Because the unified system of teacher assignment has been abolished, each school, or each county or city government is now responsible for recruitment. On average a person must sit for more than ten recruitment tests before finding employment.
僧多粥少正因為供需失調，「一到五、六月，大家的精神都非常緊繃，」一位師大畢業生說，由於老師統一分發制度已經廢除，完全交由各國中小學或各縣市政府自主招考，他們平均要征戰十餘所才會考上。