Recruiting in China

According to the results of a recent survey on Chinese working women, about 40 percent of interviewed women were unsatisfied with their latest salary adjustment and 50.7 percent said that they usually switch jobs because of job benefits.

The survey interviewed more than 1,700 employed people nationwide in February 2013, including more than 770 working women. Statistics show that 44 percent of the women interviewed had hoped for a salary increase of more than 20 percent, but only 7.1 percent achieved that goal.

In the wake of salary adjustment disappointments, 44.9 percent of women said they would look for new job opportunities, 22.8 percent would work harder and 18.9 percent would have a discussion with their bosses.

In addition, 7.1 percent would choose to keep silent about it, a higher percentage than men. This may be because women tend to be more careful about interpersonal workplace relationships than men.

Women of different ages also differed in their attitudes towards the salary adjustment gap, with more women born in the 1970s saying they would keep silent about it. Women born in the 1980s were more likely to work harder, but those born after 1985 were also more likely to change jobs immediately.

When it came to job-hopping, 59.9 percent of interviewed women said they planned to change jobs in the next three months, six months or one year.

For many women, having to balance work and family means that job benefits become increasingly important as they get older. For example, they are more likely to accept a lower salary in exchange for more vacation days.

Statistics also show that 69.6 percent of interviewed women would look at foreign companies first for job opportunities, 20.9 percent would prefer state-owned enterprises and less than 10 percent would choose private enterprises. In general, people believe that foreign companies offer better job benefits.

Experts have suggested that women also pay attention to industry prospects, developmental trends, company management and other factors that may affect their career development within a company.