For graduates in search of a job in China, March and April are traditionally the busiest hiring season. This golden window of opportunity has even acquired the nickname ‘golden March, silver April’ 金三银四. But this year’s job-finding season proved exasperating for many, with the National Bureau of Statistics reporting that in March 2023, unemployment among urbanites between the age of 16 to 24 had risen from 18.1 percent in the previous month to 19.6 percent. This means that nearly 1 in every 5 young people living in cities are jobless.