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According to statistics, the number of ordinary college graduates in the country in 2024 is expected to reach 11.79 million, compared with 2023, which is known as the "most difficult employment season in history".There will be 210,000 more graduates in 2024, which means that the job market will face even greater challenges.
With the number of graduates increasing year by year, the issue of employment has also become the focus of social attention. He Fan, a professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, said, "Is it useful to take the university entrance examination to 985, because now this admission is constantly competing, going to university is not called going to university, going to 211 is called going to university, and even going to 211 and 985 is not called going to university, you must go to Peking University, Tsinghua University, Jiaotong University and Fudan University to call going to university, this is an illusion, he thinks" When you see a high proportion of 985 graduates in a profession, then the industry is likely to start from prosperity to decline, and there is a simple truth in economics that there is no excess profit in a fully competitive market. ”
Graduating college students face tremendous pressure to find employment. Not only do they have to deal with fierce competition for jobs, but they also have to deal with problems such as lack of practical experience and professional skills.
Ni Minjing, director of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, pays attention to the issue of science education and the employment of college students, he believes that science education should be oriented to all children, and hopes that every college student can find a job of their choice, and he suggested that all units can take out some jobs for college students for employment.
Employment analysis of college students
At present, there is a disconnect between university education and social talent demand in mainland China, college students are facing the pressure of employment difficulties, while technical talent enterprises are facing the challenge of recruitment difficulties, and the gap of technical talents is expanding year by year.
According to the data released by the Ministry of Education, the total number of college graduates in 2021 reached 9.09 million, an increase of 350,000 year-on-year. However, according to a survey of 381 colleges and universities by China Youth Network, 88% of college students are worried about their employment prospects. At the same time, the survey shows that only 28.87% of students intend to work directly, while 56% of students choose to go to graduate school. In addition, the civil service examination and the National Graduate School Entrance Examination held in December 2020 both recorded a record number of applicants, reflecting the concerns of the Class of 2021 about the future prospects of the job market.
In terms of employment rate, in 2020, the average employment rate of undergraduate graduates in mainland China was 75.6%, while the employment rate of undergraduate digital media arts majors was as high as 94.6%, much higher than the average. Due to the rise of new media, live streaming and short video platforms, the employment prospects for art education students are good.
There are obvious contradictions in the market structure of college graduates
From the perspective of college students' employment industries, there are serious differences in the degree of employment prosperity among different industries. In the first quarter of 2020, the industries with better employment prospects for efficient graduates were basically the same as those in the national industry. In the context of the epidemic, the employment situation in the pharmaceutical and bioengineering industry is better. However, the employment prosperity of college students in industries such as online games, transportation, and power appliances is low and the competition is fierce. On the whole, the contradiction in the industry structure of the college students' employment market is more obvious.
Recently, Gan Yang, a professor at Tsinghua University, said in an interview that universities are becoming more and more like factories, and faculties are like production workshops. He believes that to summarize the current students in 8 words, especially the elite students of Tsinghua University and Peking University, it can be said that they are tired, anxious, and aging before they are old. He asks the question: Why do students feel unhappy when they go to college?
Robin Li, the founder of Baidu, believes that more emphasis should be placed on the interview stage in the recruitment process, rather than focusing too much on the background of the school from which he graduated. He said: "Actually, I mainly look at the interview, what is his reaction to the interview, what questions are asked of you, and what are your ideas for solving this problem." When I came in, I couldn't remember what school this person graduated from, and I never thought about it from this dimension. He believes that the graduation of Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Jiaotong University and other prestigious universities is really not important, there is not such a big difference.
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