Modern Economics & Management Forum

This study focuses on the impact mechanism of the "slow employment" phenomenon on the employment behavior of college students. By analyzing the driving factors such as the pressure of the employment market during the economic transformation period, the effect of educational expansion and academic inflation, the transformation of intergenerational values, and the improvement of family support capabilities, this research reveals the behavioral characteristics of this group in aspects such as the reconstruction of career decision-making patterns, the innovation of human capital accumulation methods, the bidirectional effect of employment quality, and the differentiation of social capital accumulation. The study finds that the "slow employment" phenomenon not only exacerbates the mismatch between supply and demand in the labor market, exposes the insufficiency of the social security system's adaptability, highlights the lag of the education evaluation system, but also triggers intergenerational conflicts and social cognitive conflicts. Based on this, the research proposes a sustainable development path for the "slow employment" group from four dimensions: the construction of an individual dynamic career development model, the reform of the university talent cultivation system, the improvement of the government policy support system, and the cultivation of inclusive employment culture in society. This provides theoretical references and practical guidance for optimizing the employment ecology of young people.