BEIJING – Postgraduate student Shelly Gu has sent out about 80 job applications since August 2022 but secured only one offer so far.
“I consider myself lucky to get even a single offer,” said Ms Gu, 23, a chemical engineering student from a university in Zhejiang province. “I have friends who are still looking for jobs, and they have not secured anything.”
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