Civil service jobs in less demand
报考人数下降 公务员考试降温
The number of applicants for civil service jobs has dropped in most places so far this year. According to eighteen provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions that released employment information, sixteen of them saw a decrease in applicants year-on-year.
The number of applicants in Zhejiang province was down 37 percent from 360 thousand last year to 227,000 in 2014. And most other provinces saw a decrease of between ten and thirty percent this year. Only Shaanxi province and the Inner Mongolia autonomous region have seen increases in the number of applicants.
Meanwhile, fifteen provincial-level governments have cut the number of civil service positions available. Zhejiang province for example has about 1,500 less posts than last year.