Wenzhou Shoe Enterprises Recruitment Difficult Recovery Face Labor Shortage

Wenzhou is known as the "shoes capital of China". There are more than 2700 shoe companies that pay taxes according to the regulations.

Once brilliant Wenzhou shoe industry, after 2008

Wenzhou shoe companies recruitment difficulties

Compared with the noisy urban area of Wenzhou, Lucheng and Longwan industrial parks located in the suburbs are quite quiet in Wenzhou.

In recent days, journalists have been rushing to the two main shoemaking bases in East and west of Wenzhou. Most of the shoemaking factories have not been opened yet, but the factory gate is bustling with excitement.

Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, the reporter came to the gold Valley located in Longwan industrial area, Wenzhou.

According to Wang Xiaogang, Minister of Human Resources Department of the company, there are 1500 employees in Jingu valley. After many years, many migrant workers have left job, and the company has lost two or three hundred people.

"Shoemaking is a production line operation. If a person is short and can't do it, it will affect the following links."

Not only is Jingu, but after the reporter interviewed 8 well-known local companies, such as Deye, Jin Di and other companies, it was learned that rewards for reworked migrant workers, and a reward of 100 yuan for the old employees who could bring a new employee into the factory, has become a "practice" in Wenzhou.

According to a statistics made by the Wenzhou economic department, Wenzhou shoe enterprises generally have a 10% to 20% shortage in every factory.

According to the latest employment demand provided by Wenzhou vocational guidance center second days, 9239 jobs were offered by 1189 entry units yesterday. Only 613 job seekers found jobs, and 8626 jobs were missing.

Recovery faces "labor shortage"

In 2008, the global financial crisis made the export dependent footwear industry in Wenzhou hit hard. In recent years, the prices of shoes and raw materials continued to rise. At the peak of the time, there were only more than 4000 enterprises in Wenzhou footwear industry, and now there are only more than 2700.

However, the reporter found in the interview that since the second half of 2009, the footwear industry in Wenzhou has been gradually warming up, but the shoe enterprises' "mixed feelings" are due to the increase of external orders and the prosperity of domestic sales, while the shoe companies are planning to expand the new production line while facing the shortage of labor.

Jindi company, located in Wenzhou Binhai Economic Development Zone, is the top ten export enterprises of Wenzhou footwear industry. At present, there are 8500 employees and 19 million 660 thousand pairs of women's shoes annually.

According to Zheng Shili, Secretary of the Party committee of the company, the current foreign trade situation is improving. This year, the production of Jin Di women's shoes is expected to exceed 20 million pairs. For this reason, 2 new production lines will be added and 500 new employees will be needed.

Zheng Shili said that the salary of Jin Di's employees almost increased by 10% every year, and the welfare benefits were all wrapped up and subsidized meals.

Against this background, the annual turnover rate of Jin Di employees is only 5%. However, due to the shortage of workers, the recruitment pressure is not small.

Reporters interviewed that although the companies interviewed claimed that "wages rose by 10% every year", but the workers' reaction was "real average, wages rose by 100 yuan up and down."

Although there are general practitioners who say they will get about 4000 yuan a month at most, they must work hard 12 hours a day.

The migrant workers interviewed said: "for the individual, wages and working hours are the two most important factors for shoemaking workers. They are tired and not paid well, and do not want to do it themselves."

Hubei shoemaker selects {page_break}

In today's Wenzhou, the power of Hubei shoemaker can not be ignored. It is not only the most important and stable source of labor in Wenzhou footwear industry, but also bursting with vitality.

Zhao Ping, a 28 year old machine maintenance worker and Lichuan man, has a monthly salary of 2500 yuan, and his wife is also working as a mechanic with a monthly salary of 3000 yuan.

Zhao Ping was not satisfied with the present state. So he and his sister raised 160 thousand yuan together and bought 20 knitting machines in their hometown in Lichuan last year.

"My sister used to work in Jindi, she has experience. She supervised in Lichuan. I drove a van every month to send raw materials from Wenzhou to my hometown, and I made a Wenzhou order, making 8000 pairs a year."

Zhao Ping said.

In addition, Zhao Pingxin is quite big. "I want to open another shoemaking plant in Wenzhou this year. Anyway, we Hubei people have technology, have townships, and do big business together. It's better to work for themselves."

Like Zhao Ping, Bian Zhaocheng, the 30 year old minister of development department, is also a strong "Hubei shoemaker". He came from Huangshi and worked in Wenzhou for 10 years.

"10 years ago, I was an ordinary lathe worker, taking about a thousand yuan a month. Now I do product R & D design, wages raise a lot, not to mention that I have also completed the role conversion."

Reporters learned that Hubei shoemaker has become a well-known brand in Wenzhou footwear industry.

"Hubei shoemaker is pragmatic, insightful and diligent" and has become a special presence in the eyes of many other provinces and townships.