Slow employment' is a new form of employment diversification for college students in recent years. Whether the COVID-19 epidemic has increased the probability of college students' choice of 'slow employment' or made college students more willing to choose *slow employment has become an important issue requiring urgent attention. This study, based on the survey data of college students in 5 application-oriented universities in Guangzhou, analyzes the characteristics of college students' 'slow employment' and the impact of the epidemic on college students' choice of 'slow employment'. The results of this study found that nearly 20% of the interviewees have a strong willingness to “slow employment", their choice motivations and main activities during the period of non-employment show diversified characteristics, and the degree of family support is an important factor. Moreover, the epidemic has not made college students change the tendency to choose 'slow employment', but rather it has reduced the willingness of college students' choice of 'slow employment' to a certain extent. Among them, attention paid to the epidemic is an important factor, and the judgment of the employment market situation has a more obvious impact on their 'slow employment'. The study believes that to establish an authoritative and real-time information release platform, to strengthen policy guidance, to optimize career planning education and employment guidance, and to consolidate the basis for rational choices by families and individuals are due strategies for rationally guiding college students' 'slow employment' under the epidemic.