While job seekers make their way to crowded first-tier cities, the far west faces a shortage of skilled medical staff.
为了吸引医疗人才和医疗专业的大学毕业生,一些内地和西部地区的医院甚至开出了年薪50万的高薪,但应聘者却寥寥无几.
Some hospitals in Shaanxi province is offering salaries of 500,000 yuan per year(about 80,000 U.S. dollars) to medical experts and 150,000 yuan to young doctors. But very few resumes have been received. The average income of local residents was only 9,110 yuan last year.
A report on employment pressure on university students in 2014 showed only six percent would like to work in counties and less than one percent chose towns. Over half of respondents attach the highest importance to career development when looking for jobs. They think there are more opportunities in first-tier cities or provincial capitals.