A job-hunting story for a disabled college student
In 2012, the number of college graduates in Liaoning Province reached 264,000. The commonplace and realistic problem of college students’ employment has once again entered the public eye. With so many employment groups Among them, there is also a group whose proportion is so small that it can be ignored—college students with disabilities. Data from the Liaoning Provincial Disabled Persons' Federation shows that there were more than 100 disabled college students graduating in 2012. Data from the Shenyang City Disabled Persons' Federation shows that 17 disabled college students from Shenyang graduated.
Compared with ordinary college students, the road to employment for disabled college students is more bumpy. Despite the policy support of relevant departments, in the face of hundreds of thousands of employed people, disabled college students have no choice but to Without facing the deformity of social consciousness and the physical difficulties that they must overcome, their employment path will inevitably present a certain incomplete dilemma.
From the scorching summer to the early winter of rain and snow, Shao Jinhui, who graduated from Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2012 with a major in Chinese medicine, is still anxious about finding a job. From before graduation to the present, Shao Jinhui issued I submitted 245 job applications and worked as an intern in three hospitals, but my current status is still unemployed.
Unlike many of his classmates, Shao Jinhui is a disabled person. Cerebral palsy caused by a fever in childhood left him with obvious marks. His left hand is rickety and cannot be used normally, and his right foot is tilted inwards by nearly 90 degrees. Walking with a limp.
Being a doctor is the dream of the whole family
In his resume, Shao Jinhui did not avoid his disability: "Although I am a disabled person, I have a strong interest in medicine. Guided by my ideals, I was admitted to Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where I continued my dream..."
With the help of staying in a house rented by classmates, Shao Jinhui minimized the number of times he went downstairs, 7 For ordinary people, climbing a floor would be a bit breathless, but for Shao Jinhui, it took several times longer than ordinary people. However, this is not a big problem for Shao Jinhui. Remembering that when he went to school, his classmates could run and jump happily across the stairs to go to school. Shao Jinhui had to work harder than ordinary people to adapt to this society.
In fact, Shao Jinhui had already realized the difference between himself and his classmates much earlier, since he was in school. With a curious and inquiring eye, Shao Jinhui spent more energy on study, hoping that through Excellent grades narrow the natural distance between you and your classmates.
Before going to college, Shao Jinhui had not imagined how difficult it would be to find a job in four years, but the reality was still "far beyond my imagination." In his resume, Shao Jinhui did not avoid his disability: "Although I am disabled, I have a strong interest in medicine. Under the guidance of my ideals, I was admitted to Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where I continued my dream. ..."
However, the arrival of graduation forced the "continuation dream" to be temporarily suspended. Although with the help of the school, Shao Jinhui interned at the Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and another hospital in Shenyang for several months, this internship did not help Shao Jinhui's retention. Shao Jinhui also said: "Because graduation is approaching, there are many things that need to be dealt with, and the internship is intermittent." The departments where Shao Jinhui once interned also said that they have "no impression" of Shao Jinhui.
Shao Jinhui worked at Beizhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for three months from May to August 2012. During this period, Shao Jinhui had a completely new feeling: “Wearing a white coat every day, although I work in the radiology department, but I feel like I am a doctor.” With a monthly salary of 1,150 yuan, Shao Jinhui is very satisfied: “I am willing to continue working even if there is no salary.”
But Shao Jinhui still didn’t stay in the end. The person in charge of Shao Jinhui’s work told: “This kid is very hard-working and hard-working, but it’s not up to me to decide whether to stay. I guess (not staying) is still because of his health.
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This time’s failure was an obvious blow to Shao Jinhui: “As a disabled college student, I don’t need too much care from the society. I only need a platform to compete equally with ordinary college students.” Why doesn’t he even have a platform?”
Shao Jinhui’s mother said: “My family knew that it was not easy for him to find a job, and they had suggested that he look for other jobs first, but the child wanted to be a Doctor, the child is disabled due to illness. He wants to be a doctor to treat people with the same disease as him. In order for him to study, the family asked his sister who is still in junior high school to drop out of school and support him to study together so that he can become a doctor. This is the whole family. dream. "Shao Jinhui's mother is ready to always support her son's dream, even if the son never finds a job.
For Shao Jinhui's persistence, Duan Zhiwei, director of the Employment Guidance Office for the Disabled Persons of the Liaoning Provincial Disabled Persons' Federation, understands very well. In the field of employment, Duan Zhiwei has more than 20 years of work experience. Duan Zhiwei said: "I once talked with Shao Jinhui that college students like him have to work several times or even ten times harder than ordinary people to complete their studies, both personally and for their families. , Therefore, whether it is an individual or a family, their future employment requirements will be higher than ordinary people. The employment opportunities of these children are already very narrow, but they all want to think about high-end careers. "
Common employment difficulties
"The difficulties faced by disabled college students in employment will also be reflected in ordinary college students. Now the government will provide these children with a platform and support policies every year and public welfare positions, but the government alone is not enough. This requires the joint efforts of the whole society. " Sun Shujun, deputy to the National People's Congress and vice chairman of the Shenyang Disabled Persons' Federation, said.
