2010年12月5日，通过资格审核合格的141万人参加了国家公务员招录公共科目笔试[1]，他们将面对极其严峻的考验，竞争率居然达到了88：1。目前，共有137个招考单位，约1.6万个岗位待招录，可见筛选力度之大，现实之残酷。
然而，国考[2]热[3]究竟是好，还是某种程度的退步?在如今崇尚自我的社会中却纷纷跳入考碗的行列，挤破头也要进入官门，这究竟是为什么?其实，最直接最表象的原因便是就业难。
"胶囊公寓"[4]"蛋形蜗居"[5]频频出现，蚁族们[6]对于在大城市生存的渴望也越来越强烈，刚刚毕业时的豪言壮语，对未来的美好憧憬，都敌不过就业难、生存难的残酷现实。放弃了自由经济之路，随之而来的便是希望能够得到一个铁饭碗[7]。
国考热并非一夜之间暴涨，而是7年间考生翻了16倍。公务员的工资虽然不高，但却有丰富的资源，没有风险的同时获得最多的利益，幸福感高于所谓白领[8]很多。因此，就有更多的人加入了国考的行列。
仅仅是就业难，并不能说明国考热背后深层的社会问题，而公务员的各种优势更具有吸引力，相对于普通群众无可比拟的优势来说，是无法拒绝的诱惑。一直以来群众对公务员的质疑声不断，有人说公务员不该是铁饭碗，而更希望"能者居上"[9]的淘汰法同样存在。
总之，国考热存在的疑问同时也是热议的题目，毕竟多数人想捧铁饭碗的现象是不正常的。这说明了现今更为迫切的是，要增强群众对经济发展及社会稳定的信心，建全相关的保障体制，让市场更具有发展潜力，群众有更多的生存空间，实现最大限度的公平、公正、分享，才能使我们回归正轨。
December 12th, 2010, 1410000 people who went through the qualification examination, attending the public examination for recruiting government employees, faced extremely severe tests, with a competition rate that has unexpectedly reached 88:1 (one worker accepted for every 88 tested). At present, altogether there are 137 units to apply for, approximately 16000 posts are waiting for a worker, so it can be seen that the screening is intense, a ruthless reality.
Is the national examination fever actually a good thing, or rather a certain kind of step backwards? In the modern society that upholds the self, there is a line of people that jump one after the other into the 'exam bowl'. Those with the head broken by the pressure also wants to go in through the 'official door', after all why is that? The most direct and representing reason is the fact that finding a job is difficult.
'Medical capsule apartments' and 'egg shaped woju' appear again and again. The ants are becoming more and more fierce concerning the thirst to survive in big cities . Brave words said when graduating or the beautiful longing for the future both cannot compete with the difficulty in finding a job and the existing ruthless reality. Giving up the free market sphere comes along with the hope to obtain a secure job.
The National Examination fever hasn't emerged in one night, but is rather a 7 year process, in which the number of examinees flared up by 16 times. Although the salary of government employees isn't high, they posses rich resources, while not facing any risks and enjoying the highest number of benefits, thus they experience more happiness than the so-called white collar workers.
The difficulty in finding a job cannot explain alone the deeper society problems that lay behind the National Exam fever'. The various kinds of advantages which government employees posses are appealing, incomparable with the advantages of the common people, therefore such positions are a seduction which cannot be refused. Since common people began to call government workers in question continuously, some say that government workers should not enjoy secure jobs, though the hope that the capable will be ahead, eliminated through selection, still exists.
In short, the existing questions concerning the National Examination fever are also hot discussion topics. After all, the phenomenon of the high number of people who wish to hold a secure hob is not normal. This demonstrates that the urgent thing in present days is strengthening the faith of the people towards the economic development and social stability, constructing a system with more insurance, making the market have a bigger developmental potential. Giving the people a bigger living space to realize the largest limit of justice
[1] 国家公务员招录公共科目笔试 guójiā gōngwù yuán zhāo lù gōnggòng kēmù bǐshì - 'The public topics examination for recruiting national governmental workers', the 'National Exam', referring to several days of concentrated exams as a method to recruiting workers for quite a few governmental offices and committees. Examinees are normally graduated master degree students.
[2] 国考 guó kǎo - 'National Exam', see above.
[3] 国考热 guó kǎo rè - 'National Exam Fever', the big hype concerning the National Exam.
[4]"胶囊公寓" jiāo náng gōngyù - 'Capsule flats', a nickname for tiny city apartments.
[5]"蛋形蜗居" dàn xíng wōjū - The term 蜗居 (wōjū), 'snail residence', describes the burden of purchasing an apartment, as the payments the buyer must provide are heavy as a carrying the house on the back (like a snail does). 蛋形 (dàn xíng) means 'egg shaped' and the whole expression refers to small apartments, which are still a heavy burden on those who purchase them.
[6] 蚁族们 yǐ zú men - 'Ants', refers to the urban residents, who like ants spend a busy, hard-working and restless life, trying to make a decent living.
[7] 铁饭碗 tiěfànwǎn - 'Iron Rice Bowl', referring to secured jobs, usually in governmental offices or companies, providing benefits such as social security, health care and pension to their workers, as well as low risk of being laid off.
[8] 白领 báilǐng - 'White collar', an educated worker who performs administrative or office job.
[9] "能者居上" néng zhě jū shàng - 'The capable move ahead', the talented are promoted and reach high positions.
|
