? China graduates are the best, but they have difficulty in finding jobs.

It is another graduation season, and several families are happy and worried. For most Chinese department graduates, compared with the happy time when they are intoxicated with literary masterpieces, the life of finding a job is a bit difficult. In this regard, some people can't help but ridicule: "The Chinese department is the best graduate, and the Chinese department is the most difficult to find a job."

The student doesn't understand: which shoe is mine?

Put on a suit and tie, carefully put the color-printed resume into a specially bought leather bag, and hurried out of the dormitory door at 7 am. "There is a big job fair in the convention and exhibition center, so I have to queue up early," Xiao told his roommate before leaving.

Xiaoyu is a graduate of 2009 majoring in Chinese language and literature in a comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education. There are four roommates, three of whom have to take the postgraduate entrance examination, and only he is determined to find a job. Since September, he has attended all the campus job fairs, but he suffers from no corresponding position. After the resume was released, it basically sank into the sea and there was no following.

"As the saying goes, liberal arts students can conquer the world by' pen and mouth'. I study Chinese, and my writing skills are not weak; I have also exercised my organizational and expressive skills in the student union, and my own conditions should be ok. I know that this major is not easy to find a job, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult. " Xiaoyu said gloomily, "I'm a little afraid of job fairs now."

At 3: 20 pm, the convention and exhibition center was in a mess, and many units were preparing to withdraw their stalls. Less than is still there, but the tie has been torn off and the carefully managed hairstyle has been messed up by sweat. "As usual, several people want China people." He still has more than half of the 30 resumes prepared in advance.

Disappointed and helpless, there is another key university, Wu Qiong. "After a big turn, I found that basically liberal arts positions account for one tenth of the total recruitment positions, while those who want Chinese only account for one tenth of this tenth."

"On the one hand, the job demand is small; On the other hand, when it comes to Chinese, many jobs are not limited to majors, and students from other majors can also compete with us for such jobs. For some technical and professional work, we can't do it. " Speaking of his major, Li Dongmei, who is also a Chinese department, shook his head. "The Chinese Department is not professional and practical, so graduates are not competitive in the job market."

In the eyes of most overseas students in China, their outlets are mainly: civil servants, teachers, secretaries, media, publishing houses, clerks in enterprises and institutions, including planning and advertising. "Civil servants, students from all majors are taking exams, and there is no need to compete; As for teachers, normal students have an absolute advantage; In other occupations, students majoring in secretarial, journalism and advertising compete with us. " Xiao Jing, a graduate of the class of 2009, said confusedly, "It used to be said that the Chinese Department has a wide range of employment, but with the continuous refinement of major settings in colleges and universities, our employment market has been constantly divided, and the advantages have become disadvantages. Why does it seem that the employment path of Chinese students is getting narrower and narrower? "

"In fact, the employment situation of our session is not very good. Up to now, some students have found jobs and have been floating outside. " Xiao Jing's brother, Wang Mark, a graduate of 2008, said: "Many people choose the Chinese Department with their pure love and dreams for literature, but in the end, they feel that they are in the wrong line. Other departments know what to do when they come out, but Chinese departments don't know what to do when they come out. The best way out seems to be to continue studying and become a research-oriented talent, but many students actually don't like doing research and are not suitable for learning, so the situation is very embarrassing. "

"Which shoe is mine?" Faced with a dilemma, an overseas student from China said with a wry smile, "It's like a foot, saying whether it's fat or not, and whether it's thin or not. But these days, shoes are either fat or thin, and few are suitable for us! "

Because it is difficult to find a job, many China students choose to take the postgraduate entrance examination. Less than told, among 42 people in their class, 10 signed up for the postgraduate entrance examination, and 22 people decided to burn their bridges for the postgraduate entrance examination. In Wu Qiong's class, "there are only two people looking for jobs, except for a few who applied for research, and the rest are rushing to take the postgraduate entrance examination, preparing to upgrade their academic qualifications". However, for most graduate students, why not worry about the future-"Even if you pass the exam, who knows what will happen in three years?"

Employers reflect that there is a gap between the level of students and the market demand.

Since June 65438+ 10, I have participated in several large-scale supply and demand fairs for college graduates. It is indeed found that many positions suitable for Chinese majors are often not restricted by employers, and in such job competition, Chinese majors are often not dominant.

