Beijing, Feb. 23(Lvchunrong)-A news story about a funeral home attendant in Suzhou City asking for a bachelor's degree has sparked debate. Some people wonder why the funeral home's pyrochemical industry also needs economics undergraduates?
A staff member of the funeral home in Suzhou city recently responded to a reporter from China new network(weChat public: CNS 2012) that some netizens questioned the crux of the problem lies in discrimination against funeral homes. They believe that funeral homes do not need high-quality personnel.Is it "radish recruitment"? Recruiters need to be questioned
A few days ago, the human resources and social security Bureau of Suzhou city issued the "2017 public recruitment of staff members of Suzhou city institutions profile table." In the table, Suzhou City Funeral Parlour for the social recruitment of two funeral attendant posts cause concern.
According to the above-mentioned job description form, the China-Singapore Network reporter noticed that this time, the Suzhou Funeral Home has released two recruitment positions for funeral attendants of a man and a woman, requesting undergraduates in economics and having 2 years ｏｒ more of work experience. The work content is "body transportation, cremation, cosmetic surgery, etc.."
In this regard, some netizens said that the recruitment of undertakers do not need a bachelor's degree? Some netizens even questioned "Suzhou funeral home suspected of 'radish recruitment'."
The so-called "radish recruitment" is generally an image metaphor for "tailor-made" recruitment by netizens, such as setting special requirements such as age, repeated history, and academic qualifications to ensure that individuals who meet the requirements can successfully apply.
However, some supporters believe that "body transportation, cremation, cosmetic surgery, etc." is a technical job. It is not good. The family members of the deceased are very sad, and the satisfaction of the family members of the deceased is the biggest pursuit and service direction of funeral services. Therefore, Funeral service culture needs to have a special team of high-quality talents with culture and knowledge. Funeral attendants require undergraduates. This is an inevitable requirement for improving the culture level of funeral service.
Funeral home staff respond: The crux is discrimination
Regarding the doubts of netizens, a staff member of Suzhou City Funeral Parlour recently responded to a Zhongxin reporter that this is a normal job recruitment and the outside world does not need too much attention.
The staff member said that at present, some netizens questioned the crux of the problem is that there is discrimination against funeral homes. They believe that funeral homes do not need high-quality talents. Once funeral homes have made requests for academic qualifications, they think that such recruitment is not normal.
"In fact, this kind of recruitment is very normal. Now the industry is improving and so are the people. " said the staff member.
In addition, the staff member stressed in particular that the recruitment had been done through normal channels and that there was no problem with candidates being recruited in accordance with normal procedures.Image: December 17, 2014, a special memorial ceremony-the deceased bath, held in Shanghai Longhua funeral home. Photography: Zhanghengwei
More places for funeral and burial require a bachelor's degree
In fact, Suzhou funeral home to make academic qualifications for funeral posts is not an example. Previously, according to the "Yangtze River Daily" report in March 2011, on February 22 of that year, Wuhan public institutions announced public recruitment notices for the public and Wuchang funeral homes recruited three funeral posts. According to the report, the three posts set up by the Wuchang Funeral Parlour are computer management, electrical equipment management and administrative management. The first two prescribed starting points are undergraduate degrees, and the latter requires specialties.
In Wuhan, some media reported that in February 2012, a cemetery in Wuhan had recruited women to enter the mortuary with an annual salary of 100,000 yuan, and provided star staff dormitories and opportunities for further study at home and abroad. Candidates are required to have a bachelor's degree, English level 4, age 25 ｏｒ less.
In July 2012, some media reported that the recruitment of drivers for the funeral management office in Chongzuo City, Guangxi Province required a bachelor's degree. In addition, the army was required to retire, drive for more than five years, and work in the funeral industry for more than two years. This incident has also led netizens to question: "Do drivers have a bachelor's degree? "
In response, the relevant person in charge responded in an interview with the media that the requirement for a bachelor's degree is to make it easier for drivers to carry out their work, such as explaining relevant policies to family members and discussing with family members the relevant circumstances of the memorial service. There are certain requirements for the driver's knowledge, ability and psychological quality.
Funeral practitioner: The treatment is not cold, the situation is often cold
Nowadays, along with the progress of the social concept and the change of the employment situation, it has become an indisputable fact that the application for the funeral post is hot. According to media reports, staff of the funeral home in Suzhou said that in 2015, the funeral home plans to recruit six employees. As a result, nearly 90 people were enrolled and "more than 80 % were undergraduates." Earlier, there were 62 individuals who took 3 positions.
"Jobs are stable and incomes are not bad," which is one of the reasons many college graduates are in the funeral business.
Bai Liang, who graduated from a college last year and worked as a salesman at a funeral home in Jiangxi province, told a new website reporter that at present, his treatment has not been cold, but the situation is often cold.
Bai Liang said that due to the lack of understanding of their work, they sometimes felt that it was difficult to make friends. "Once they talked with others in the car, they later stopped talking to me as soon as they heard about my major. Such experiences are common. I hope society will understand our work more. "
According to the requirements for academic qualifications for funeral posts, Bai Liang is very supportive. He said that the funeral industry is still relatively backward and hopes that through such recruitment initiatives, more talented people will be attracted to promote the industry's development and make the industry more transparent and healthy. (At the request of the interviewees, some of the characters in the article are aliases)
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