(People's Daily health client reporter Zhao Yuanzhi) "Our first batch of graduates are very popular in the industry, this year the school has set up a special college for health and elderly care, added and improved the layout of health and elderly care professional groups, continued to expand enrollment, and strive to cultivate more high-quality compound talents, and inject more professional and fresh 'youth power' into the mainland's pension industry." On September 10, Yan Xiaohong, dean of the School of Sociology and Law of Shandong Women's University, told a reporter from the People's Daily health client.
Now that it is the beginning of the school season, the newly established Health and Elderly Care College of Shandong Women's University has also ushered in a new batch of "youth pensioners". Among them, the two majors of pension service management and health service and management ushered in a total of 473 undergraduate freshmen.
Shandong Women's University's "Youth Pensioner" is providing health services for the elderly. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
In October 2019, the Ministry of Education and other seven departments jointly issued a document to encourage and guide ordinary undergraduate colleges and universities to set up age-related majors such as home economics and geriatrics. Subsequently, in September 2020, Shandong Women's University and Shanghai University of Engineering Science became the first batch of undergraduate colleges in China to set up senior service related majors and enroll students in that year. This summer, nearly 100 undergraduates majoring in pension from the two schools graduated, becoming a "sweet spot" for many pension institutions and enterprises.
Shandong Women's College's "Youth Pensioner" is taking the elderly to do handicrafts together. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
At this year's employment double election meeting of Shandong Women's University, 35 pension institutions and enterprises provided more than 400 jobs such as pension housekeepers and social work commissioners for 64 fresh graduates of Shandong Women's University in pension service management. At the same time, more than 30 pension service institutions brought more than 120 positions to the first batch of pension service management graduates at the job fair of pension service management major of Shanghai University of Engineering Science.
"The employment situation of our first batch of graduates is very gratifying, most of the students have entered elderly care institutions and enterprises, including some core positions in large enterprises, such as project management, marketing and other positions, and some students have chosen nursing positions. Although there are relatively few people who actually do management positions at present, students can enter the managerial positions related to the elderly as soon as possible after being recognized by the pension employer after taking root in the front line after the internship and being recognized by the pension employer. Yan Xiaohong said.
In the 2024 graduation season, Shandong Women's University will be on the scene of the employment double election meeting. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
Yan Xiaohong introduced that with the rapid and diversified development of the pension industry, the demand for professional and high-quality compound talents has become increasingly prominent, which also provides a broader employment space for students. "The school is guided by the talent training standard of 'three yuan and five abilities', and strengthens the cultivation of students' comprehensive practical innovation ability. Our graduates have the qualities of respecting life, caring for the elderly, tenacity and optimism, as well as professional core competence and comprehensive practical ability. He has good ability in the analysis of pension policies, health services for the elderly, the design of elderly projects, and the application of smart technology. This not only helps students better adapt to market demand, but also injects new vitality into the pension industry and promotes the further upgrading and development of the industry. ”