In Depth: China’s New Graduates Get Hired, Then Cut Loose

In 2025, Xu Shan, a senior majoring in product design at a college in East China’s Anhui province, joined the fall campus-recruiting drive at his school. After applying and completing three rounds of interviews, he received an offer to become an industrial designer at Marssenger, a leading kitchen-appliance maker in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province.