"Graduation means unemployment." A classmate Wang from Guangzhou, Guangdong, never thought that such a joke had come true on himself. Recently, on a job search website, a senior student surnamed Wang broke the news that he got the offer of Xiaopeng automobile early last year and signed an employment agreement with him. However, in May this year, the company HR said that it could not provide jobs due to business adjustment.
Xiaopeng automobile is not the only one who broke the contract with graduates. Previously, several netizens also said on the social platform that they would be terminated by the company due to the recent adjustment of the business structure of ideal automobile, and attached the termination SMS notice they received.
The scene of the autumn recruitment in September last year is still fresh in my mind. At that time, due to the expansion demand of the personnel team, the new car manufacturing enterprises staged a wonderful "people grabbing war". Equity incentive, doubling of salary, full shareholding, flexible working system and other means to attract graduates to join emerge one after another. At that time, he Xiaopeng, CEO of Xiaopeng automobile, personally ended up recruiting people, and said that "if you don't recruit again, it's too late". The number of school recruits of Xiaopeng automobile has fully doubled over the previous year.
More than half a year later, why did the car companies that tried hard to recruit now choose to terminate the contract?
The car companies have no choice but to rob people and break the contract
"It should be due to the recession of the industry and the temporary contraction of the business of automobile enterprises." In an interview with China auto news, Zhong Shi, an auto industry commentator, said that after the industry and market recover, enterprises will consider expanding and recruiting.
Ideal automobile said that this is because of the recent business adjustment, some jobs were closed, involving some school enrollment partners who have not joined this year. In view of the inconvenience that may be caused to these students to find a job again, the company has provided a scheme for post transfer selection and termination compensation, and is currently communicating with relevant students.
Xiaopeng automobile responded that due to the post adjustment and performance optimization of some departments, involving the adjustment of a small number of fresh graduates and relevant employees, it will continue to communicate and handle it properly. Xiaopeng automobile also said that with the rapid growth of intelligent automobile business, Xiaopeng automobile and ecological enterprises continue to increase talent and R & D investment. Since the beginning of 2021, Xiaopeng automobile has added more than 10000 employees, including about 1600 fresh graduates who have been employed and about 900 fresh graduates to be employed. It is expected to arrive in July this year.
"No way, the enterprise is too difficult." An unnamed person in charge of human resources of a listed automobile enterprise reluctantly said that if it is not a last resort, ordinary enterprises will not choose to break the contract with fresh students near graduation, because this is not only related to the difficulty of school recruitment in the future, but also damage their brand image and affect product sales.
Behind the simultaneous adjustment of business by the two car companies is the overall pressure on the industry since this year. According to the person in charge, since the end of March, the epidemic situation in some parts of the Yangtze River Delta has rebounded, and the supply chain, logistics and production of the automobile industry have been seriously disrupted. Some small and medium-sized automobile enterprises can only "tighten their belts" and reduce labor costs.
Actively looking for employment opportunities in the industrial chain
To this end, for the dismissed graduates, Mr. Zhong said that it is difficult for them to obtain rights and interests protection through legal proceedings in the short term. The top priority is to quickly find other employment opportunities.
The person in charge of human resources of a listed auto company suggested that if you have held multiple offers before, you can try to contact the recruitment heads of other auto companies who have given offers before, and you may be able to find a job faster; On the other hand, the school recruitment is coming to an end this year. Graduates who have not found a job can consider participating in social recruitment.
In addition, the person in charge suggested that in addition to vehicle enterprises, auto students can also actively look for job opportunities in parts enterprises, especially some excellent high-tech enterprises in the industrial chain in the field of new energy vehicles and intelligent networked vehicles.
For those students who are still studying in school and are about to face job hunting, the person in charge believes that they should actively supplement the relevant knowledge of intelligent networking and electrification, such as taking a second degree, strengthen self-learning, make career positioning and make full preparations for employment.
Car companies do not reduce school recruitment, but increase intelligence. Electronic talents are still scarce
However, this does not mean that this year's auto students have encountered the "most difficult employment season".
Although the number of graduates in China has exceeded the 10 million mark for the first time this year, reaching 10.76 million, the overall enrollment scale of the automotive industry has increased instead of decreasing.
"In 2022, affected by the national epidemic, the progress of spring recruitment slowed down, but the overall impact is small." Xu Lei, the project leader of the research on the current situation of intelligent networked automotive college students' talents by the automotive talent Professional Committee of China Talent Research Association, said in an interview with the reporter of China auto news that the research of the automotive talent research association found that the school recruitment scale of automobile enterprises showed an upward trend this year, especially the automobile enterprise groups that developed new business units and fields and the groups that introduced more vehicle models and products, The enrollment scale of some auto enterprises has increased by 20% - 30%.
According to the information learned by the Automobile Talent Research Association, the spring recruitment positions of mainstream automobile enterprises this year are mainly concentrated in three categories: R & D (including positions of intelligent driving, chassis development, intelligent control, vehicle integration, software development, test certification, electronics and appliances, creative design, powertrain, body interior and exterior decoration, etc.) Business (including procurement, function, digital technology, marketing and other positions) and manufacturing (including production technology and other positions). Among them, the weight of intelligent Internet connection, software and digital related posts has increased, which is still the "must compete" for all vehicle enterprises.
Therefore, car enterprises need college students with compound and multi professional backgrounds. At present, they pay more attention to interdisciplinary and compound majors and college students with "combination of soft and hard"; At the same time, automobile enterprises also pay attention to the laboratories and targeted training classes under the school enterprise cooperation mode, as well as the newly opened graduates of relevant majors in Colleges and universities that meet the needs of the "new four modernizations" of the automobile industry.
It is reported that HR of an automobile enterprise told the automobile talent research association that in terms of number, the campus recruitment of automobile related intelligent and electronic talents by its enterprise this year has increased by 30% ~ 40% compared with the same period last year, and even relaxed the employment conditions for talents in this field, saying that as long as the three electricity, intelligent driving and other projects are involved in the learning and internship experience, they will become the focus of enterprises. In terms of academic requirements, except that some specific positions require doctors and masters, other positions are also quite "friendly" to undergraduate students.