Yatai Hotel is a three-star foreign-related hotel. This year, the company plans to recruit two office secretaries. Among the students who come to apply for jobs, there are students majoring in Chinese, administration, marketing, tourism and foreign languages. The recruitment representative of the unit said: "China students may have a good writing foundation, but because of professional problems, they lack understanding of the operation of the enterprise, and they may not be able to write something suitable immediately after arriving at the unit." Students with other majors related to existing positions in enterprises will get started faster and use more flexibly if they have a good knowledge of writing. Besides secretarial work, they are also qualified for other positions. "

Jilin Credit Guarantee Investment Company plans to recruit three positions of "office, management and secretarial". Zhang said, the head of the company's human resources department: "First, we don't need him to be literary and colorful, but we must have ideas about the enterprise and write materials with content, depth and speed; Second, we must be proficient in operating all kinds of office software; Third, in addition to fluent writing, it is best to have a certain professional foundation. In this case, we can let them bear the burden of two positions and pay 1.5 times the salary. Enterprises all want to save labor costs. Therefore, if you only learn Chinese and don't take other majors, you will definitely suffer. "

Zhang suggested that Chinese majors should take one or two practical courses, such as computer, finance, law and human resource management, to increase their weight in the employment competition. He said: "China students have profound humanistic qualities, are different in speaking and writing, and are good at dealing with people. This is an advantage. But the biggest drawback is that it is too broad and lacks professional background and technical content. It seems that everything can be done, but it is actually difficult to be profound. "

In addition to the lack of technical content, some China students' writing ability also makes some employers dissatisfied. Jilin Chemical Fertilizer and Pesticide Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zhonghua Chemical Fertilizer, a fortune 500 enterprise in the world, will recruit two undergraduates from China this year to serve internal publications. "80% of the candidates' writing ability is far from our requirements," Li Xuefeng, director of the company's human resources department, told them. During the interview, they showed the students around the company and asked them to write a short article about their experiences. "But the writing style is not ideal, many people's writing style is not very smooth, and even the expression deviates from the theme, and the words are not very good. "

"Generally speaking, students' writing ability seems to have not been well developed. China students should be able to write first and speak second. "Being able to write, speak and express is the main reason why employers recruit Chinese majors. So we pay special attention to students' writing practice, such as how many articles you have published in the school newspaper and journal; Did you win the prize in the essay contest? What is the level of the attached representative works, etc. However, we find that many students lack writing practice and their resumes can't reflect these contents. If China students can't even produce decent articles, it's no wonder that it's hard to find a job. "

Scholar's point of view: if the major is too narrow, the employment area will become narrower and narrower.

Although students generally report that it is difficult to find a job, most schools say that the employment situation of Chinese department is not that bad. The teacher of a key comprehensive university said: "Due to the influence of the general environment in recent years, China students are facing some difficulties in employment, but the overall situation is still relatively stable. If you count graduate students, the employment rate of China people has remained at around 90%. "

But we all admit that the confusion of students and the reflection of the market have sent an adjustment signal to the talent training of Chinese Department in colleges and universities. "How to adapt to the needs of modern transitional society and strengthen the employment adaptability of China students has been put on the agenda." Wang Que, dean of the College of Literature of Northeast Normal University, told me that in the past two years, they have focused on implementing the reading plan of literary classics, literary experience and large-scale social adaptation activities to improve students' aesthetic ability and social perception. At the same time, the college has also established a number of literary journals to provide a platform for students' writing practice.

I learned in Jilin University that in addition to the traditional courses, the school also arranged more employment-oriented courses for students of Chinese Language and Literature Department, such as advanced news writing, media management, media criticism and so on. In addition, the college also plans to set up the direction of applied language, strengthen the cultivation of applied talents with great social demand, and plan to make these students account for half of the total Chinese enrollment in the future. At present, the relevant scheme has been reported to the school for approval.

"to reform, it is also carried out on the basis of wide-caliber training, rather than making the profession more detailed. In that case, the employment of students will really become narrower and narrower. " Hao Shuyuan, deputy dean of the School of Literature of Jida University, said that Chinese is not a technical and instrumental course, and Chinese learning reflects a person's humanistic quality. Wide-caliber talent training mode can give students a broader vision and deeper accumulation. Practice has proved that such students often make greater achievements in their jobs in the future.

Wang also stressed that we should not divide the professional boundaries too clearly. He said: "The idea that employers want more students in related majors is wrong in itself. In developed countries such as the United States and Japan, employers rarely consider the specific majors of college students. They use written interviews to screen, and the core is to look at each other's quality and foundation. At present, no problem can be solved by one major, which requires the cooperation of multiple majors. The key task of the undergraduate stage is to cultivate people's quality and foundation. "

"Today's students are very realistic. They go to college to find a good job after graduation. However, at present, there is indeed a situation in China's job market that' the application of knowledge and technical ability is emphasized and the humanistic foundation is ignored'. If students encounter employment difficulties for a while, it is not appropriate to deny the value of majors. " Scholars believe that while colleges and universities are transforming Chinese majors to a certain extent along the market direction, employers and students should also correct their own concepts and jointly explore a long-term road conducive to the healthy development of Chinese subjects.