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.
Jiang said the university sets up a business guide team made of government officials and professionals. They regularly give training courses to students who show an interest in having their own business. 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.
小题1:Which of the following can be the best title?
| A．A Tough Job Market |
| B．Graduates Who Can Only Dream of Being Boss |
| C．The Ambitious Fresh Graduates |
| D．The Story of Guo Bing |
小题2:Which of the following does NOT stop fresh graduates realizing their dreams of being bosses?
| A．The lack of business opportunity and investment. |
| B．The shortage of business experience. |
| C．Less skilled English language. |
| D．Their family members’ objections. |
小题3:In the view of Guo Bing, what is the key factor that makes fresh graduates dream of being boss soon after
graduation?
| A．Their family don’t support them. |
| B．Their social networking is not good. |
| C．There are not enough graduate jobs. |
| D．They want to achieve greater success. |
小题4:Which of the following statements is NOT true about Guo Bing?
| A．He has started his own business with the help of his relatives. |
| B．English is his major in the university. |
| C．He is trying to find a job which can satisfies him. |
| D．He is a Shanghai native. |
小题5:Who is this article mostly intended for?
| A．The parents whose child graduates from university soon. |
| B．Those who will graduate from university. |
| C．Those who want to be bosses. |
| D．The officials who work in the government. |