20% of college grads willing to work for free

20% of college grads willing to work for free

College graduates became more realistic [ˌriəˈlistik](现实)toward employment [imˈplɔimənt](就业) this year, and 20 percent of them would accept zero payment(零工资), a big jump [dʒʌmp](上升) from last year's 1.2 percent, the Beijing Times(北京时报) reported Monday, citing a survey.

The 2010 college graduates employment pressure(就业压力) survey [səˈvei](调查)was conducted by the China Communist Youth League Beijing Committee(中国共青团北京委员会) and the Beijing Youth Stress Management Service Center(北京青少年压力管理服务中心), collecting over 5,300 questionnaires [ˌkwɛstʃənˈɛr, ˌkwestʃəˈneə].((统计或调查用的)问卷，征求意见表).
According to the survey results, salary expectations for junior college(大专), college, master's and doctorate [ˈdɔktərit](博士的) graduates are 2,000, 2,500, 3,000-3,500 and 4,500-5,000 yuan, respectively [risˈpektivli](相应的).

Some 18.5 percent of junior college graduates and 20 percent of college graduates are willing to accept zero payment, the survey said. More than 10 percent of master's and doctorate respondents also said they would accept zero payment.

Many respondents(受访者) said they would accept zero payment if the work can help them enhance [inˈhɑ:ns](增强)their ability, accumulate [əˈkju:mjuleit](积累) experience, meet their own interests, or is conducive [kənˈdju:siv](有益的，有助的) to long-term development.

"The result indicates(反应出) that graduates are more realistic toward employment," said Xiong Hanzhong, head of the service center.

The results also showed that more graduates are willing to work in less-developed areas(欠发达地区) of the western regions(西部地区) and suburbs(城郊).