Career mentors in growing demand in China: newspaper

Source: Xinhua| 2019-08-26 14:01:29|Editor: Yamei
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BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Jobs related to careers and job-market advisory services have seen a boom in China, China Daily reported Monday.

China's newly established career advisories rose from 76 in 2015 to 130 in 2016 and to 166 in 2017, the newspaper cited available data.

Industry specialists estimate that there are some 400 such services now in all Chinese mainland cities, according to the newspaper.

Career mentoring is listed by several job-market information websites as one of the most promising sectors in the years to come. Never has the demand for career development-related services been so acute, the newspaper quoted Gao Qihang, a career mentor who has recently opened a boutique advisory, called Insight and Performance Improvement (Huazanshidai), in Beijing.

"Career mentoring is an industry based on intensive personal expertise," Gao said. "And you don't get much of that from schools."

Job advisors can offer useful help to young job seekers and make on-campus job consulting more effective, although much more experience and expertise are needed to help midcareer clients, Gao said.

But it seems that the rapid growth in services can hardly meet demands from an economy that is in the middle of unprecedented changes as new jobs are growing faster than ever, the newspaper said.

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