On the sixth day of December in the thirty-fifth year of Chengshun, the winter sun rose from the sea in the east, and the light it emitted illuminated the city of Songjiang, waking it up from the night and giving it new vitality.
Early that morning, Sun Dawei went to the glass factory where he worked to apply for a leave of absence. He said that since Sun Xu came all the way to Songjiang to look for a job, he, as a young boy, couldn't ignore it.
Prepare to take a day off in advance, and then take Sun Xu around for a while.
Of course, taking a tour here does not mean going to eat, drink and have fun. Sun Xu did not come to Songjiang to play, but to find work and make money.
In addition, Sun Xu didn't have much money in his hands, so he didn't have any money left for food, drink and fun.
He also wants to find a job as soon as possible to make money and then send money home. He also hopes that his younger brother will successfully apply for college after graduating from high school next year.
However, Chu Yuan's tuition, board and lodging expenses, which are dozens of dollars a year, are not a small amount. No matter how hard his father works, he cannot raise them alone.
After all, there is a mother in the family who has been seriously ill and is still in a state of recuperation... The mother who is in a state of recuperation now has to take medicine every day, and the money for medicine alone costs two or three yuan each month.
He must find a job as soon as possible to make money so that he can help reduce the burden on his family.
Sun Dawei also knew about Fa Xiao's situation and knew that he was anxious to find a job, so he took Sun Xu directly to the Xicheng Talent Center.
This talent center is a talent center officially sponsored by Songjiang Xicheng District Yamen. It mainly provides a venue for companies to recruit and people to find jobs. It does not engage in any intermediary or other business, but it will conduct recruitment for companies entering the site. Qualification review, and at the same time popularizing and explaining some of the empire's labor laws to people looking for jobs. Finally, urging and supervising companies to sign legal and compliant labor contracts with employees after recruiting new employees.
After Sun Xu followed Sun Dawei to the talent center, he found that there were so many recruiting companies and people looking for jobs.
Before I even entered, I saw people coming and going outside the building. After entering, I found that there were even more people. On the left and right sides were densely packed recruitment booths of various companies. Some people were holding resumes and shuttling between different recruitment booths. job seekers.
Sun Dawei said: "This is it. This is the largest talent center in our Xicheng District. This is where I found my current job!"
"The people recruiting here are basically companies from our Xicheng District, and many of them are large companies. Look over there..." Sun Dawei pointed to a large company booth on the right.
"That's Songjiang No. 3 Machinery Company. It's a large, government-run factory. I heard it has thousands of employees. The pay is very good, but the recruitment requirements are also high!"
Sun Xu took advantage of the situation and looked over. Sure enough, it was a very impressive recruitment booth. Looking closer, he found that this large government-run factory mainly made heavy machinery, which was not consistent with Sun Xu's profession.
Although Sun Xu said that he can repair some common mechanical equipment, he is limited to some general equipment. His real focus is on various textile machinery and equipment, especially spinning equipment.
So the direction for him to find a job is very simple and clear, that is to find those textile factories!
Maintenance and repair of various spinning machinery and equipment is his professional direction. Basically, you don't need to look at other things. If he doesn't know how to do it, others won't want you.
But what made him relieved was that among the companies recruiting people here, quite a few were textile companies, and some were comprehensive large-scale textile companies that provided one-stop services for spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing, but there were still more. Small and medium-sized textile enterprises specializing in a single business.
The textile industry is a huge industry with many subdivisions. Some are spinning, some are weaving, some are printing and dyeing, and some are making waterproof cloths and wear-resistant cloths.
This is still talking about cotton spinning. In addition to cotton spinning, there are also wool spinning and silk spinning.
Then there are those who make finished textiles, such as those who make quilts, tents, ready-made clothes, etc.
Sun Xu is most concerned about some comprehensive textile companies with spinning business and companies specializing in spinning, because only these two types of companies need to hire specialized spinning equipment and machinery repairmen.
Only if you match this major can you get a higher salary.
He couldn't find an industry that he was not familiar with and learn to repair unfamiliar mechanical equipment from scratch.
After a brief walk around, Sun Xu had a general idea, and then walked to the booth of a selected spinning mill. They wrote in the recruitment advertisement that they were recruiting mechanical repairmen specializing in spinning equipment, and the salary was also high. It's very good. It can be given from ten Chu Yuan to fifteen Chu Yuan.
But when I asked about it, I found out that they didn't want half-experienced novices, but senior mechanical repairmen who could serve as the backbone of the technology.
