The mid- to high-end e-commerce talents who were snapped up last year are finding it difficult to find employment opportunities this year. Overall, the demand for high-end Internet talents has dropped this year compared with last year. The most obvious one is in the e-commerce industry. Data shows that the salary paid by companies has dropped by almost 30%. How is the workplace situation in the e-commerce industry? Are salary cuts common in the workplace?

The turnover of personnel in small and medium-sized enterprises is quite high

From January to May this year, the overall demand for jobs in the IT industry increased by 59.5% compared with the same period last year. The data was 65.3% last year, and the recruitment demand dropped by 4.8%. percentage points, which means that although the demand for recruitment in the IT industry is still strong this year, the growth momentum is not as good as last year. In addition, industry insiders said that as the popularity of Internet recruitment gradually weakens this year, the e-commerce industry is the first to bear the brunt. In particular, the demand for mid-to-high-end talents in this industry is no longer as crazy as last year.

Feng Lijuan, special economic commentator of Shanghai Commercial Daily and chief human resources expert of 51job, told the Commercial Daily reporter that the e-commerce industry is currently facing a stage of major reshuffle. ?We can see that e-commerce is in an extremely sensitive period. Large companies are growing rapidly and quickly seizing market share, while small companies are disappearing like waves washing away the sand. There is a hot and cold situation. Large companies have relatively stable personnel, but small companies have extremely high turnover rates, and in the e-commerce industry, they are generally dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises with less than 100 employees. ?

As for the general salary cut of 30% in the e-commerce industry, Feng Lijuan believes that this drop is a bit big. Personnel engaged in cloud computing, information platform construction and maintenance, software development, etc. are the key targets of e-commerce companies. ?Their salaries are generally stable. If a company wants to cut salaries, service positions such as marketing and customer service will be the first choice. We found a very interesting phenomenon. The salary offered by small companies to such core talents is no lower than that of large companies, and may even be higher than that of large companies. But small companies are eager to produce results and have very high requirements for their employees. If an employee doesn't meet the company's expectations, the company will look for someone better. Staff turnover in this type of company is very fast. ?

Top tips

Feng Lijuan told reporters that the pace of e-commerce development is very rapid, traditional industries have also begun to connect to the Internet, and the gap in e-commerce talents is still very large. School education is still relatively lagging behind. Traditional enterprises have also begun to take the e-commerce route. These enterprises have a huge demand for e-commerce talents. The way to find talents is to train them themselves, which takes time, or to poach talents from relatively mature e-commerce companies. ?This is a good opportunity. If you are engaged in R&D, you can take some qualifications, which will be of great help for future promotions or career changes. Some companies in Silicon Valley in the United States will offer some courses. Having relevant qualifications is the icing on the cake for job-hopping and promotion. ?

For professionals, Feng Lijuan gave the following suggestions:

First of all, young people should pay more attention to e-commerce and invest more energy in understanding the e-commerce industry.

Second, avoid labeling the industry. This is a traditional industry and that is an emerging industry. All industries are undergoing transformation now, and they will definitely have a different look in the future. In particular, traditional companies are connecting to the Internet one after another. They need more technical research and development talents, online marketing talents and design talents. Physical presentations and online presentations are completely different.

Third, we must always pay attention to trends. Being one step ahead in the workplace means there will be more opportunities.