I might not be able to charge me how much the agency fee. When the time comes, send me to the so-called company to work, and then find various reasons to refuse, then I must not be trapped.

I asked the middle-aged man: "Big brother, the Taiwanese battery cell factory in the house just now is always reliable, right?" ”

"The requirements of Hong Kong, Taiwan and foreign-funded companies are relatively strict, this is true, but the working hours are too long, and there are many overtime, many people can't persevere, and they will not be busy in vain at that time."

I looked speechlessly at the group of young people who were a little excited, waiting for them, perhaps the cruel first lesson of life.

The young people who filled out the form gradually dispersed, and I hesitated to go up and hand in my resume, when a young girl came up to me and said, "Let me ask, brother, are you also looking for a job?" ”

I glanced at the girl who was questioning, dressed plainly, with a shy look on her childish face, and she looked like she had just come from out of town to find something to do.

"yes, you're looking for a job too?"

"yes, but I can't find a suitable one." The girl said.

"What do you want to do?"

"I have been to several districts for the preschool education I studied, and most of them only recruit locals, like us from other places, and we don't think about it at all, saying that the parents of students don't trust outsiders."

"And this kind of statement? What happened to the outlanders? What we learn is not the same? I said a little angrily.

The girl shook her head helplessly, and said: "It may involve children's things, the requirements are better, every institution has such an unwritten rule, and I don't expect to find a professional counterpart now, I really can't do something related to education, but that's it, I still can't find it." ”

Yes, another compromise.

The girl told me that her name was Lian Xin, she was from northern Jiangsu, and she had just graduated last year.

I told her that my name is Chen Xiaoxu, she has just turned 20 years old this year, I am older than her, she has a very sweet mouth, and she screams a little brother Xu.

Maybe the fates of the two of us are too similar, and I feel that the two of us are very close all of a sudden.

She asked for a resume from me, read it very carefully, handed it to me and said: "Brother Xiaoxu, the resume is useless, like this kind of intermediary company, most of the recruits are general workers or people on the construction site, like us, you still need to find some channels, unless you put down your body and simply do some manual work like them, really professional companies are recruited through headhunters, and they will not put their share here at all." ”

So that's the case, I spent a long time working on such a resume, and I don't need it here at all.

It's no wonder I don't see a similar message on a full recruitment wall.

"So how can we get in touch with a headhunter?"

"Brother Xiaoxu, it's not me who hits you, just a little white like us, the education is not high, even if we find a headhunting company, people won't even consider it, do you know how many levels they have? The first is returnees, the second is a graduate degree or above, the third is a bachelor's degree from a key university, and the fourth is an ordinary university. Not counting the previous and quit their jobs in the mainland to find opportunities, everyone is running to the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, where the supply has long exceeded demand, you say, we take a diploma without any work experience, will people take care of us? ”

I embarrassedly clutched a few pieces of paper in my hand, I felt very naïve, I thought I had learned a lot of knowledge, it turned out that it was not as good as the big brother who was looking for a security job just now, he also had a clear goal, I had a few more years of education, but it became an obstacle to finding a job, high or low, and suddenly lost direction.

Lian Xin probably saw that my face was full of disappointment, and hurriedly said to me: "It's okay Brother Xiaoxu, let's put down our bodies first, we can find a place to eat, and then find a suitable one when we have a foothold." ”