Although Sun Xu prides himself on having good skills, after all, it has only been a year since he started training, and his overall technical level is still somewhat far from what others require.
Since this one doesn't work, then find the next one...
After talking to three more companies, Sun Xu still felt very good. Of the three companies he talked to later, one of them thought he didn't have enough experience and didn't want him. However, the other two said Sun Xu's conditions were acceptable and passed the primary election. Let Sun Xu go to their factory for an interview in the next two days.
The talent center here simply gives companies and job seekers an opportunity to make initial contacts. Subsequent interviews and tests will naturally not be here.
With the reply that the two factories passed the primary election, Sun Xu felt slightly relieved.
It's just that he is still planning to keep looking for a job. Although he is anxious, he can't be too anxious. He must always find a suitable one with better conditions in all aspects.
The previous two were relatively far apart and did not provide accommodation. According to Sun Dawei, the rent for houses near the factory was relatively expensive. An ordinary small apartment cost about 1 Chu Yuan. The wages offered by the factory were only at ordinary levels. After deducting the cost of renting a house from this salary, there is only more than 50 yuan left. This salary is obviously relatively small.
He came all the way from his hometown in Shaanxi to Songjiang, not just to earn a salary of more than five yuan...
There is also a company that offers a very good salary, saying that it can give you 7 yuan, and it can also provide room and board, which is free... Just looking at the free room and board is very attractive.
These days, it is normal for companies in the Chu Empire to provide free accommodation, but food is generally not provided for free, because food is still relatively expensive these days, and the food expenditure of the people at the bottom often accounts for half or more of the household expenditure.
If a company provides you with free food and drinks, they will suffer a huge loss!
Even if a canteen is provided, it is charged, but the price is relatively cheap, just at cost price.
So Sun Xu was quite concerned about this factory that provided free food and accommodation, but he might not be able to apply for it... because Sun Xu saw several people applying for this position like him, and one of them was an old mechanic with six or seven years of experience. .
It's normal for experienced machine repairmen to like this kind of job. Taking into account the cost of food and accommodation, the comprehensive income from this job is expected to reach more than eight yuan.
This income is more than twice that of ordinary workers in Songjiang area... An ordinary worker in Songjiang has a monthly income of only three to four yuan without food and accommodation.
Therefore, although he was invited for an interview, he was still prepared to look at more companies, find more companies, and have more choices.
So accompanied by Fa Xiao, Hu continued to look for a job there. In addition to finding professional counterparts to maintain and repair spinning equipment, he also tried to find several other mechanical repair jobs, such as weaving equipment.
Although he is not very proficient in weaving equipment, he can barely do it.
After this round, I got interview invitations from several good factories.
One of them, Anhua Spinning Factory, invited him for an interview and he was very interested. According to their person in charge, they were planning to recruit a few young and studious people to learn the maintenance and repair of a new type of spinning equipment. The recruitment threshold was superficial. It doesn't seem high.
But the treatment provided is very good. The starting salary is only 7.3 yuan. If you perform well and get new machinery, you can get another 1 yuan. Dormitories are also provided, but there is a fee.
Of course, the food is not free, but they also have an in-house canteen, which is very cheap, so you don’t have to spend anything just to fill your stomach.
The treatment overall seemed very good, and Sun Xu was very tempted!
It's just that there are dozens of other people who are as tempted as him...
This is a good job that pays well and does not have too many harsh conditions. It will naturally attract more people to try it... Although I know that the chance of being admitted is low, but I don't know if I will apply for it?
After visiting the talent center for a long time, Sun Xu basically looked at all the recruitment jobs for spinning equipment machine repairers, and then went to check out other machine repair jobs... Not to mention, he also got two interview invitations. .
After shopping around, Sun Xu got seven or eight interview invitations. He was going to interview them all... After all, this was just an invitation for an interview, if it hadn't been for someone to invite you.
Of these seven or eight interview invitations, I don’t know how many will eventually be accepted. It’s not impossible that all of them will fail in the interview.
This is also because of technical jobs. If Sun Xu is just looking for an ordinary unskilled job in Songjiang and just works as an ordinary worker, there is no need for interviews or anything like that. As long as you are healthy, have nothing wrong with you and have basic skills. Any cultural level is acceptable.
Even other factories don't dislike it... Anyway, they are sent directly to the assembly line, and all they do are simple and repetitive tasks.
If it is some heavy physical work, the wages paid are not low, ranging from four to five yuan.
