The Nanjimen labour market is the only one providing regular service for the farmers who seek for jobs in the city.

However, 1,000 yuan is about the highest salary most employers can pay. Usually 7 or 8 hundred yuan is the average salary for the job seekers in this market.

Most of them are farmers, or they used to be, and have little training or experience for sophisticated work.

The jobs they can find in the market do not usually pay well.

A well known job market in a labor intensive city, Nanjimen attracts lots of employers from other provinces.

" I have filled the form. They told me I am ok for the job. I will take it."

"I don't like this. it's too far from my hometown. "