In fact, among the more than 90 students who graduated at the same time as Shao Jinhui, very few could become doctors, and more than 30 of them One of them chose to take the postgraduate entrance examination. Among the classmates that Shao Jinhui is familiar with, some chose to work as English teachers in training institutions, and three have not found jobs yet.
Shao Jinhui believes that he is not paranoid: " Nowadays, in rural areas, most village doctors are in their fifties, and those in their thirties and forties are not available. I feel that if the rural medical policy can be sustained, my dream can still be realized. "
Shao Jinhui believes that as long as he perseveres, works as a doctor in a hospital, is eligible to obtain a medical qualification certificate, and then applies for a professional qualification, it should still be possible. Shao Jinhui repeatedly emphasized that he does not need sympathy from the society And compassion, all you need is a platform to realize your dreams.
Not everyone agrees with Shao Jinhui’s persistence, and Shao Jinhui’s difficulty in finding a job is also common in other universities for disabled people.
Hearing-impaired Luo Xiao (pseudonym) graduated from Shenyang University in 2011 and also encountered difficulties in finding a job. Luo’s father told him: “The child’s hearing loss was caused by an allergy to penicillin and streptomycin when he was a child. Sincerely, the probability of allergies happening to my child is 1 in 6 million. I have been wearing hearing aids since he was a child. I have never considered letting him receive special education. I just let him be like a normal child, hoping that he will not be out of touch with society. Nowadays, the government still attaches great importance to the employment of disabled college students. Before Luo Xiao graduated, the city's social security department, the Disabled Persons' Federation, and relevant departments in the district all visited her home and provided practical help for her children's employment. , but when implemented, it is difficult to implement it. "
Luo's father said that under the instructions of the relevant leaders, Luo Xiao was assigned to a public institution, but when he went to report, the public institution said: "There is no establishment, Luo Xiao can only be Work as a labor dispatcher in an enterprise affiliated to the public institution. "
Such a result made Luo's father refuse. Later, Luo Xiao became a security guard. "I said he was a security guard, but he was actually working on duty because the unit where he worked was under construction at that time and there was no security guard. Who knows, after every class reunion, the children always have a psychological gap, saying that a certain classmate has found a job with a monthly salary of more than 3,000, while he has only been a security guard after four years of college. "
Regarding the child's loss, Luo's father had only kind words to comfort him: "Families like ours no longer want their children to have any ideas of getting ahead and honoring their ancestors. They just hope that they can be safe and happy." , when we are all gone, he can rely on his own ability to support himself and his family. My son is studying architecture and found a related job through recruitment this year.
Therefore, Luo’s father understands Shao Jinhui’s persistence. Luo’s father said: “God has left imperfections in the lives of these children. To make up for these imperfections, we can only rely on ourselves to put in more hard work and effort than ordinary people.” "
However, not everyone agrees with Shao Jinhui's persistence. Wang Bin, who graduated from Bohai University majoring in computer science, once said: "I can understand Shao Jinhui's heart, but as a disabled college student , one should broaden one's employment channels, and it is not advisable to artificially limit one's employment channels. "This recent college student who was diagnosed with "Level 2 physical disability" is currently studying. "Level 2 physical disability" means that Wang Bin has lost part of his ability to live independently, but Wang Bin said: "This is already the case, we can only let him. Be optimistic about yourself, and the most important thing is your own heart. Don't be so sensitive. Don't associate it with yourself when you encounter ordinary people's jokes about disability. Only when you are strong can you be more widely accepted by society. ”
Yan Yun (pseudonym), who also graduated in 2012, majored in architecture in college. She was disabled to the third degree and got a public welfare position with the help of the Disabled Persons’ Federation. She worked in a public institution. Yan Yun said that she had sent out more than a hundred job applications, but with no results. “Fortunately, there was help from the government. Although the salary was not much, there were various insurances. The job I am engaged in now is completely different from the one I studied at the beginning. As a disabled college student, I suggest that Shao Jinhui first find a job that can use his strengths instead of being stuck in the embarrassment of being a non-doctor. "
In fact, Duan Zhiwei also gave Shao Jinhui advice, "In the current employment field for disabled people, blind massage has the best prospects. I suggested that Shao Jinhui can either go to a large massage center to work as a health care doctor. You can also go back to your hometown to take care of a few blind people and use your expertise in traditional Chinese medicine to contribute to society. "
But Shao Jinhui still wants to stick to his dream of being a doctor. Duan Zhiwei said that judging from the situation in the province, it is more difficult for disabled college students to find employment than ordinary college students. This is a real problem.
