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Youth unemployment青年人失业问题

　　The unemployment of college graduates should not be regarded as a social problem if proper guidance and assistance can be offered to them.

　　College graduates may find it difficult to get a job in the wake of an expanded enrollment system launched four years ago. And the employment situation facing vocational， technical and secondary school students is not much better. Now in Shanghai， about 60 per cent of the jobless are below the age of 35.

　　But compared with the unemployment problem among people in their 40s or 50s， the increasing percentage of young jobless among the unemployed should not be regarded as a social catastrophe. The unemployment of older people is caused by the country's transition from a planned economy to a market economy. It could be co-ordinated and solved through administrative means. But the unemployment of young people is mainly due to an imbalance of supply and demand in the labour market， which should be eased in line with a market economy.

　　Three reasons lead to the unemployment of young people. Many young people project expectations on their careers that are too high and they are unwilling to start their career in a low income position.

　　And some employers tend to hire professionals of higher educational levels to do low-level job. That not only puts obstacles in the way of new graduates， but also results in the frequent job changing of professionals.

　　In addition， the current education system stresses too much on academic education instead of practical skills. Many employers do not want to recruit newly graduated students without much work experience. （241 words）