But for technical jobs, the income is higher, but the requirements are also higher.
Enterprises are not taken advantage of. If the technicians hired for seven to eight or even more than a dozen yuan are not good at technology, not only will they lose wages, but the most important thing is that it will affect production.
On the same day, after Sun Xu and Sun Dawei walked around the talent center, they went to Xicheng Industrial Zone in the afternoon to have a look. There were also companies there that posted advertisements directly at the door to recruit people.
Not all companies will go to talent centers to recruit people.
Even if you go, many companies will not send people to guard the stalls every day!
Therefore, there are still many companies recruiting people outside, and these are things Sun Xu has never seen in the talent center.
It's just that the place is too big. Sun Xu and the others can't see many factories just by walking on their own feet, so they gained very little this afternoon... They didn't even find a spinning factory recruiting machine mechanics, let alone get an interview invitation.
From this, Sun Xu had to sigh, fortunately, there is the Xicheng District Talent Center, so that he can see the recruitment booths of at least hundreds of companies in just one morning, and select a dozen of them. We made inquiries with several companies and finally received interview invitations from eight companies.
Without this talent center, I don’t know how long it would take me to get these interview invitations.
And when you go out to find a job, you can't walk very far by walking on your legs. After all, Songjiang is too big... Not to mention Songjiang, even Xicheng District is very big.
Well, think about it, in an era when there were no high-rise buildings and people generally lived in bungalows or low-rise houses of two or three stories, the population density was very low compared to later modern cities.
With such a low population density, Songjiang City has a population of more than three million... You can imagine how big this city is.
This is only talking about the population and residence. In fact, Songjiang City is a huge industrial city, and various factories are the mainstream here.
The area of factories is very large, and the area of some large factories will be exaggerated to several square kilometers.
For example, Li's Machine Tool Company, a subsidiary of Li's Iron Manufacturing Company, has its main production base in the area along the Huangpu River in the northern suburbs of Shanghai County, north of Suzhou in Songjiang. The entire factory area is 1,500 meters long from north to south and eight meters wide from east to west. 100 meters.
This area is actually relatively small among large enterprises, such as Songjiang Naval Shipyard. This shipyard alone covers an area of six square kilometers.
Such a large number of factories occupy a large area, and coupled with a large population, the contemporary Songjiang City actually has a large urban area, and many places that appear to be rural areas are actually filled with factories. Although various buildings are scattered, But various commercial facilities are also very complete... It's hard for you to tell whether this is a rural area or an urban area.
Therefore, when talking about Songjiang City in contemporary times, sometimes in a narrow sense you can think of it as just Shanghai County, a small area on the west bank of the Huangpu River.
But in a broad sense, it can also directly refer to the entire Songjiang Prefecture.
The limitations of the times, the large population and factories, have made the urban areas and suburbs of contemporary Songjiang huge. It is difficult to reach distant urban areas in a short time just by walking.
This is also the reason why there are so many public carriages in Songjiang City... Because the urban area is so large, it is too difficult for people to travel by legs alone, so they must use carriages and other means of transportation.
If Sun Xu wanted to find a job, he would not be able to cover the whole Xicheng District in a short time just by walking on two legs, let alone the entire Songjiang area.
But now that we have this talent center, we don’t have to go to the talent center so much to look for it. We can just go directly to the talent center.
It is convenient for job seekers and also convenient for enterprises.
In the evening, in order to express his gratitude, Sun Dawei took a special vacation to accompany him to find a job. After a tiring day, Sun Xu, although he was short of money, still found a small restaurant to treat Sun Dawei to a meal.
Sun Dawei agreed after delaying it, but he refused to order expensive dishes or more. Even if Sun Xu ordered the dishes himself, he was stopped by him.
After walking for a day, I drank too much water, my stomach was too bloated, and I had no appetite for anything. I just had to eat something light and have a few bites.
Sun Xu didn't insist... He knew why Fa Xiao did this, so to speak... Sun Dawei also knew that Sun Xu didn't have much money in his pocket, so he wanted to save money for him.
But I had already secretly made up my mind to treat him to a good meal when I got a little more money after working and getting paid.
Sun Dawei had said before that there was a newly opened Fengluan Pavilion, and the girl inside was very good at playing and singing. When the time came, he would invite him to listen to a song. Well, by the way, he would also experience the prosperity of the big city!
He accepted him and helped him find a job. After he found a job, he invited him to drink tea and listen to music...
This is how we become friends between gentlemen!
(End of chapter)