Sun Shujun, deputy to the National People’s Congress and vice chairman of the Shenyang Disabled Persons’ Federation, also said: “The difficulties faced by disabled college students in finding employment will also be reflected in ordinary college students. Now the government will provide a platform and support policies for these children every year. and public welfare positions, but the government alone is not enough. This requires the joint efforts of the whole society. ”
Needs awareness from the whole society
China has reformed the employment of disabled people in 1994, transitioning from centralized employment and arranging welfare enterprises to decentralized employment, allowing disabled people to Employment in society. "The benefit of this expansion is to better integrate disabled people with society, and it is also borrowed from developed countries..." said Duan Zhiwei, director of the Employment Guidance Office for Disabled Persons of Liaoning Province
< p> Relevant sources of employment guidance from the Shenyang Disabled Persons’ Federation told: “In recent years, the government has introduced policies to help disabled people find employment every year, and has paid more attention to the employment of disabled college students. In addition to providing a certain number of public welfare positions to disabled college students every year, We will also find many companies to provide more jobs through the power of society. ”In the “2012 Shenyang Urban and Rural Disabled Persons Online Employment Fair Enterprise Employment Detailed List” provided by the Shenyang City Disabled Persons’ Federation, 28 companies provided more than 500 positions, with salaries ranging from 1,500 to 1,500 yuan. A staff member told: “On the one hand, it is not easy to find companies that are willing to provide jobs. On the other hand, some disabled people, especially disabled college students, are not satisfied with the salaries provided by companies. Therefore, it is difficult to arrange for disabled people, especially disabled people. It is not easy for college students to find a job. "
Shao Jinhui said that in order to support his education, his family has owed nearly 30,000 yuan in foreign debt. If he gave up his dream of becoming a doctor and just found a job with a monthly salary of 1,500 yuan, "With the current price level, Just enough to support myself. "Duan Zhiwei said: "Because of the development of the economy, many of our companies do not have enough detailed work. They often need to recruit people with multiple skills, and those with physical disabilities often find it difficult to meet the requirements of the company, and the salary will not be too high. high. ”
In fact, the government has not failed to take into account the difficulties faced by enterprises. The disability insurance fund that has been in place for many years stipulates that if an enterprise recruits disabled people accounting for 1.7% of the total number of enterprises, it can be exempted from annual payment. 760 yuan, which means that for an enterprise with a hundred employees, if it does not arrange employment for disabled people in proportion, the enterprise must pay 76,000 yuan every year.
But in reality, many companies would rather pay the disability security fund than arrange employment for the disabled.
In this regard, Duan Zhiwei said: "On the one hand, social civilization has not developed to that level, and on the other hand, society still discriminates against disabled people. In developed countries, companies have arranged employment for disabled people. It is a very honorable thing. Those who visit will be given jobs for disabled people to show their corporate social responsibility. However, even if many companies in China hire disabled people, they will arrange them in places where it is difficult for outsiders to see them, for fear of being spotted by others. See, it affects one's own corporate image."
It is understood that China has reformed the employment of disabled people in 1994, transitioning from centralized employment and arranging welfare enterprises to decentralized employment, allowing disabled people to join the society. medium employment. Duan Zhiwei said: "The advantage of making this bigger is to better integrate disabled people with society. It is also borrowed from developed countries, but unfortunately, the overall civilization of society is still far behind that of developed countries."
"On the one hand, there is a lack of social awareness. It is often seen that many entrepreneurs donate tens of millions, but it is almost impossible to see how many jobs are provided by any entrepreneur to the disabled. On the other hand, disabled college students must also strengthen their Regarding my awareness of integration, there is a real-life example. A company requires employees to come to work on time, but some disabled people are often late. Once criticized, the disabled people will complain, which increases the management cost of the company. Although similar things cannot be said It’s very common, but it’s not an exception,” Duan Zhiwei said.
A technology company in Liaoning provides multiple positions for disabled people and disabled college students. The person in charge of human resources of the company told: "In comparison, there is still a slight gap between the comprehensive abilities of disabled college students and ordinary college students. When they encounter work problems, if they don’t take the initiative to ask them, they would rather keep studying on their own and rarely take the initiative to ask colleagues for help, which will affect the work speed to some extent. Disabled people in our company have never been late, and no one has been delayed because of their disability. Affecting normal management."
Many disabled college students interviewed, whether employed or not, said, "This is a basic rule that you will never affect others because of yourself."
Another good news is that after this newspaper’s report, there are already medical institutions that are willing to provide Shao Jinhui with a platform to showcase himself. Shao Jinhui said that he hopes not only I can have such an opportunity.
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