Reluctant to become one of this year’s 1.4 million college graduates without a job, a student posted an online advertisement, seeking a big shot who would be his “adoptive dad” and help him get employed.

Li Junxian, a senior student majoring in human resource management in southwestern China’s Guizhou University, said in the advertisement that he wanted to find an “adoptive dad”, or “gan die” in Chinese, to help him in his job hunt and that he would act like a good filial son in return.

“Government officials are preferred,” said the advertisement.

Li said that he has been turned down by more than eight local companies since he began job-hunting last October, despite the fact that he has an excellent study record.

He found out that some of his classmates got job offers easily by using their social connections while he has no one to help him.

“One of my classmates got an offer because his brother is a department manager in a company. I really wish I had a powerful relative,” Li said, adding that the advertisement was a kind of self-mockery.

“I just gave vent to my frustration,” he said.

(中国日报)

By Sun Tzu on 03-02-2007