Most women job seekers in China feel sex discrimination: survey

Female college students participate in a job fair held in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, March 5, 2016.[Photo: Xinhua]

Over 80% of women looking for jobs in China claim to have been the victims of sexual discrimination. Among them, 20% said that the discrimination was severe. The numbers have been detailed in a report released by a career platform on March 6th.

"Survey of the present employment situation of females in 2017", released by zhaopin.com, a leading career platform in China, looked at the situation of females in terms of employment and promotion in the job market. The survey collected 128,567 samples, 43% of which were female.

The report showed that females are more susceptible to sex discrimination in job market than men, though men also reported high levels of sexual discrimination, with the number being 70%.

In addition, education background also matters in employment. 43% of females with post-graduation qualifications said they experienced discrimination. The percentage was much higher than females with other degrees and male participants in the survey.

The unbalance also exists in terms of promotion. Only 3% of female respondents said they didn't feel discrimination getting promoted. 59% male respondents got promoted in 2 years after being employed while the percentage for females is 10% lower.

The number of female leaders is still much lower than that of males as 72% of participants in the survey said their leaders were male while the percentage of female leaders was 28%.