Social capital on the college students' employment opportunity to influence

Abstract: in the labor market system has not yet formally established stage, social capital on personal professional obtain has important effect, this kind of influence in the reform of the social transformation period and to further strengthen the trend, how to understand the function of social capital in employment, we go to the students is very important.

Keywords: social capital; Employment opportunities; College students

1 introduction

As the employment situation is more and more serious, education the return of the investment risk increases, the problem of university students' employment and social factors interweave, has evolved into social problems. In recent years, scholars have also analyzes the social capital on the college students' employment effects, but more research is focused on family social economic position measurement. And the author's victor's reference grant network theory, try to analyze social capital on the college students' employment opportunity to influence of trend.

2 the employment situation and network theory way

In the author to survey 100 find work of college students, found the approach of the top three were job fairs, school of employment information and released by parents and relatives friends and social relations in the paper. Through the recruitment of 49% of the sample, through the parents and relatives and other social relation introduction to 13%, is ranked third in the world.

The United States social scientists, mark s. grant's victor think social relationship refers to people, organizations and the question of communication and contact and the actual due to an existing ties. According to the number of interaction frequency, how much power the depth of feeling, intimate degree of the reciprocal exchange and how much will social relations are divided into strong relationships and weak relationship. Strong relationship exists in the interior of the group, used to sustain the group, to organize the internal relations; But weak ties in differences between groups, organization, for different groups and organizations establish ties.

3 weak relationship plays an important role in employment, job fair employment is still the main way

Social modernization is one of the main features of rationalization. The higher the degree of the rational society, also means that fairness, impartiality, the better the weak ties foreign open and liquidity feature allows the weak ties in modern society more applicable, have a better play space. In this issue of "issued by the school employment information", "network", "fair", "media" is to belong to the category of weak ties, up to find work 59% of the respondents, thus it can be seen, as China from traditional society to modern social transformation, weak ties in students' choice process plays a more and more important role.

4 strong relationship in employment while weakening, but still play a bigger role

Although China has completed traditional society to the modern social change, but still maintain a traditional social features. And with Chinese characteristics. The traditional Chinese social relationship is a kind of typical strong relationship. As fei puts forward "pattern of difference sequence" theory describe it, traditional Chinese social relationship is in the blood relationship and geopolitical on the basis of of the formation of a social relationships: it home and family are the center to the gradually goes on, embodies the affinity-disaffinity relationship between the distance, thus forming different social strata and different interpersonal relationship. Every sweet think ' 'pattern of difference "this concept that shows that the characteristics of the interpersonal relationship, the pattern of difference is by a personal contact one made of a network, and that is, Chinese social relationship is based on others center trap small circle circle of relationship. The pattern of difference on the social effects of daily life into the concrete manifestation is what we say normally" relationship ", "human", "back door", "face", etc. Still haven't found a job in the 50 students, asked the reason that haven't found a job, "the lack of social network" up to second. Visible in the subjective concept, strong in employment relationship to play a bigger role.

College students not to society in before, social network is the narrow, are generally confined to the age group and students parents relatives the two most of it, and age group with social relations resource is the same, so parents and relatives, as a representative of the strong relationship in a certain degree students social network is still an important component of the strong relationship is based on trust and obligations established on the basis of, has the high stability and trust. Through the parents and relatives friends and social relations found work is still important way of employment.

5 strong relations in the superior quality to provide work weak relationship

Grant's victor in Massachusetts town of Newton 282 interview technical experts and management personnel, the data from the interview that, those using the interpersonal relationship channel people seem to be able to find more satisfied with the work better. Grant's victor in the experience of data analysis, meanwhile, previous job research review, then puts forward the flow of information theory. "The power of the weak link" hypothesis refers to is: the weak link in individual and those who often can have their own community can't get information bridge between groups set up connection. And the information it is useful to individuals. However, Glenn's victor never that no, compared with strong ties, and the weak link of contact the process will lead to find a better job. Link to the contact strength of social resources the impact may depend on the initial position. Some research has already pointed out that the contact intensity "ceiling effect" on level-the level of higher above or nearby. Strong ties will often be able to lead to success for position. Also, because of the strength of no contact can not provide the motivation of exchange, so the weakest link is obviously also useless.

On the other hand, the strongest connection of limited range resources though contact, but it is useful. They represent a commitment, trust and obligation, it also represents the help of motives. Through these strong ties to find other contact will and efforts, in the system not sure or limited case plays an important role. In the survey samples, through the parents and relatives friends and social relationship this way of finding a job on the job satisfaction was achieved 81%, relative to other weak relationship satisfaction is higher, working unit is the nature of the local party and government organs belong to the state, research institutions, and institutions, and institutions of higher learning, the large state-owned enterprises, large private enterprises accounted for 70%. And through the recruitment of the employment of the work unit properties of the type is only 57%. That is to say, in the degree of comparable, social origin of college students' employment status as low family background of substantial college students. Because strong relationship is based on duty and trust built, so strong relationship between the exchange is long-standing, long-term cooperative makes the ability of the people will try our best to offer the most optimal help, next time they can also get to the biggest help. Therefore, through the strong relationship offers better than in subjective objectively by weak ties for work.

6 conclusion

Of the 2009 years of anhui university graduates investigation that, the social capital on the college students' employment opportunities in the size of the overall amount of influence on and range reduced, but in quality and depth is improved. Social capital is a double-edged sword, in China's specific conditions, should advocate of the social capital of weak ties, avoid the negative effect strong relationship.