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Faced with a tough job market, fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses instead.
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Faced with a tough job market, fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses instead.
But a recent survey has showed that such ambitions lack the required support and remain just that - dreams.
The Shanghai Municipal Employment Promotion Center poll of 1,276 graduates in several universities and colleges in the city, released last Friday, showed 59.78 percent of respondents considered the possibility of setting up a company or at least a small store.
"But they just stop at the 'thinking' stage," it stated.
Respondents put the top reasons for not going it alone down to a shortage of investment and a lack of business opportunity.
They also listed lack of business experience and social networks, the need for advanced study and objections from family members as factors that stood in their way.
More than 90 percent of the interviewees said they would rather take up a job after graduating and then consider starting their own business two or three years down the road.
Guo Bing, a senior student in Shanghai International Studies University majoring in English, decided he wanted to be his own boss last year.
But he is looking for a job first. "If I fail to find a satisfying job, I would like to establish a company in exhibition services," Guo said.
The Shanghai native has some relatives working in a local printing plant.
With their help, Guo hopes to produce exhibition brochures at a relatively low price. He is also confident that his English language skills can help him do well in the industry.
"Social networking is an important factor leading to business success," Guo said.
Guo said that the shortage of graduate jobs is the main reason driving more university students to set up a business right after their graduation.
The parents of university graduates are more willing to help their children start up alone, the survey showed.
"Once you win the support of your family, you have won half the battle," Guo added.
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(China Daily)
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面對目前嚴峻的就業形勢，應屆大學畢業生們紛紛做起了“創業夢”。
但近日的一項調查表明，大學生們的“創業夢”因得不到應有的支持，還僅僅是個“夢”而已。
上海市就業促進中心對上海幾所大專及本科院校的共1276名畢業生進行了調查。上周五公布的調查結果顯示，59.78%的受訪大學生表示可能會考慮開一家公司或至少開個小店。
“但目前他們還只停留在‘想’的階段。”
受訪大學生認為，阻礙大學生創業的最主要原因是資金不足和沒有好的創業方向。
此外，經驗不足、缺乏社會關系、需要繼續深造以及家人反對也是阻礙創業的主要因素。
超過90%的受訪者稱，他們打算畢業后先找份工作，干個兩三年后再自己創業。
上海外國語大學英語專業四年級學生郭兵去年有了“自己當老板”的想法。
但他現在正在找工作。他說：“如果找不到滿意的工作，我打算開一家提供展會服務的公司。”
郭兵是上海本地人，他的一些親戚在當地的一家印刷廠工作。
郭兵希望通過親戚的幫助，能以較低的成本印刷展商手冊。此外，小郭認為自己精通英語也是做好這一行的有利條件。
他說：“社會關系是創業成功的一個重要因素。”
小郭說，嚴峻的就業形勢是越來越多的大學生一畢業就走上創業之路的主要原因。
調查表明，大多數家長愿為子女創業提供幫助。
小郭說：“贏得了家人的支持，就成功了一半。”
（英語點津姍姍編輯）
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