文档介绍：Shut Out at Home, Americans Go to China
BEIJING ¡ª Shanghai and Beijing are ing new lands of opportunity for recent American college graduates who face unemployment nearing double digits at home.
Even those with limited or no knowledge of Chinese are heeding the call. They are lured by China¡¯s surging economy, the lower cost of living and a chance to bypass some of the dues-paying that mon to first jobs in the United States.
¡°I¡¯ve seen a surge of young ing to work in China over the last few years,¡± said Jack Perkowski, founder of Asimco Technologies, one of the largest automotive panies in China.
¡°When I came over to China in 1994, that was the first wave of ing to China,¡± he said. ¡°These young people are part of this big second wave.¡±
One of those in the latest wave is Joshua Arjuna Stephens, who graduated from Wesleyan University in 2007 with a bachelor¡¯s degree in American studies. Two years ago, he decided to take a temporary summer position in Shanghai with China Prep, an educational pany.
¡°I didn¡¯t know anything about China,¡± said Mr. Stephens, who worked on market research and program development. ¡°People thought I was nuts to go not speaking the language, but I wanted to do something off the beaten track.¡±
Two years later, after stints in the nonprofit sector and at a large public relations firm in Beijing, he is highly proficient in Mandarin and wo