Analysis on the current employment status of overseas students returning to China: Where have all their jobs gone?

Every year, it is said that "the most difficult year to find a job in history". From the initial halo to the emergence of phenomena such as "waiting at sea" for international students, it shows that international students do have some acclimatization problems when they return to their country for employment, but this is certainly not the case. This means that it is difficult to find a job. According to each person’s actual ability and requirements, let’s take a look at whether it is easy for international students to find a job after returning from abroad.

Whether it is a returnee or aboriginal, whether it is 985, 211 or a One or two books. Generally, the furthest distance that these paper-based things can take a person is through online application or written examination. When it comes to the interview, a normal interviewer focuses on personal ability, especially hard skills. Skills, unfortunately, most of the biggest gains from studying abroad are soft gains in strength. This can be understood to mean that returnees from prestigious schools have an advantage in the early stages of job hunting, or it can also be understood that in the later stages of job hunting, differences in personal abilities are more important.

The recruitment period of most domestic companies is between August and December, and they are open to fresh graduates, that is, students who are in their senior year. The graduation time for overseas returnees is mostly in June, and a small number of them graduate in December. Even those who graduate in June generally do not return home immediately. Therefore, for returnees, first of all, whether they can be treated as fresh graduates when they return to their country to find a job is a question that many people are worried about. Secondly, many returnees will miss the school recruitment period (currently only a few companies have opened the overseas recruitment process. When investing overseas, domestic Because they cannot participate in written examinations, interviews, etc., the feasibility of the job is almost 0), and these people rarely have the opportunity or experience to go to various schools to participate in campus seminars, job fairs, etc., so in terms of time and resources, returnees are all Is a vulnerable group.

It is very difficult for people to make good choices and find a way out when they are in college. Most people’s thoughts on graduation are to take the postgraduate entrance examination/postgraduate entrance examination, study abroad, be a civil servant or find a job. Little do they know that studying abroad is Or going to graduate school is just a way to find a better job. These are all processes and means, and the final result is to find a good job. Therefore, when many returnees were in college, they had to ensure a high GPA, take TOEFL and GRE, do scientific research projects, prepare applications, etc. Most of their energy has been exhausted and they have no time to prepare for careers, such as internships, etc. . Internship experience is the most important thing when looking for a job. Therefore, compared with many students from prestigious universities who focus on accumulating internship experience during their undergraduate studies, returnees have another decisive disadvantage. But then again, it is hundreds of times easier for students in Beijing and Shanghai to find internships than students elsewhere. This also means that even students from second-rate schools in Beijing and Shanghai may be more competitive than students from first-rate schools in other areas. Condition. This problem with the economic development structure is extremely unfair to most students.

Due to the uneven abilities of returnees, many companies no longer blindly believe in returnees, and may even think that returnees are nothing special, or have a kind of hatred that "these people just spend money to get gold plating". In addition to Harvard, Stanford and other famous schools, most of the other good schools do not have a good understanding of HR in domestic companies, and some overseas internships, projects, curriculum, etc. are completely different from those in China. It is difficult for HR to do work in areas that they do not understand. Compare or judge. For example, when I returned to China to look for a job, I felt that the most outstanding things on my resume were a few internships related to management consulting. However, when it comes to interviews with some companies, for people who don’t understand this field, the internship experience in management consulting may actually be a detractor. item. Therefore, if you want to go to a relatively high-end company such as investment banking or consulting, overseas returnees actually have obvious advantages, and their efforts and experience can be measured and compared fairly.

Overseas projects are in most cases more tiring than domestic studies, require more things to be seen, and require higher breadth and breadth of knowledge. But most of the time when fresh graduates are recruited into companies, they don’t need to use that much knowledge. It’s a common situation that the knowledge they learn has nothing to do with what they do, so companies will choose people who are more useful. Domestic students understand better and feel that domestic students are more willing to endure hardships, may work longer hours, and expect lower wages, which means they are more useful (not to mention that many people who have resumed diplomatic relations with Qingbei have many overseas exchanges. Opportunities, from this perspective, returnees themselves have no advantages).

Every year now is said to be the most difficult year to find a job. In fact, I think it has never been difficult for everyone to find a job. There are many jobs with a salary of three to four thousand, and there are many opportunities in third- and fourth-tier cities. It’s just that fewer and fewer people want to go. More and more people are beginning to realize that to do what they like, find a better platform, which in itself is a good thing. The returnees have a stronger sense of awakening, so the vast majority of returnees are in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, competing for the best companies, the best positions, or focusing more on the realization of personal value. The same goes for the best people in the best schools in China. Compared with these people in China, just a diploma from an overseas school has no advantage at all.

I recently saw a sentence that said, "My horizons have broadened, but my abilities have not kept up." I think this is also a more suitable evaluation of returnees. Returnees are generally more anxious and conceited. I have to say Many times returnees are arrogant, for example, they know more about international standardization, and some management knowledge and concepts, etc. So many domestic companies will feel ungrounded or too arrogant when they see such returnees. All in all, they are still " It’s not easy to use”.