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Na Qu

December 09, 2025

Delayed employment, College graduates, Positive employment values.

In recent years, with ongoing shifts in the employment landscape, the phenomenon of delayed employment among college graduates has become increasingly prominent and has emerged as a critical issue in higher education. Essentially, delayed employment represents a selective behavioural choice influenced by graduates’ personal employment values. This group is typically characterized by ambiguous career cognition, diversified value orientations, hesitant decision-making, and fluctuating job-seeking attitudes. Research suggests that without effective interventions to promote a positive transformation of employment values, delayed employment may exert adverse effects on both individual career development and the allocation of human resources in society. To address this issue, the present study constructs a four-dimensional integrated framework for cultivating proactive employment values, encompassing value guidance, behavioural decision-making, cognitive enhancement, and contextual construction. This framework provides a systematic approach to facilitating positive shifts in employment attitudes among the delayed employment cohort.

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