Abstract: The "collision" between the COVID-19 epidemic and the spring recruit, which is the highlight of college graduates' job hunting, has extremely adverse effects on graduates忆 employment. By investigating the impact of COVID-19 epidemic on the employment opportunities, employment costs, employment channels, employment mentality and employment quality of Anhui college graduates in 2020, this paper makes an objective analysis from three dimensions: government agencies, schools and students, so as to accurately grasp the employment cognition, employment dynamics and employment status of college graduates during the COVID-19 epidemic. The aim is to improve the job-hunting strategies of college graduates under the normal epidemic prevention and control, enhance the effectiveness of employment work, and provide guidance for the introduction, convergence, revision and precision of employment policies.

Key words: COVID-19, college graduates, employment, empirical research