Faced with a tough job market, fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses instead.
But a recent survey has showed that such ambitions lack the required support and remain just that - dreams.
The Shanghai Municipal Employment Promotion Center poll of 1,276 graduates in several universities and colleges in the city, released last Friday, showed 59.78 percent of respondents considered the possibility of setting up a company or at least a small store.
But they just sTOP at the 'thinking' stage, it stated.
Respondents put the TOP reasons for not going it alone down to a shortage of investment and a lack of business opportunity.
They also listed lack of business experience and social networks, the need for advanced study and objections from family members as factors that stood in their way.
More than 90 percent of the interviewees said they would rather take up a job after graduating and then consider starting their own business two or three years down the road.
Guo Bing, a senior student in Shanghai International Studies University majoring in English, decided he wanted to be his own boss last year.
But he is looking for a job first. If I fail to find a satisfying job, I would like to establish a company in exhibition services, Guo said.
The Shanghai native has some relatives working in a local printing plant.
With their help, Guo hopes to produce exhibition brochures at a relatively low price. He is also confident that his English language skills can help him do well in the industry.
Social networking is an important factor leading to business success, Guo said.
Guo said that the shortage of graduate jobs is the main reason driving more university students to set up a business right after their graduation.
The parents of university graduates are more willing to help their children start up alone, the survey showed.
once you win the support of your family, you have won half the battle, Guo added.
面对现在严峻的就业形势，应届大学毕业生们纷纷做起了创业梦。
但日前的一项调查表明，大学生们的创业梦因得不到应有些支持，还只是个梦而已。
上海就业促进中心对上海几所大专及本科院校的共1276名毕业生进行了调查。上周五公布的调查结果显示，59.78%的受访大学生表示或许会考虑经营一家公司或至少开个小店。
但现在他们还只停留在想的阶段。
受访大学生觉得，妨碍在校大学生创业的最重要原因是资金不足和没好的创业方向。
除此之外，经验不足、缺少社会关系、需要继续深造与家人反对也是妨碍创业的主要原因。
超越90%的受访者称，他们计划毕业后先找份工作，干个两三年后再自主创业。
上国外国语大学习英语专业小学四年级学生郭兵去年有了自己当老板的想法。
但他目前正在找工作。他说：假如找不到认可的工作，我计划经营一家提供展会服务的公司。
郭兵是上海当地人，他的一些亲戚在当地的一家印刷厂工作。
郭兵期望通过亲戚的帮忙，能以较低的本钱印刷展商手册。除此之外，小郭觉得自己精通英语也是做好这一行的有利条件。
他说：社会关系是创业成功的一个要紧原因。
小郭说，严峻的就业形势是愈加多的大学生一毕业就走上创业的道路的重要原因。
调查表明，大部分父母愿为子女创业提供帮助。
小郭说：取得了家人的支持，就成功了一半。
