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THE employment and further studies rate among local graduates reached 88 percent last week - almost the same percentage as last year, the Shanghai Education Commission said yesterday. 上周就业和继续深造的毕业生比率达到88%，比例几乎与去年持平，上海教育委员会昨日表示。 This includes graduates who have secured a job, been admitted to postgraduate studies, decided to study abroad or who are starting up their own businesses. 这包括找到工作、被录研究生、决定出国留学或开始自主创业的毕业生。 In May, only 44 percent of senior students at local universities and colleges had found a job or signed up for more studies - down 2 percent from the previous year. 5月，在当地大学和学院中只有44%的高年级学生找到了一份工作或有继续深造的机会——比上年下降了2%。 Li Ruiyang, deputy director of the commission, said the overall employment situation of graduates was stable, though graduates had found it hard to find a job in the first two quarters of the year due to the economic slowdown. 委员会副主任李瑞阳表示毕业生的就业形势总体稳定，尽管由于经济增长放缓在今年前两个季度毕业生发现很难找到一份工作。 "Schools have organized a lot of job fairs and recommended students to companies, which helped the employment rate grow quickly," Li said. | 
